Chicken Breast: Calories and Nutrition Analyse

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Prep time: 2 min
Cuisine: International

Chicken breast: calories, protein, carbs and fat exact data

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How many calories in chicken breast?

In this article:

★ Calories
★ Nutrition
★ Calories in 1, 2, 3 or more...
★ Calories per ounce (oz)
★ Carbs
★ Fat
★ Protein

100g of chicken breast has about 172 calories (kcal).
Calories per: ounce | single piece

To show you what does it mean, medium size chicken breast (205 g) has about 353 calories.

It is about 15% of daily calories intake for adult person with medium weight and medium activity (for calculation we assumed 2400 kcal daily intake).

To visualize how much it actualy is, take in mind that calories amount from medium size chicken breast is similar to calories amount from ie.:

6.5 apples
4.5 glasses of Coca Cola (220 ml glass)
3.5 slices of cheese
3 slices of bread
2.5 glasses of milk
18.5 cubes of sugar

To burn this calories you need to bike at least 50 minutes, swim for about 42 minutes or run for 36 minutes.

Calories In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

See all nutrition data of chicken breast on charts.

Chicken breast: calories and nutrition per 100g (and per ounce)

Calories172kcal/100g(49 kcal/oz)

Protein20.9g/100g(5.9 g/oz)

Fat9.3g/100g(2.6 g/oz)

Check compares of chicken breast with other products from meat category:

How many calories in 1, 2, 3 or 5 chicken breast?

As I wrote before medium size chicken breast (205 g) has 353 calories. It is easy to count that two chicken breast have about 706 calories and three chicken breast have about 1059 calories. In table below you can also see calories amount for four and five chicken breast.

Medium size chicken breast (205 g)353 kcal
Ounce (oz) of chicken breast49 kcal
Half of medium size chicken breast176.5 kcal
Small size chicken breast (164g)282.4 kcal
Big size chicken breast (267g)458.9 kcal
Two medium size chicken breast706 kcal
Three medium size chicken breast1059 kcal
Four medium size chicken breast1412 kcal
Five medium size chicken breast1765 kcal

Protein in chicken breast

Chicken breast has 20.85 g protein per 100g.
When you multiplay this value with weight of medium size chicken breast (205 g) you can see that you will get about 42.7 g of protein.

Carbs in chicken breast

0 g of carbs - chicken breast has no carbohydrates.

Fat in chicken breast

Chicken breast has 9.25 g fat per 100g.
So it is easy to count that medium size chicken breast (205 g) has about 19 g of fat.

medium size chicken breast (205 g) has:

353kcalFor burning these calories you have to:

Bike50 min.Bike

Horse ride65 min.Horse ride

Play tennis34 min.Tennis

Run36 min.Run

Swim42 min.Swim

chicken breast - vitamins per 100g

Vitaminium A83 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.063 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.085 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)9.908 mg
Vitaminium B60.53 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.004 mcg
Vitaminium E0.27 mg

Energy content of chicken breast

0% CARBS
50% PROTEIN
50% FAT

chicken breast - minerals per 100g

Potassium220 mg
Phosphorus0.4 mg
Magnessium25 mg
Calcium11 mg
Sodium63 mg
Iron0.74 mg
Zink0.4 mg

Does chicken breast make you fat and how it affect your weight?

Low count of calories in chicken breast puts this product in the middle of low-calories meat. If you are on diet and you are looking for low-calorific meat, chicken breast seems to be a pretty good choice.

This is not many but you can easily find less calorific products. It can be for example frog legs, turkey breast or rabbit.

Interesting charts - compare chicken breast with other meat

When you look at charts below you will see how chicken breast looks like in comparsion to other products from its category. When you click on selected product you will se detailed comparsion.

Fat In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Iron In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Magnesium In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Phosphorus In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Potassium In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Protein In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Sodium In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Vitamin B1 In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Vitamin B2 In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Vitamin B3 (Niacin) In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Vitamin B6 In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid) In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Vitamin E In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Water In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Zinc In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Cholesterol In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Calories In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Calcium In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

Vitamin A In Chicken Breast Based On Meat Category

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All information about nutrition on this website was created with help of information from the official United States Department of Agriculture database.