Calories in a raw chicken drumstick with skin.
161 kcal per 100 g.
Chicken, broilers or fryers, drumstick, meat and skin, raw · SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA FDC 172373
Nutrition for your portion
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 161 kcal | 161 kcal |
| Protein | 18.1 g | 18.1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 0.11 g | 0.11 g |
| Fat | 9.2 g | 9.2 g |
| Fibre | 0 g | 0 g |
| Sugars | 0 g | 0 g |
| Saturated fat | 2.46 g | 2.46 g |
| Sodium | 106 mg | 106 mg |
| Salt (calculated from sodium) | 0.27 g | 0.27 g |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 14 ug | 14 ug |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0.1 ug | 0.1 ug |
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) | 0.19 mg | 0.19 mg |
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) | 2.5 ug | 2.5 ug |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | 0 mg |
| Thiamin | 0.08 mg | 0.08 mg |
| Riboflavin | 0.2 mg | 0.2 mg |
| Niacin | 4.84 mg | 4.84 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.35 mg | 0.35 mg |
| Folate, total | 3 ug | 3 ug |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.53 ug | 0.53 ug |
| Potassium | 211 mg | 211 mg |
| Calcium | 8 mg | 8 mg |
| Phosphorus | 163 mg | 163 mg |
| Magnesium | 18 mg | 18 mg |
| Iron | 0.71 mg | 0.71 mg |
| Zinc | 1.86 mg | 1.86 mg |
| Selenium | 20.2 ug | 20.2 ug |
| Iodine | Unknown | Unknown |
| Copper | 0.06 mg | 0.06 mg |
Energy comes from USDA nutrient 1008. Salt is calculated as sodium × 2.5, with unit conversion to grams. It is not a separately measured salt value.
Preparation
Raw drumstick with skin is 161 kcal per 100 g; roasted with skin it reads about 216, because roughly a quarter of the weight leaves as water while the fat under the skin stays. Roasted without skin, the same drumstick drops to around 170 per 100 g — the skin is where most of the fat is. Frying adds the pan's oil on top.
Logging this food
The bone is the trap. USDA's "1 drumstick with skin" is 133 g — meat and skin only, bone excluded, about 214 kcal raw. A drumstick straight from the pack weighs 180–200 g with bone, so logging that weight overstates by a third or more. Weigh the meat, or log "1 drumstick".
Swaps and alternatives
Skinless drumstick or thigh meat saves 30–40% of the calories at the same protein. Breast (120 kcal raw, 165 roasted) is leaner again. Wings are fattier than drumsticks per gram of meat, and the bone-to-meat ratio makes a "portion" of wings harder to estimate.