How many calories in a gyros
A gyros pita has about 600 kcal, with 28 g of protein.
Portion
To burn it off
Gyros is meat cooked on a turning spit, shaved off and wrapped in a warm pita with tomato, onion, tzatziki and, in Greece, a few chips. The holiday lunch that costs almost nothing.
One is 600 kcal, with 28 g of protein, 55 g of carbs and 30 g of fat. Pork is the classic in Greece, chicken comes in a little lower.
A gyros plate with a pile of chips, pitta and salad is a different thing and a lot more. Count that as a pita and a half at least.
Tips
- 1Ask for it without the chips inside, it's still a proper gyros.
- 2Go for chicken instead of pork.
- 3Share a Greek salad on the side instead of a second one.
Where it comes from
Meat roasted on an upright turning spit is credited to a 19th century butcher named İskender in Bursa, in the Ottoman Empire, whose döner kebab spread to its neighbours. In Greece it became gyros, which means turn, the same meaning as the Turkish döner. By 1970 gyros wraps were already everyday fast food in Athens, and in Chicago and New York too.
Where does our food come from? · Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, gyro
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Questions
Is gyros the same as a doner kebab?
Close cousins. Both are meat from a spit in bread, and a gyros pita sits in the same range as a smaller kebab.
How much protein is in a gyros?
About 28 g in one pita.
How many calories in two gyros?
About 1,200 kcal for two pitas.
How many calories does the tzatziki in a gyros add?
A couple of spoons in a pita is about 30 to 40 kcal. It's yoghurt, cucumber and garlic, so it's one of the lighter parts.
Is souvlaki the same as gyros?
No. Souvlaki is cubes of meat grilled on a skewer, gyros is shaved off a turning spit. A souvlaki pita is often a bit lower, as the cubes are leaner.
