How much protein is in a raw egg?

A raw egg has 12.6 g of protein per 100 g and 6.3 g per 1 large (50 g). That is 8.8 g of protein per 100 kcal — a solid protein-per-calorie ratio for a whole food.

Should eggs be weighed raw or cooked?

Weigh it in whichever state you log it, and use the row that matches — this page is the raw row. Cooking does not change how many calories are there, only how many grams they are spread across: meat loses water in the pan and gets denser, grains and pasta absorb it and get lighter per gram.

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EggsUSDA SR LegacyFDC 171287

Calories in a raw egg

USDA FoodData Central record for “Egg, whole, raw, fresh” — per 100 g, per every USDA serving size, and next to the other eggs rows.

The short answer

A raw egg: 143 kcal per 100 g. 1 large (50 g) is 72 kcal with 6.3 g of protein. Source: USDA FoodData Central record 171287, "Egg, whole, raw, fresh".

Per 100 g

Nutrient	Per 100 g	Share of energy
Energy	143 kcal	100%
Protein	12.6 g	35%
Fat	9.5 g	60%
Carbohydrate	0.7 g	2%

A raw egg is 143 kcal per 100 g in USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy). Of that energy, about 35% comes from protein, 60% from fat and 2% from carbohydrate. That works out to 8.8 g of protein per 100 kcal — a solid protein-per-calorie ratio for a whole food.

Per serving

The serving sizes USDA lists for this record, priced from the per-100 g figures above. Nothing here is rounded to a “portion” — the gram weight next to each label is what the calories are computed from.

Serving	Weight	Calories	Protein	Fat	Carbs
100 g	100 g	143	12.6 g	9.5 g	0.7 g
1 large	50 g	72	6.3 g	4.8 g	0.4 g
1 extra large	56 g	80	7.1 g	5.3 g	0.4 g
1 jumbo	63 g	90	7.9 g	6 g	0.4 g
1 cup (4.86 large eggs)	243 g	347	30.6 g	23.1 g	1.7 g
1 medium	44 g	63	5.5 g	4.2 g	0.3 g
1 small	38 g	54	4.8 g	3.6 g	0.3 g

Compared with other eggs

Food	kcal / 100 g	Protein / 100 g	Per serving
A raw egg	143	12.6 g	72 kcal · 1 large
A hard-boiled egg	155	12.6 g	78 kcal · 1 large
A fried egg	196	13.6 g	90 kcal · 1 large
Scrambled eggs	149	10 g	91 kcal · 1 large
A poached egg	143	12.5 g	72 kcal · 1 large
An omelet (plain)	154	10.6 g	94 kcal · 1 large
Egg white	52	10.9 g	17 kcal · 1 large
Egg yolk	322	15.9 g	55 kcal · 1 large

The eggs rows exist in more than one state because water moves during cooking: this is the raw row. Weigh the food in the state you log and pick the row that matches — the calories don’t change in the pan, the grams do. The mechanics are in cooked vs raw weights.

Worth knowing

The raw whole egg is the reference row for "an egg": one large egg without shell weighs about 50 g, so the per-egg number is just the per-100 g number halved. Boiling changes it by a few kcal of lost water; frying changes it by whatever fat the pan adds.

Other tables in dairy and egg products

The same numbers for the foods this one usually shares a plate — or a shopping list — with.

Questions about a raw egg

How many calories are in a raw egg?: A raw egg: 143 kcal per 100 g. 1 large (50 g) is 72 kcal with 6.3 g of protein. Source: USDA FoodData Central record 171287, "Egg, whole, raw, fresh".
How much protein is in a raw egg?: A raw egg has 12.6 g of protein per 100 g and 6.3 g per 1 large (50 g). That is 8.8 g of protein per 100 kcal — a solid protein-per-calorie ratio for a whole food.
Should eggs be weighed raw or cooked?: Weigh it in whichever state you log it, and use the row that matches — this page is the raw row. Cooking does not change how many calories are there, only how many grams they are spread across: meat loses water in the pan and gets denser, grains and pasta absorb it and get lighter per gram.

How calorie.one logs it

Type “raw egg” into calorie.one and the app matches this exact record — “Egg, whole, raw, fresh” — estimates the grams, and shows the line with its USDA label. You correct the amount; the per-100 g figure is never guessed. That split between recognition and arithmetic is the whole methodology. For the numbers in context, read How many calories are in an egg?.