Ghee is clarified butter with a smoke point above 250°C. At 876 kcal per 100 g and 61.9 g saturated, it is a high-heat cooking fat with a traditional Indian profile. The fatty acid composition mirrors butter; only the removed water and milk solids shift smoke behavior, not the blood-lipid response.
How should I track Ghee, clarified butter?
With calorie-dense foods like Ghee, clarified butter, a kitchen scale is your best friend. Research shows that portion estimation errors reach 50–200% for fats and oils (Almiron-Roig et al., Appetite 2013) — even a tablespoon off can mean 40–120 extra calories. Weigh on a scale rather than eyeballing — this applies to both liquid oils and solid fats like butter. If you use cooking sprays, note that "0 calorie" labels are per fraction-of-a-second spray — a realistic burst is closer to 5–10 calories, and multiple sprays add up.