Fried Egg vs Omelette: Health Insights

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Fried egg - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Fried egg - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Omelette vs Fried egg: Nutrition Comparison

per 100gFried eggOmelette
Calories196 149
Fat14.84 g10.98 g
Protein13.61 g9.99 g
Calcium62 mg66 mg
Iron1.89 mg1.31 mg
Magnessium13 mg11 mg
Phosphorus5.6 mg165 mg
Potassium152 mg132 mg
Sodium207 mg145 mg
Zink5.6 mg1.04 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)0.082 mg0.076 mg
Vitaminium E1.31 mg1.15 mg
Vitaminium K0.006 mg4 mg

More Calories in Fried egg

At first glance, you can see that in fried egg is more calories than in omelette.

Fried egg has 196 kcal per 100g and omelette 149 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 32%.

In fried egg and in omelette most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare fried egg with omelette in details.

Fried egg And Omelette Nutrition Difference

  • Calories:
    fried egg - 32% more than omelette
  • Fat:
    fried egg - 35% more than omelette
  • Protein:
    fried egg - 36% more than omelette

More protein in fried egg

It is aslo easy to see see that in fried egg is more protein than in omelette.

There is 9.99g per 100g of omelette and 13.61g per 100g of fried egg so using simple math we can see that difference is about 36%.

More fat in fried egg

In fried egg is more fats than in omelette.

The tables above show us that there is 10.98g/100g of fats in omelette and 14.84g/100g in fried egg. In this case difference is about 35%.

Fried egg

196kcal
  • Calories196
  • Fat14.84 g
  • Protein13.61 g
Fried egg calories per:
100g
| ounce | single piece

Calories source

  • 2% CARBS.
  • 28% PROTEIN
  • 70% FAT

Omelette

149kcal
  • Calories149
  • Fat10.98 g
  • Protein9.99 g
Omelette calories per:
100g
| ounce | single piece

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 29% PROTEIN
  • 71% FAT

Vitamins: omelette vs fried egg

  • Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
    fried egg - 8% more than omelette
  • Vitaminium E:
    fried egg - 14% more than omelette
  • Vitaminium K:
    omelette - 66567% more than fried egg

Minerals: fried egg vs omelette

  • Calcium:
    omelette - 6% more than fried egg
  • Iron:
    fried egg - 44% more than omelette
  • Magnessium:
    fried egg - 18% more than omelette
  • Phosphorus:
    omelette - 2846% more than fried egg
  • Potassium:
    fried egg - 15% more than omelette
  • Sodium:
    fried egg - 43% more than omelette
  • Zink:
    fried egg - 438% more than omelette
Marcin Piotrowicz
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Marcin Piotrowicz

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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.

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