How many calories are in a chicken tempura roll?
A whole chicken tempura roll, cut into 8 pieces and weighing about 240 g, comes to 278 calories. Per 100 g it works out to 116 calories, which is lighter than most people expect from something battered and fried. The rice accounts for most of the weight. The fried chicken accounts for most of the fat.
You'd need to walk about 56 minutes to burn the 278 calories in one roll of 8 pieces (240 g).
How long does it take to burn off 278 kcal of chicken tempura roll?
One roll of 8 pieces (240 g) is 278 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 278 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 56 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 35 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 40 min |
| Jogging | 33 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 1 hr 2 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 (240 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Chicken tempura roll quick facts
- US servings, from one piece to the whole roll
- Shrimp tempura, salmon and the rest of the roll board
- Sodium is the row to watch, not the fat
- How does a chicken tempura roll compare?
- Most popular chicken tempura roll brands
- FAQ
Chicken tempura roll quick facts
There is no chicken tempura roll in USDA's database. There are seven sushi rolls, and the one that behaves most like a battered, sauced roll is FNDDS 2708962, "Sushi roll, eel" — the densest and fattiest of the seven at 116 calories and 2.98 g of fat per 100 g. That record is the honest stand-in here. Treat it as the floor rather than the ceiling: a sushi counter that fries the chicken in a heavy batter and finishes the roll with a mayo drizzle will land above these figures, not below them.
The column on the right is the whole roll at 240 g, which is 8 pieces of about 30 g. That is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figures, not a USDA serving size, and it is the number you want if you ordered a roll and ate all of it.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per one roll, 8 pieces (240 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 116 | 278 | — |
| Total fat | 2.98 g | 7.2 g | 9% |
| Saturated fat | 0.6 g | 1.4 g | 7% |
| Carbohydrate | 15.3 g | 36.7 g | 13% |
| Dietary fiber | 0.7 g | 1.7 g | 6% |
| Total sugars | 0.92 g | 2.2 g | — |
| Protein | 5.95 g | 14.3 g | 29% |
| Sodium | 343 mg | 823 mg | 36% |
% 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 rows you would see on a packaged label are missing above: added sugars and trans fat, because the FNDDS release does not publish either value for this record. Cholesterol and potassium are published: 74 mg of cholesterol in the roll, 25% of the Daily Value, and 187 mg of potassium, only 4%.
US servings, from one piece to the whole roll
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 piece | 30 g | 35 kcal |
| 1 oz | 28 g | 33 kcal |
| 1 cup, cut pieces | 150 g | 174 kcal |
| One roll, 8 pieces | 240 g | 278 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 116 kcal |
The cup is a real USDA household measure, and it is also the trap on this food. A cup of cut sushi pieces holds 150 g and 174 calories, but a whole roll is 240 g. Log the cup when you ate the roll and you are 104 calories short before you have touched the soy sauce. The single piece, 30 g and 35 calories, is the measure worth memorizing, because it scales cleanly: three pieces off a shared platter is 105, half a roll is 139.
One ounce is 33 calories, which is useful only if you weigh food. Everyone else should count pieces.
Store-made rolls sit higher than the USDA record because they are bigger and sauced. USDA's branded data lists a Bento Express Fuji Combo pack at 151 calories per 100 g, or 400 for the 265 g box of 10 pieces, a Banzai Tropical California roll at 121 per 100 g and 171 for its 141 g five-piece tray, and a Sushic All American roll at 202 per 100 g, which is 531 calories for a single 263 g package. That last one is nearly twice a homemade-size roll.
Shrimp tempura, salmon and the rest of the roll board
Order a mixed board and the pieces look interchangeable. On calories they nearly are; on protein and fat they are not.
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical piece | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shrimp tempura roll (USDA: shrimp roll) | 100 kcal | 1 piece (30 g) | 30 kcal |
| Salmon roll | 103 kcal | 1 piece (30 g) | 31 kcal |
| Tuna roll | 97 kcal | 1 piece (30 g) | 29 kcal |
| California roll | 94 kcal | 100 g | 94 kcal |
| Avocado roll | 93 kcal | 1 piece (30 g) | 28 kcal |
| Vegetable roll | 93 kcal | 1 piece (22 g) | 21 kcal |
The shrimp roll record is boiled shrimp, not tempura, so a real shrimp tempura roll from a sushi counter will sit above its 100 calories per 100 g — closer to the chicken tempura figure than to the plain shrimp one. The spread across all six versions is tiny: 93 to 103 calories per 100 g, a range of ten. Nori and vinegared rice dominate every one of them, and the filling moves the total far less than the size of the roll does.
Protein is where they split. The tuna roll carries 7.4 g per 100 g and the avocado roll 1.8 g, a four-fold gap on near-identical calories. If two rolls cost the same, take the one with the animal or fried protein inside and you get more protein for the same calories.
Sodium is the row to watch, not the fat
Fat is the row everyone checks on a fried food, and here it is quiet: 7.2 g in the whole roll, 9% of the Daily Value, with 1.4 g of it saturated. Sodium is the loud one. A single roll brings 823 mg, 36% of the 2,300 mg daily limit, or roughly a third of a teaspoon of table salt. Seasoned rice, the sauce and the nori do it between them, and that total is measured before the dish of soy sauce arrives. If you are watching blood pressure, dip the fish side lightly rather than soaking the rice, and skip the second roll rather than the sauce.
The happier row is protein. Fourteen point three grams is 29% of the Daily Value from one 278-calorie item, which puts a chicken tempura roll ahead of most grab-and-go lunches at the same calorie cost. USDA's MyPlate protein guidance treats seafood and poultry as the anchor of a meal, and a roll plus a side salad gets you there. Carbohydrate is 36.7 g, 13% of the Daily Value, nearly all of it rice, with only 2.2 g of total sugars and 1.7 g of fiber. The roll is starchier than it is sweet, and it is far saltier than it is fatty.
How does a chicken tempura roll compare?
| Roll | Per 100 g | 1 piece (30 g) | One roll (240 g) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken tempura roll (USDA eel record) | 116 kcal | 35 kcal | 278 kcal |
| Tuna roll | 97 kcal | 29 kcal | 233 kcal |
| California roll | 94 kcal | 28 kcal | 226 kcal |
| Avocado roll | 93 kcal | 28 kcal | 223 kcal |
The 240 g column is our own arithmetic from each record's 100 g figure, so all four rolls are compared at the same weight instead of at whatever serving USDA happened to publish.
Our take: the chicken tempura roll is the heaviest of the four, but only by 52 calories against a California roll and 55 against an avocado roll — a piece and a half of difference across a whole meal. For weight loss the avocado roll at 223 is technically the pick, and it gives you 4.3 g of protein for the trouble. For a lunch that actually holds until dinner, spend the extra 52 calories on the tempura roll and its 14.3 g of protein. The frying is not what makes this roll expensive; ordering a second one is.
Most popular chicken tempura roll 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) |
|---|---|
| Bento Express Fuji Combo Sushi Rolls | 151 cal |
| Sushic All American Sushi Roll | 202 cal |
| Banzai Tropical California Sushi Roll | 121 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Chicken tempura roll FAQs
How many calories are in a chicken tempura roll?
One roll of 8 pieces is 278 calories at 240 g, or 116 calories per 100 g. That is the USDA figure for a filled, sauced sushi roll, which is the closest published match. A restaurant version with a mayo drizzle or a heavier batter will read higher, not lower.
How many calories in one piece of chicken tempura roll?
One piece is 35 calories at 30 g, so four pieces off a shared platter is 140. Pieces cut from a fat roll can run closer to 40 g each, which pushes a single piece past 40 calories. Counting the whole roll is safer than counting pieces one at a time.
How much protein is in a chicken tempura roll?
A whole roll carries 14.3 g of protein, 29% of the Daily Value, from 5.95 g per 100 g. That is genuine protein for a 278-calorie lunch, and it beats a California roll of the same 240 g weight, which brings 7.0 g. The chicken does that work, not the rice.
How many carbs are in a chicken tempura roll?
One roll has 36.7 g of carbohydrate, 13% of the Daily Value, alongside 1.7 g of fiber and 2.2 g of total sugars. Vinegared sushi rice is the source of nearly all of it, which is why the roll fills you up more than its 278 calories suggest.
How much sodium is in a chicken tempura roll?
A whole roll delivers 823 mg of sodium, 36% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value, and that is before a single dip in soy sauce. Per 100 g it is 343 mg. If you watch sodium, this number matters far more here than the 7.2 g of fat does.
Is a chicken tempura roll healthy?
By the numbers it holds up: 278 calories, 14.3 g of protein and only 7.2 g of fat in a whole roll. The catch is sodium at 823 mg, 36% of the Daily Value, before soy sauce. Pair it with a salad rather than a second roll and it is a solid lunch.
Chicken tempura roll vs California roll calories?
A 240 g chicken tempura roll is 278 calories; the same weight of California roll is 226, our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figures of 116 and 94. The 52-calorie gap is small enough that protein decides it: 14.3 g against 7.0 g.
How many pieces are in a chicken tempura roll?
Most chicken tempura rolls are cut into 8 pieces of roughly 30 g, which is where the 240 g roll and its 278 calories come from. Some counters cut 6 fatter pieces or 10 thin ones from the same amount of rice, so the total barely moves.
Similar foods
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- Fish Cake — 180 cal per cake or patty
- Bagel — 277 cal per bagel
- Sesame bagel — 277 cal per medium bagel
- Bread — 75 cal per medium slice
Count it without the math
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