How many calories in a jacket potato
A plain jacket potato has about 250 kcal.
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To burn it off
A jacket potato is a big potato baked in its skin, the British lunch in every cafe and the Bonfire Night classic, wrapped in foil and pushed into the embers on 5 November. In the US it is a baked potato.
Plain it is about 250 kcal, with 55 g of carbs, 6 g of protein and no fat at all. With beans it is 370 and 13 g of protein; with cheese 450, with 17 g of protein and 17 g of fat.
The potato is the filling base, the topping is where the choice is. Beans add 120 and plenty of protein, cheese adds 200.
Tips
- 1Pick beans over cheese. That is 80 less and almost as much protein.
- 2Want both? Beans with a small sprinkle of cheese, rather than a heap.
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Questions
Jacket potato with beans or cheese?
Beans is about 370 and cheese about 450, so beans is 80 lighter.
How much protein in a jacket potato?
About 6 g plain, 13 g with beans and 17 g with cheese.
Is a jacket potato a good lunch for losing weight?
It can fit any day. Plain it is 250 kcal with no fat, and the topping decides the rest.
