About the Meal Calorie Calculator
Calories in a meal come from three places: protein and carbohydrate at 4 kcal a gram, and fat at 9. Enter the grams of each and you have the total — and seeing how much of it comes from fat is usually the eye-opener.
Also known as: calories in a meal, meal nutrition calculator, food calorie calculator, plate calories.
How to use this calculator
- Enter protein, carbohydrate, fat, fibre and the other fields.
- The result updates instantly as you type — press Calculate (or Enter) at any time.
- Review the breakdown shown under the main result.
- Use Copy result or Share to save the answer or send a link with your inputs.
Formula
kcal = protein × 4 + carbs × 4 + fat × 9 (+ alcohol × 7)
Worked example
Using the values pre-filled in the calculator above:
- Protein = 35 g
- Carbohydrate = 60 g
- Fat = 22 g
- Fibre = 8 g
- Alcohol = 0 g
- Daily calorie target = 2,200 kcal
- Servings this makes = 1
the calculator returns:
- Calories per serving: 594 kcal
- Total for the whole dish: 594 kcal
- Share of your daily target: 27%
- From protein: 140 kcal