Meal Calorie Calculator
Add up the foods on your plate for a quick meal calorie estimate — great for meal prep and portion awareness.
Serving size: 1 medium ≈ 95 kcal
Add foods to total this meal’s calories.
Values are approximate averages for education — package labels may differ.
How it works
Pick a food
Choose from the built-in list or Custom item.
Set quantity
How many servings of that food are on the plate.
Add to meal
Build a running list; remove lines anytime.
Read the total
See combined kcal for the meal.
What is a meal calorie total?
A meal calorie total adds up the energy from each food on your plate — useful for portion awareness, meal prep boxes, or comparing a homemade bowl to a restaurant estimate.
This calculator uses a small built-in food table plus custom entries. Numbers are approximate averages, not lab assays.
How the total is calculated
Formula
meal kcal = Σ (food kcal × quantity)
- Food kcalCalories for one listed serving
- QuantityHow many of those servings you ate
- CustomEnter label calories for packaged foods
- Daily contextCompare to your TDEE / goal calories tool
Worked example
1 chicken breast (165) + 1 cup rice (~200 for ~150 g cooked) + broccoli (35) ≈ 400 kcal before oil or sauces.
Meal prep and FoodsLiver recipes
Pair with other tools
Calorie / TDEE
Day
set the budget
Macros
Split
P/C/F grams
Scaler
Batch
cook once
Set a daily target with the Calorie Calculator, split macros with the Macro Calculator, then build plates here. Scale batch cooks with the Recipe Scaler.