How many calories in a slice of toast
A slice of toast with butter has about 130 kcal, and without butter about 80.
Portion
To burn it off
Toast is just bread with a tan, so a slice has the same 80 kcal as the bread did. Toasting it doesn't change the number.
The butter is what does it: 50 kcal more a slice, almost all of it fat.
Two slices with butter is 260 kcal before the beans, the jam or the Marmite. Which is still a cheap breakfast, it's just worth knowing.
Tips
- 1Spread the butter on the hot toast so a thin layer melts all over.
- 2Go for wholemeal or seeded bread, it keeps you full for longer.
- 3Top it with eggs or beans instead of a second slice of butter and jam.
Where it comes from
People have browned bread over a fire for about as long as there has been bread to go stale, and the word comes from the Latin tostus, meaning scorched or parched. The pop up toaster is much younger: Charles Strite, tired of burnt toast in a Minnesota factory canteen during the First World War, patented his automatic toaster in 1921.
Where does our food come from? · Source: MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society, Toastmaster bread toaster
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Questions
Does toasting bread reduce calories?
No. It loses a little water, but the calories stay the same.
How many calories in two slices of toast with butter?
About 260 kcal.
How many calories in toast with jam?
A slice with butter is about 130 kcal, and a tablespoon of jam adds 50, so about 180.
How many calories in toast with peanut butter?
A plain slice of toast is about 80 kcal and a tablespoon of peanut butter adds about 95, so roughly 175 kcal.
How many calories in cheese on toast?
A slice of toast is about 80 kcal and a 30 g slice of cheese adds roughly 110, so about 190 kcal before any butter.
