How Many Calories Are in Eggs?
Portions, sizes and cooking fat

One large egg is about 72 calories raw or 78 calories hard-boiled. Four large eggs are about 286 calories raw or 310 hard-boiled. Size, the database entry, and any butter, oil or milk affect what you log.

Calories in 1 to 6 large eggs

Each egg below uses a 50g edible portion, without the shell. Totals are calculated from the USDA values before rounding, so multiplying the rounded one-egg number may differ by a few calories.

Why raw and boiled entries differ

The USDA raw whole-egg entry lists 143 kcal per 100g; its hard-boiled entry lists 155 kcal per 100g. These are separate reference foods, not a before-and-after test of the same egg. Boiling adds no oil or butter. Choose an entry that matches the form and weight you actually ate.

Calories by egg size

These are USDA raw-egg portion weights and calculated calorie estimates. Weigh the edible part if the size is uncertain.

Boiled, fried and scrambled eggs: count the ingredients

For a home-cooked recipe, start with the raw eggs and add the ingredients used for the whole batch. For a plain boiled egg, use the hard-boiled entry. Avoid adding cooking fat again if your chosen prepared-food entry already includes it.

Worked example: two eggs with 5g of butter

Using the reference entries, 100g of raw egg contributes 143 calories. Five grams of butter contributes 35.85 calories. The batch total is approximately 179 calories, assuming all the butter is eaten. Divide the batch by the number of portions served; do not add another 5g of butter for each egg.

This is a calculated example, not a measurement of a restaurant portion. Milk, cheese, bread and toppings need their own entries. Use the butter serving converter when a recipe gives teaspoons instead of grams.

How to log eggs on toast

1. Choose the raw-recipe or cooked-egg entry that matches your meal.
2. Use the bread label and the number or weight of slices.
3. Add the cooking fat and spread once, using measured amounts where possible.
4. Divide shared ingredients across the portions actually eaten.

A generic eggs-on-toast entry can hide very different bread and butter portions. Save your own recipe for a breakfast you repeat, or use the free calorie and macro tracker spreadsheet.

Using a photo tracker for an egg meal

Photo logging can provide a starting estimate for a mixed plate. Hidden cooking fat is difficult to infer from the image alone: review the result and add the ingredients you know went into the pan. Our photo-counter accuracy guide explains the limits.

For meals with uncertain portions, use our guide to logging without weighing every meal and review the photo counter workflow.

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