Nutrition facts, USDA data

Calories in cooked edamame, by the cup and the package

By Eric Parker, founder of TrueCal. Updated September 29, 2026.

Cooked edamame has 188 calories a cup

A cup of cooked edamame has 188 calories, and half a cup has 94.

USDA's record is frozen edamame, prepared. Its description doesn't say whether the beans were shelled or in the pod, so a cup here may not match a cup of pods.

USDA FoodData Central. Edamame, frozen, prepared. Source checked September 29, 2026.

Half a cup, a cup or a whole package

A cup of frozen edamame before cooking weighs 118 g and has 129 calories. USDA's frozen package is 432 g, 471 calories for the whole thing.

The cooked cup weighs 155 g. The frozen and prepared cups come from two separate USDA records, so they aren't a before and after of the same beans.

PortionWeightCalories kcalProtein gCarbs gFat gFiber gSugar gSodium mgCaffeine mgPortion source
1 cup of cooked edamame155 g18818.513.88.18.13.49.30USDA portion, 1 cup
Half a cup of cooked edamame77.5 g949.26.9441.74.70Half a cup, computed from USDA's 1 cup
1 cup of frozen edamame, before cooking118 g12913.295.65.72.97.10USDA portion, 1 cup
1 frozen package, before cooking432 g47148.532.920.420.710.725.90USDA portion, 1 package

USDA FoodData Central. Edamame, frozen, prepared. USDA FoodData Central. Edamame, frozen, unprepared. Source checked September 29, 2026.

Fat and sugar in cooked edamame, per cup

A cup of cooked edamame has 8.1 g of fat and 3.4 g of sugar.

Looking at other soy foods and beans? Tofu and cooked chickpeas have their own pages, and the calorie references have more.

Nutrient1 cup of cooked edamamePer 100 g
Calories 188 kcal 121 kcal
Protein 18.5 g 11.9 g
Carbs 13.8 g 8.9 g
Fat 8.1 g 5.2 g
Fiber 8.1 g 5.2 g
Sugar 3.4 g 2.2 g
Sodium 9.3 mg 6 mg

USDA FoodData Central. Edamame, frozen, prepared. Source checked September 29, 2026.

Frozen edamame before and after cooking

USDA lists 121 calories per 100 g for prepared edamame and 109 for frozen edamame that hasn't been cooked. Protein is 11.9 g per 100 g prepared and 11.2 g before cooking.

PreparationWeightCalories kcalProtein gCarbs gFat gFiber gSugar gSodium mgCaffeine mg
Frozen edamame, prepared100 g12111.98.95.25.22.260
Frozen edamame, not yet cooked100 g10911.27.64.74.82.560

USDA FoodData Central. Edamame, frozen, prepared. USDA FoodData Central. Edamame, frozen, unprepared. Source checked September 29, 2026.

Weigh cooked edamame on a scale

Enter the grams of cooked edamame below. The calculator uses USDA's prepared record, 121 calories per 100 g.

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155 g has about 188 calories.

USDA FoodData Central. Edamame, frozen, prepared. Source checked September 29, 2026.

How much protein is in a cup of cooked edamame?

A cup of cooked edamame has 18.5 g of protein, and half a cup has 9.2 g.

USDA FoodData Central. Edamame, frozen, prepared. Source checked September 29, 2026.

How many carbs and how much fiber are in edamame?

A cup of cooked edamame has 13.8 g of carbs, and 8.1 g of that is fiber.

USDA FoodData Central. Edamame, frozen, prepared. Source checked September 29, 2026.

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USDA FoodData Central. Edamame, frozen, prepared. USDA FoodData Central. Edamame, frozen, unprepared. Source checked September 29, 2026.