Dish Calories Calculator
Calculate total calories from your ingredients.
How does the dish calories calculator work?
This calculator helps you determine the total calorie content of any homemade dish. You add each ingredient with its calories per 100g and the weight used in grams. The calculator sums up all the individual contributions to give you the total calories for the entire recipe. It's perfect for meal prep, tracking nutrition, and managing your diet with precision.
How to use the Dish Calories Calculator
Click "+ Add ingredient" to create an ingredient row. Enter the ingredient name, its calorie density per 100g, and how much you're using in grams. You can add as many ingredients as your recipe requires. Click "Calculate" to see the total calories. Remove any row with the "Remove" button if you need to adjust the list.
Example calculation
For a chicken salad: 200g chicken breast at 165 kcal/100g gives 330 kcal. 150g lettuce at 15 kcal/100g gives 22.5 kcal. 30g olive oil at 884 kcal/100g gives 265.2 kcal. Total = 617.7 kcal for the whole dish. The calculator does the math instantly for any number of ingredients.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find calories per 100g for my ingredients?
Check the nutrition label on packaged foods, or use online databases like USDA FoodData Central. For fresh produce, standard nutrition tables provide reliable average values.
Does cooking change the calorie count?
The calculator uses the raw weight you enter. Cooking can reduce water content, concentrating calories per gram, but the total calories in the ingredients remain the same. Weigh ingredients raw for the most accurate tracking.