How many calories in an avocado
Half an avocado has 120 kcal, and most of that comes from fat.
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To burn it off
An avocado is a fruit that behaves like a fat. That's why it's creamy, and why a whole one is 240 kcal.
Most people eat half, which is 120. The café avocado on toast lands at 330 once you add the bread and whatever's drizzled on top.
It's filling stuff, so it tends to carry you further than a pastry with the same number.
Tips
- 1Use half and wrap the other half with the stone in for tomorrow.
- 2Mash it thin on one slice of toast and pile on tomatoes for volume.
Where it comes from
The avocado comes from Mexico and Central America, where people were eating it around 10,000 years ago and began growing it about 5,000 years ago, possibly first in the Tehuacán Valley in Puebla. The name comes from the Aztec word āhuacatl, which Spanish turned into aguacate. Guacamole comes from ahuacamolli, avocado sauce.
Where does our food come from? · Source: University of Southern California, Plants and People: Avocado
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Questions
How many calories in a whole avocado?
A whole avocado is 240 kcal.
How many calories in avocado on toast?
About 330 kcal for a café style serving with bread and half an avocado.
Why is avocado so high for a fruit?
It's mostly fat rather than sugar, and fat carries more than twice the calories per gram.
How many calories in guacamole?
Guacamole is mostly avocado, so it follows the avocado. Two tablespoons are about 50 kcal, and half an avocado mashed with lime and onion is still close to 120.
How many calories in avocado toast with an egg?
Avocado on toast is 330 kcal and a poached or boiled egg adds about 78, so together it's around 410. The egg also adds 6 g of protein.
Did you know?
Every Hass avocado traces back to one tree, planted in the 1920s by a Californian postman named Rudolph Hass. The tree died in 2002.
Food facts · Source: Smithsonian Magazine
