Know the Calorie Content of an Egg

An egg is often thought to be a “superfood” because it is so high in protein, vitamins, minerals and omega-3 fatty acids. In fact, one large egg each day can provide about 15 percent of your daily protein needs. Although each egg contains a little over 200 mg of cholesterol, studies indicate that eating even an egg every day will not increase the risk for heart disease in an otherwise healthy person. How many calories are there in an egg? The short answer is: It depends on the size of the egg and how you cook it.

How Many Calories in an Egg?

1. Hard-boiled Egg

A medium sized hard-boiled egg with no additives will add about 70 calories to your diet. That is why adding an egg to your salad is a great thing to do. You will add few calories but a lot of nutrition. Beware of adding dressing, though, because those additives will make the calories sky rocket.

2. Fried Egg and Scrambled Egg

Again, the calories in an egg are mainly in the preparation. Fry the egg and you increase the calories to anywhere from 90 to 95 calories. Scramble an egg with milk and the calorie count goes up to 100 or more calories for each egg!

In addition to method of preparation, the size of the egg will also affect the number of calories. This table uses sizing that you will find in eggs packaged for retail sale in a grocery store.