How many calories in an egg
A boiled egg has 78 kcal, with 6 g of protein and 5 g of fat.
Portion
To burn it off
An egg is protein and fat in a neat little package, with almost no carbs. That's why it keeps you going until lunch.
The cooking is what changes the number. Fried in a bit of oil it's 95 kcal, and two scrambled with butter and a splash of milk come to 200.
None of that is a reason to skip the fry up. It's just worth knowing where the extra comes from.
Tips
- 1Poach or boil them when you can, and fry when you fancy it.
- 2Use a non stick pan and a spray of oil instead of a knob of butter.
- 3Boil a few at once and keep them in the fridge, so breakfast or a snack is already done.
Where it comes from
Most eggs we eat are hens' eggs, and the chicken comes from the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia. A 2022 study dates its domestication to about 3,500 years ago, when fields of dry rice and millet drew the wild birds down from the trees and close to farmers. The oldest known chicken bones come from Ban Non Wat in central Thailand.
Where does our food come from? · Source: PNAS, The biocultural origins and dispersal of domestic chickens (Peters et al., 2022)
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Questions
How many calories in two boiled eggs?
Two boiled eggs come to 156 kcal and 12 g of protein.
Are eggs good for losing weight?
They can help. One egg has 6 g of protein for 78 kcal, and protein keeps you full for longer. What moves your weight is the whole day, not one food.
Is the yolk where the calories are?
Most of them, yes, because that's where the fat is. It's also where most of the flavour is.
Why are scrambled eggs higher?
Two eggs plus the butter and milk you cook them with. The eggs themselves don't change.
How many calories in a poached egg?
The same as a boiled one, about 78 kcal. Poaching adds no fat, so it's the egg and nothing else.
How many calories in egg on toast?
A slice of toast is about 80 kcal, so one boiled or poached egg on toast is around 160. Buttered toast is about 130, which makes it around 210.
