Sesame Oil: Nutritional Benefits, Calories & Health Facts

Sesame oil is a flavorful oil that can be used for vinaigrettes or cooking. Adding sesame oil to your food will add flavor, but will also change the nutritional value of your food.

Serving

• The USDA recognizes one serving of sesame oil as 1 tbsp. (or 14g).

Calories

• There are 119 calories in 1 tbsp. of sesame oil. This is 6 percent of the daily value for those that are following a 2,000-calorie diet.

Fat

• Sesame oil is high in fat, and will add a large amount of fat to any food that uses or cooks in the oil. There are 14g of fat in every 1-tbsp. serving, or 21 percent of your daily value.

Types of Fat

• One tablespoon of sesame oil has 10 percent of your daily value of saturated fat. There are 2g per serving. Sesame oil is high in healthy unsaturated fats, however, with 5.4g of monounsaturated and 5.6g of polyunsaturated fat.

Omega Fatty Acids

• Sesame oil also has both omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. One serving has 40.5mg of omega-3 and 5,576mg of omega-6.