How many calories are in a bolillo?
One medium bolillo, the sandwich-size roll USDA weighs at 117 g, carries 372 calories. A small roll is 242 and a large one 515. Per 100 g the bread sits at 318 calories. The calories in a bolillo hang on the size of the roll in your hand rather than on the bakery it came out of, and the spread between the smallest and the largest is wider than most people expect.
You'd need to walk about 74 minutes to burn the 372 calories in a medium roll (117 g).
How long does it take to burn off a bolillo?
A medium roll (117 g) is 372 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
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| Activity | Time to burn 372 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 1 hr 14 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 46 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 53 min |
| Jogging | 44 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 1 hr 23 min |
Times are for a 155 lb adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (117 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Bolillo quick facts
- What one bolillo weighs
- The bakery roll against the bag from the store
- Half a bolillo, wheat bolillo and the torta
- Sodium and fiber, the two rows that surprise people
- How does bolillo compare?
- Most popular bolillo brands
- FAQ
Bolillo quick facts
The reference record is FNDDS 2707664, "Roll, Mexican, bolillo", filed by USDA under rolls and buns. It is the only entry the database keeps for the bread itself, and the serving column below is the roll USDA calls medium, regular or sandwich size: 117 g.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 medium roll (117 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 318 kcal | 372 kcal | — |
| Total fat | 5.8 g | 6.8 g | 9% |
| Saturated fat | 1.4 g | 1.6 g | 8% |
| Carbohydrate | 55.8 g | 65.3 g | 24% |
| Dietary fiber | 2.2 g | 2.6 g | 9% |
| Total sugars | 3.6 g | 4.2 g | — |
| Protein | 10.7 g | 12.5 g | 25% |
| Sodium | 506 mg | 592 mg | 26% |
% Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified September 2026. How we verify our data →
Two label lines are missing from that table on purpose. USDA reports neither added sugars nor trans fat for this record in the current release, so those rows would be guesses dressed as data rather than zeros. The 4.2 g of total sugars in a roll cannot be split into what the flour brought and what the baker added, and total sugars carry no Daily Value on a US label anyway, which is why that cell stays empty.
Protein is the row worth pausing on. A medium bolillo returns 12.5 g, a full 25% of the Daily Value, while its 372 calories are 19% of a 2,000-calorie day. Very few white breads pay back more protein than calories, and this one does it by being large rather than by being special: per 100 g the protein is a routine 10.7 g. Cholesterol is 1 mg per 100 g, effectively nothing, and potassium is 131 mg per 100 g, so about 153 mg in a roll, near 3% of the day.
What one bolillo weighs
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28 g | 89 |
| Half a medium roll, cut lengthwise | 58.5 g | 186 |
| 1 small (miniature) roll | 76 g | 242 |
| 100 g | 100 g | 318 |
| 1 medium (regular, sandwich size) roll | 117 g | 372 |
| 1 large roll | 162 g | 515 |
The three roll weights come from USDA's own household measures for record 2707664, not from a scale in our kitchen; the 1 oz line and the half roll are our own scaling of the same per-gram numbers. Read them side by side and the question "how many calories in a bolillo" turns out to have no single answer: the large roll is more than double the small one, 515 against 242, with 273 calories of daylight between two loaves that sit in the same basket.
Bread is also the food people are worst at eyeballing. A bolillo is mostly air by volume and dense only at the ends, so two rolls that look alike can differ by 30 g. If you eat them often, weigh three of them once. After that you will know whether your bakery runs small, medium or large, and you can log the roll by name for the rest of the year.
One more detail from the record: when USDA cannot tell what size was eaten, its default weight for a bolillo is 117 g. That default is a reasonable place to start, and the rest of this page is about the times it is wrong.
The bakery roll against the bag from the store
Here is the gap that trips up most logs. USDA's medium bolillo is a 117 g bakery roll. The bolillos sold in a plastic sleeve at a US supermarket are considerably smaller, and their labels say so.
A Target Market Pantry package (USDA Branded 2635526) calls one roll 57 g and 180 calories. Gonnella, Cub and Redner's all declare a 68 g roll at 200 calories. The rolls baked in store at Target are 68 g and 170 calories. Across those labels the bread runs 250 to 316 calories per 100 g, close enough to the USDA figure that the dough is clearly the same. The roll is simply about half the size.
So the practical rule is not about a number, it is about where the bread came from:
- Bought in a sleeve with a nutrition panel: start at 170 to 200 calories a roll.
- Bought loose from a panadería or the in-store bakery counter: start at 372, or weigh it once and settle the question.
Two rolls in a sleeve add up to about one big bakery roll. Nobody expects that, and it explains why bolillo calorie counts found online scatter so widely. Both sets of numbers are correct; they describe different rolls.
Half a bolillo, wheat bolillo and the torta
Half a bolillo, split lengthwise the way a torta is built, is 58.5 g and 186 calories, with 6.2 g of protein, 32.6 g of carbohydrate and 3.4 g of fat. A torta is built on both halves, so the bread alone is 372 calories before a single slice of ham, a spoon of beans or a smear of crema goes in. Pull out some of the crumb, as many cooks do, and you take real calories with it, since the airy interior weighs less than the crust but still counts.
A wheat bolillo is the one variant with different numbers rather than a different size. Just Off Melrose wheat bolillos (USDA Branded 2097542) read 260 calories per 100 g, and their own 96 g roll is 250 calories with 12.0 g of protein, 48.0 g of carbohydrate and 4.0 g of fat. That is 58 calories per 100 g below the standard roll. Worth noting before anyone reads it as a health upgrade: a wheat label is not a whole-grain label, and MyPlate asks Americans to make at least half their grains whole grains, which a lightly wheated white roll does not accomplish on its own.
A small roll, at 76 g and 242 calories, is the quiet solution for anyone who wants bread with a meal instead of bread as the meal. It carries 8.1 g of protein, 42.4 g of carbohydrate and 4.4 g of fat, and it costs 130 calories less than the medium.
Sodium and fiber, the two rows that surprise people
Calories bring people to this page. Sodium is what they should leave with.
A medium bolillo holds 592 mg of sodium, 26% of the Daily Value of 2,300 mg, against calories that are 19% of the day. Roughly a quarter teaspoon of table salt, baked into a roll that does not taste salty at all. A large roll pushes that to 820 mg, or 36% of the day. Two rolls with dinner, dry, nothing on them, spend more than half a day's sodium.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans put the adult ceiling at 2,300 mg, and the CDC names breads and rolls among the largest single contributors of sodium in the American diet precisely because of this: bread is eaten daily, in quantity, and tastes like anything but salt. A bolillo is a clean illustration of the pattern.
Fiber runs the other way, and it runs short. A whole medium roll delivers 2.6 g, which is 9% of the FDA Daily Value of 28 g, while its carbohydrate covers 24% of the day. That ratio is what a white crumb looks like on a label. Nothing about the size of the roll fixes it, because a large bolillo scales the fiber and the refined starch by exactly the same factor.
How does bolillo compare?
All five rolls below come from the same USDA survey release and the same rolls and buns category, so the figures line up one to one. Serving weights are USDA's own.
| Roll | Per 100 g | Serving | Calories per serving | Protein / carbs / fat per serving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolillo | 318 | 1 medium roll (117 g) | 372 | 12.5 / 65.3 / 6.8 g |
| Roll, white, hard | 293 | 1 medium roll (56 g) | 164 | 5.5 / 29.5 / 2.4 g |
| Roll, garlic | 309 | 1 medium roll (35 g) | 108 | 3.8 / 18.2 / 2.3 g |
| Roll, cheese | 315 | 1 roll (41 g) | 129 | 4.7 / 20.3 / 3.2 g |
| Breadsticks, soft, frozen | 313 | 1 medium stick (40 g) | 125 | 4.4 / 18.5 / 3.7 g |
The call: per 100 g these five are within 25 calories of one another, so the dough is not what separates them. Portion size is. A bolillo is twice to more than three times the weight of every other roll on the list, which is why it lands at 372 calories while a garlic roll lands at 108. For bread alongside a plate of food, the smaller rolls keep the total under 170 calories and the bolillo will not; when the roll is the meal, as in a torta, the bolillo's 12.5 g of protein is the only serving here substantial enough to build on.
Most popular bolillo brands in the United States
Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United States, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each Nutrition Facts label, checked against USDA FoodData Central.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g) |
|---|---|
| Market Pantry Bolillo Rolls | 316 cal |
| Target 6ct Bolillo Rolls Baked In Store | 250 cal |
| Gonnella Traditional Bolillo Rolls | 294 cal |
| Cub Bolillo Rolls | 294 cal |
| Redner's Baked Bolillo Rolls | 294 cal |
| Fresh & Easy Bolillos | 277 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Bolillo FAQs
How many calories are in one bolillo roll?
372 calories for the medium, sandwich-size roll USDA weighs at 117 g. A small roll at 76 g is 242 calories and a large one at 162 g is 515. Per 100 g the bread is 318 calories, with 65.3 g of carbohydrate and 12.5 g of protein in that medium roll.
How many calories are in half a bolillo?
186 calories for half of a medium roll, split lengthwise at 58.5 g. That half carries 6.2 g of protein, 32.6 g of carbohydrate and 3.4 g of fat. Half of a small roll is 121 calories instead, so the size of the roll matters more than the cut.
How much does a bolillo roll weigh?
117 g for USDA's medium roll, 76 g for a small one and 162 g for a large one. Supermarket bolillos sold in a sleeve are lighter still, with labels declaring 57 g to 68 g a roll. That difference is why a bakery bolillo can be double the calories of a bagged one.
What are the nutrition facts for bolillo bread?
Per 100 g: 318 calories, 10.7 g protein, 55.8 g carbohydrate, 3.6 g total sugars, 5.8 g fat, 1.4 g saturated, 2.2 g fiber and 506 mg sodium. A medium 117 g roll scales that to 372 calories, 12.5 g protein, 65.3 g carbohydrate and 592 mg sodium.
How much sodium is in a bolillo?
592 mg in a medium roll, which is 26% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value and about a quarter teaspoon of table salt. Per 100 g the bread holds 506 mg. A large roll reaches 820 mg, or 36% of the day, without tasting salty at any point.
Is bolillo bread healthy?
It is a lean, high-volume white bread. A medium roll gives 12.5 g of protein for 372 calories and only 6.8 g of fat, but just 2.6 g of fiber, 9% of the day, against 24% of the day's carbohydrate. Sodium is the weaker row at 26% of the Daily Value per roll.
How many calories are in a wheat bolillo?
250 calories for a 96 g wheat roll, at 260 calories per 100 g, with 12.0 g of protein, 48.0 g of carbohydrate and 4.0 g of fat. That is 58 calories per 100 g below a standard bolillo. A wheat label is not a whole-grain label, so treat it as a lighter roll rather than a different food group.
Does a bolillo have more calories than a hard white roll?
Per 100 g they are close, 318 against 293. Per roll they are not: a bolillo is 372 calories and USDA's hard white roll is 164, because that roll weighs 56 g against the bolillo's 117 g. People usually reach for French bread as the comparison, but the hard white roll is the neighbor USDA actually documents in the same category.
Similar foods
- Pork Roll — 197 cal for 2 slices
- Spinach Tortilla — 132 cal per tortilla
- Corn Muffin — 345 cal per medium muffin
- Mooncake — 469 cal per large round Moon Cake
- Garlic Bread — 143 cal per slice
- French Bread — 174 cal per medium slice
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