How Many Calories in a Burger Bun?
152 calories — that's the bun, before the burger ever touches it. The short answer to how many calories in a burger bun: a standard 60 g soft white bun is 152 kcal, or 254 kcal per 100 g. Even the brioche upgrade only nudges a bun to about 176.
You'd need to walk about 30 minutes to burn the 152 calories in a standard 60 g soft white bun.
How long does it take to burn off a burger bun?
A standard 60 g soft white bun is 152 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
lb
| Activity | Time to burn 152 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 30 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 19 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 22 min |
| Jogging | 18 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 34 min |
Times are for a 154 lb (11 st) adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (60 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Quick facts
- Bun sizes and calories
- Brioche, wholemeal and crusty rolls
- The bun is a third of your burger
- How does a burger bun compare?
- Most popular burger bun brands
- FAQ
Quick facts
| Per 100 g | Amount | RI%* |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 254 kcal (1,063 kJ) | 13% |
| Protein | 9.3 g | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 51.5 g | 20% |
| Fat | 2.6 g | 4% |
| — of which saturates | 0.62 g | 3% |
| Fibre | 2.6 g | – |
| Sugar | 2.6 g | 3% |
| Salt | 1.0 g | 17% |
*RI = reference intake for an average adult (2,000 kcal a day). Figures are for a soft white roll; a standard bun weighs about 60 g.
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from CoFID, the UK government’s Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified August 2026. How we verify our data →
Bun sizes and calories
- Standard soft white bun (~60 g) — 152 kcal
- Brioche bun (~63 g, ~280 kcal per 100 g) — about 176 kcal
Sixty grams is the supermarket four-pack size. Pub and restaurant buns often run bigger, and a glazed brioche the size of your palm can be halfway to a full bread roll — worth checking the menu's small print if the kitchen publishes calories.
Brioche, wholemeal and crusty rolls
Bun types cluster tighter than the marketing suggests.
| Bun type | kcal per 100 g | kcal per 60 g bun |
|---|---|---|
| Soft white | 254 | 152 |
| Wholemeal roll | 244 | ~146 |
| Crusty white roll | 262 | ~157 |
| Brioche (label average) | ~280 | ~176 (63 g bun) |
Brioche's reputation as a diet-wrecker is overdone: the egg and butter in the dough add about 24 kcal over a standard bun. Real, but small. Wholemeal saves you almost nothing in calories — its case is fibre, not thinness.
The bun is a third of your burger
A homemade burger comes in around 480 kcal, and the bun's 152 kcal is roughly a third of that. The burger patty itself is the denser half of the deal at 288 kcal per 100 g.
That reframes the usual tricks. Going "bunless" saves you 152 kcal — meaningful, but it's not the transformation people imagine. Skipping just the top half saves about 76 and keeps the sandwich intact. A lettuce wrap instead of a bun trims roughly 150. Useful levers, all of them; none of them touch the patty, the cheese or the sauces where the rest of the burger lives.
How does a burger bun compare?
| Food | Typical portion | kcal per portion | kcal per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burger bun | one (60 g) | 152 | 254 |
| White bread | slice | 85 | – |
| Bagel | one | 230 | – |
| Baguette | whole (~250 g) | 623 | 249 |
| Burger (patty, for scale) | per 100 g | – | 288 |
The verdict: a bun is slightly less than two slices of white bread, and the leanest bread-casing on this table per portion. If you're choosing what wraps your burger, the bun is already the sensible option — a bagel adds 78 kcal, and it's the toppings that decide the meal.
Most popular burger bun brands in the United Kingdom
Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United Kingdom, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each label.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g) |
|---|---|
| St Pierre Brioche Burger Buns | 314 kcal |
| Specially Selected Brioche Buns (Aldi) | 321 kcal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels.
Burger bun FAQ
How many calories in a brioche bun?
About 176 kcal for a typical 63 g brioche bun, based on label averages of around 280 kcal per 100 g. That's roughly 24 kcal more than a standard soft white bun — the butter and egg in the dough are real, but they're a premium, not a blowout.
Burger bun vs bread — which has more calories?
A 152 kcal bun sits just under two slices of white bread (85 kcal each, 170 total). Per 100 g the products are near-identical — 254 versus a similar figure for sliced bread — so the choice is about shape and portion, not calories.
How many calories in a seeded bun?
Close to a standard bun — expect the low-to-mid 150s for a 60 g bun, with the seeds adding a little fat and fibre. The sprinkle on top weighs a gram or two, so it barely moves the total. Check the label if the bun is heavily seeded through the dough.
How many calories does a lettuce wrap save instead of a bun?
Around 150 kcal — you drop the bun's 152 and the lettuce adds next to nothing. Worth it if you genuinely prefer it; not worth it if you compensate with an extra spoon of sauce, since mayonnaise-based sauces can return most of the saving.
How many calories in a wholemeal burger bun?
About 146 kcal for a 60 g wholemeal roll (244 kcal per 100 g) — a saving of 6 kcal on white. Choose it for the extra fibre, which the NHS says most of us are short on, rather than for the calories.
How many calories in a burger bun per 100 g?
254 kcal per 100 g for a soft white roll, with 9.3 g protein, 51.5 g carbohydrate and just 2.6 g of fat. Buns are lean baked goods — no butter in the crumb, unlike brioche — which is why the whole four-pack maths stays predictable.
How much do I save by skipping the top half of the bun?
About 76 kcal — half of the bun's 152. The open-faced burger is one of the quieter tricks in calorie counting: the meal still looks and eats like a burger, and you've trimmed a sixth of a typical homemade burger's total without touching the filling.
Is a bagel a good burger bun swap?
Not for calories — a bagel is 230 kcal against the bun's 152, an extra 78 before toppings. Bagels are dense by design. If you want a swap that lowers the total, the open-faced bun or a lettuce wrap works; the bagel goes the other way.
Similar foods
- Baguette — 658 kcal whole
- Bagel — 230 kcal each
- White bread — 85 kcal a slice
- Bread — 78 kcal per wholemeal slice
- Crumpet — 95 kcal each
- Tortilla wrap — 196 kcal per large wrap
Let the app do the counting
Bun, patty, cheese, sauce — BodyPal breaks down the whole burger from one photo, so the 152-kcal bun and everything on it gets logged in seconds.
