Whole Egg Calories

Don't you just love it when you see that plate of boiled egg kept beside your breakfast plate, or when you take in a mouthful of the deep-fried poached egg or the scrambled eggs? While writing this article the first image that came into my head was that of my mom's delicious cheese omelet. I want to write more on that but, unfortunately this article is only about the whole egg calories, so, I leave aside that tasty egg recipe and let you know more about the calories in whole egg as well as the whole egg nutrition facts. Given below is the detailed nutritional value of whole eggs which are sure to know your eggs better.

Nutritional Value

As kids I guess you must have heard your parents saying how eggs are good for your health and that one should have a whole boiled egg every day. On the other hand, some also say that the calories is too high and that one should not eat too many of it at one shot. So what exactly is the correct thing? To clear your confusion, here are some information on calories in whole egg and also it's important nutrients.

Calories
The calories in whole egg varies from one another according to the bird which has laid the egg, the way it has been prepared e.g.- fried, hard-boiled, etc. Let us see how the calorie content varies in a whole egg. The table given below will give you all the information, the hard-boiled egg, the duck egg, the egg nutritional information, etc.

Egg (whole)	Calories Present
Duck Egg	131
Turkey Egg	136
Goose Egg	267
Quail Egg	15
White Egg (fresh)	18
Raw Egg	76
Boiled Egg	75
Poached Egg	74
Scrambled Egg	366
Omelet Egg	24
Fried Egg	93

From the table you know what are the calories in whole egg according to its source as well as its method of preparation. Let us now see what are the various nutrition facts. We will also see what are the nutritional content of each part of the egg such as the egg white, the yolk and so on.

Nutrient	Fried Egg (whole)	Boiled (whole)	Scrambled (whole)	Raw Egg (whole)
Thiamine	0.020 mg	0.03 mg	0.3 mg	0.03 mg
Protein	6.3g	17g	7g	6.3g
Vitamin C	0 mg	0 mg	0 mg	0 mg
Sodium	96 mg	63	88 mg	72 mg
Cholesterol	185 mg	577 mg	170 mg	187 mg
Carbohydrates	0.4 g	0.56 g	1g	0.4g
Vitamin B6	0.9 mg	0.61 mg	0.9 mg	0.09 mg
Saturated Fat	2 g	1.7 g	2.033g	1.6g
Calcium	30 mg	26 mg	40 mg	29 mg
Riboflavin	0.23 mg	0.3 mg	0.23 mg	0.23 mg

Now that we have seen the nutrient content in the eggs depending on the way it is prepared, let us now see the nutrient content present in the various parts of the egg.

• The egg white, has around 17 calories, 46 mg of potassium, 3 mg of calcium and no cholesterol, fats or carbohydrates.
• The yellow portion of the egg or rather the yolk contains around 60 calories, 210 mg cholesterol, 17 mg of potassium and very small amount of iron and thiamine and no carbohydrates.

There, now you know about the calories as well as its nutrient value. So, next time someone puts down that delicious dish of either fried eggs or boiled eggs, you know how nutritious they are.