Calories in Cream Cheese, Butter, and Other Bagel Spreads
Bagel Breakfast: Which Spread Should You Choose?
Bagels have a bad reputation as a dieter's nightmare: one plain bagel contains 290 calories and 59 grams of carbs. Since a carb-free diet isn't the healthiest way to drop pounds or maintain a healthy weight, it's more than OK to enjoy a warm, toasted bagel every so often. They're not all as unhealthy as everyone thinks, especially if you choose one made with whole wheat flour, whole grains, or seeds. It also depends on what spread you choose to smear on.
Keep reading to see the nutritional comparison of bagel spreads.
| Spread (1 oz, about 2 tbsp) | Calories | Fat (g) | Sat. Fat (g) | Chol. (mg) | Sodium (mg) | Carbs (g) | Sugars (g) | Protein (g) |
| Cream cheese | 100 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Light cream cheese | 64 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 18 | 128 | 1.8 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Fat-free cream cheese | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 172 | .9 | 0 | 4.3 |
| Whipped cream cheese | 81 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 27 | 122 | 1.4 | 0 | 1.4 |
| Garden vegetable cream cheese | 82 | 7.3 | 4.6 | 32 | 146 | 1.8 | 0 | .9 |
| Light garden vegetable cream cheese | 53 | 4 | 2.2 | 13 | 168 | 2.7 | 0 | 2.7 |
| Strawberry cream cheese | 80 | 7.1 | 4 | 27 | 106 | 4.4 | 0 | .9 |
| Honey nut cheese | 80 | 7.1 | 4 | 27 | 111 | 3.5 | 0 | .9 |
| Lox (4 oz.) | 132 | 4.9 | 1 | 26 | 2,260 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 |
| Salted butter | 203 | 23 | 14.6 | 61 | 163 | 0 | 0 | .2 |
| Earth Balance | 203 | 22.3 | 7.1 | 0 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Strawberry jam | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Butter and jam (1 oz of each) | 304 | 23 | 14.6 | 61 | 163 | 14.9 | 0 | .2 |
| Natural peanut butter, smooth | 168 | 14.2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 7.1 |
| Almond butter | 168 | 14.2 | .9 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 6.2 |
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