How Many Calories Are In Oat Milk? (With Calculator)

These days there are many dairy milk alternatives to choose from, but are they any better than cow’s milk when it comes to calorie content and nutrition?

In this article, we’re focusing on the calorie content of oat milk, which is one of the higher-calorie dairy milk alternatives you can choose.

Oat milk calories vary depending on the brand and ingredients but using an average, a cup of light oat milk (weighing 240ml/8oz) contains 100 calories (in kcal) and the same serving of original oat milk contains 120 calories.

There are also extra creamy and barista options to consider, so read on to find specific oat milk calories for your type and brand, or use our calculator to work out the calories of any serving.

Oat Milk Calories Per Serving

The table below shows the average calorie values for various servings of unsweetened, original, extra creamy, and barista oat milk.

Please note that oat milk calorie values can vary depending on the brand, see below for brand-specific calorie values.

Oat Milk Calorie Calculator

The calculator below will help you to calculate the calories of any serving weight of oat milk (light, original, extra-creamy, or barista).

Select your milk type, and weight preference and input the weight to get started (use a decimal weight for ounce and cup weights, for example, 6.5):

Please note that the values in this calculator are based on averages and calories might vary slightly depending on the brand. See below for more information on brand-specific calorie values.

Oat Milk Calories Vs Dairy

There are many reasons why people switch from cow’s milk to a plant-based alternative milk, but if it’s to save calories, there’s not much of a saving swapping dairy for oat milk.

The average lighter oat option contains 100kcal which is more than skim cow’s milk, regular oat milk contains the same calories as 2% fat cow’s milk and whole cow’s milk contains just 16 more calories than creamy oat milk.

• Light oat milk 100kcal per cup – skim cow’s milk 82kcal per cup
• Regular oat milk 120kcal per cup – 2% fat cow’s milk 120kcal per cup
• Extra creamy oat milk – 130kcal per cup – whole cow’s milk 146kcal per cup

There is some creamier barista-style oat milk that contains 180 calories per cup, which is more than full-fat cow’s milk.

Oat Milk Calorie Chart

The quick reference chart below will help you to convert various weights of oat milk, along with the calories per serving for light and regular (original) oat milk.

This data is based on average figures and using the assumption that light oat milk contains 42kcal per 100g (0.42kcal per ml) and Regular (sweetened) oat milk contains 50kcal per 100ml (0.5kcal per gram).

Oat Milk Calories By Brand And Type

Each brand and type of oat milk has a different recipe and therefore a different calorie value per serving, depending on added ingredients such as sugar.

The table below shows a calorie comparison between some of the most popular brands and types of oat milk.