Breast milk vs Egg: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Breast milk has 70 kcal and Egg has 143 kcal, so Breast milk has 51% fewer calories.

Egg has more protein (12.6 g vs 1.03 g). Egg has more fat (9.51 g vs 4.38 g). Breast milk has more carbohydrates (6.89 g vs 0.72 g). Relative to calories, Egg is the better protein source (8.78 g vs 1.47 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Breast milk - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Breast milk - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Breast Milk
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Egg
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Breast Milk vs Egg 100g Compare


per 100gBreast milkEgg
Calories70 143
Carbohydrates6.89 g0.72 g
Fat4.38 g9.51 g
Protein1.03 g12.56 g
Water87.5 g76.15 g
Calcium32 mg56 mg
Iron0.03 mg1.75 mg
Magnessium3 mg12 mg
Phosphorus0.3 mg0.3 mg
Potassium51 mg138 mg
Sodium17 mg142 mg
Zink0.3 mg0.3 mg
Vitaminium A212 IU540 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.014 mg0.04 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.036 mg0.457 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.177 mg0.075 mg
Vitaminium B60.011 mg0.17 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.005 µg0.047 µg
Vitaminium E0.08 mg1.05 mg

Less Calories in Breast milk

At first glance, you can see that in breast milk is much less calories than in egg.

Breast milk has 70 kcal per 100g and egg 143 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 104%.

In breast milk and in egg most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare breast milk with egg in details.

Breast milk 100g

70kcal

Calories source

  • 39% CARBS.
  • 6% PROTEIN
  • 55% FAT

Egg 100g

143kcal

Calories source

  • 2% CARBS
  • 36% PROTEIN
  • 62% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.