Kitchen tools
Recipe calorie calculator
Add ingredients, scan a product or use one of your recipes. See calories and nutrition for the whole dish, a serving or 100 g.
- Amounts come from you
- Every figure shows its source
- Unknown is never counted as zero
How do you want to add food?
More ways
- 1Add the foodsType, paste, snap or scan them in.
- 2Give the amountsGrams, spoons, cups or pieces.
- 3Read the answerWhole dish, per serving or per 100 g.
How to calculate calories in a recipe
The recipe calorie calculator adds up the ingredients you enter to estimate energy and nutrition. You can review the whole recipe, a serving, or an amount of the finished dish when the necessary measurements are available. Check the ingredient quantities and nutrition values before using the result.
- Enter the ingredients and amounts, including cooking oil, sauces and toppings you want counted.
- Review the food matches and nutrition values. Use the product label where it describes the ingredient you actually used.
- Set the serving count for a per-serving estimate. For calories per 100 g of the finished dish, enter its measured cooked weight.
Recipe calorie calculation
For an ingredient with a known mass: ingredient kcal = grams × kcal per 100 g ÷ 100. Add the counted ingredients for the recipe total, then divide by the stated number of servings.
Arithmetic example: 150 g at 120 kcal per 100 g contributes 180 kcal. A counted recipe total of 900 kcal split into 3 servings gives 300 kcal per serving. These are illustrative numbers, not nutrition facts for your dish.
Why can the total be incomplete?
A food name alone does not establish how much was used. Missing amounts, unmatched ingredients or missing nutrition values can leave part of the recipe uncounted. Review the coverage shown by the calculator; a subtotal should not be treated as the full recipe.
Why is cooked weight different from ingredient weight?
Food can gain or lose water during cooking. For a finished dish, calories per 100 g = counted recipe kcal ÷ measured cooked weight in grams × 100. Without that finished weight, the calculator cannot establish the cooked dish’s calories per 100 g.
Can a food photo give an exact calorie count?
A photo can help identify foods, but does not reliably measure their weight, hidden ingredients or cooking oil. Review the names and supply the missing quantities. Results remain estimates and depend on the inputs and nutrition data.