How Many Calories Are in Shrimp Pho?
A 1-cup serving of shrimp pho weighs 245 g and carries 189 calories, or 77 calories per 100 g. That is one of the lightest bowls of noodles you can order. The catch is the restaurant portion: two cups is 377 calories, three cups 566, and the sodium climbs faster than the calories ever do.
You'd need to walk about 38 minutes to burn the 189 calories in a 1-cup (245 g) serving.
How long does it take to burn off shrimp pho?
A 1-cup (245 g) serving is 189 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 189 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 38 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 24 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 27 min |
| Jogging | 22 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 42 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 (245 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Shrimp pho quick facts
- US servings from one ounce to a three-cup bowl
- Broth only instant and other pho versions
- Sodium is the row to watch
- How does shrimp pho compare
- Most popular shrimp pho brands
- FAQ
Shrimp pho quick facts
USDA does not publish a record for pho with shrimp specifically. The closest complete match is FNDDS 2707124, "Soup, pho, with meat", the survey record for a finished bowl of broth, rice noodles and a protein topping. That is the food you are holding when a bowl of tom pho lands on the table, so it is the record used throughout this page.
One thing worth knowing before you log it: shrimp is leaner than brisket or meatballs, so a shrimp bowl sits at the low end of this record rather than the middle. Treat the fat row as a ceiling and the protein row as close to real.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 cup (245 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 77 | 189 | — |
| Total fat | 3.33 g | 8.2 g | 10% |
| Saturated fat | 1.28 g | 3.1 g | 16% |
| Carbohydrate | 5.6 g | 13.7 g | 5% |
| Dietary fiber | 0.4 g | 1.0 g | 3% |
| Total sugars | 0.46 g | 1.1 g | — |
| Protein | 5.81 g | 14.2 g | 28% |
| Sodium | 365 mg | 894 mg | 39% |
| Cholesterol | 18 mg | 44 mg | 15% |
| Potassium | 78 mg | 191 mg | 4% |
% 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 →
There is no added sugars row and no trans fat row on this page because the FNDDS edition behind this record does not publish either value for any pho entry. The Daily Values used here are the FDA figures printed on every US Nutrition Facts label.
US servings from one ounce to a three-cup bowl
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28.4 g | 22 kcal |
| Half a cup | 122.5 g | 94 kcal |
| 1 cup, USDA measure | 245 g | 189 kcal |
| One restaurant bowl, 2 cups | 490 g | 377 kcal |
| One large bowl, 3 cups | 735 g | 566 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 77 kcal |
Only the 1-cup line is a USDA household measure. The half cup, the ounce, the two-cup bowl and the three-cup bowl are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings.
That distinction matters more here than on almost any other food. A cup of soup is a small object: it fills the bottom third of the wide ceramic bowl a Vietnamese restaurant uses. The bowl in front of you is usually two cups, and the large size is three. Log "1 cup of pho" after a restaurant meal and you have understated the plate by two to three times, which is 188 to 377 missing calories.
Weigh it once if you can. Tare the empty bowl, fill it the way the kitchen would, and you will have a gram figure you can reuse for every pho order after that.
Broth only instant and other pho versions
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shrimp pho, full bowl | 77 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 189 kcal |
| Pho broth with noodles, no topping | 37 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 91 kcal |
| Ramen bowl with fish | 112 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 274 kcal |
| Wonton soup | 33 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 81 kcal |
| Instant pho bowl, chicken, dry | 317 kcal | 1 package (60 g) | 190 kcal |
| Retail seafood pho, dry | 350 kcal | 1 cup dry (77.1 g) | 270 kcal |
The topping is roughly half the bill. Strip the protein out and the same pho falls from 77 to 37 calories per 100 g, which makes a cup 91 instead of 189. Broth and rice noodles on their own are genuinely light food; the shrimp, beef or meatballs are what turn the bowl into a meal.
The last two rows are the trap in the supermarket aisle. Dry pho kits and retail seafood pho bowls read 317 to 367 calories per 100 g on the label because that number describes the dry noodles and seasoning, not the soup you eat. Snapdragon's beef pho packet is 367 per 100 g dry and 220 for the 60 g packet, and an Annie Chun's pho bowl comes to 301 calories for its 168 g serving. Once you add water, the per-100-g figure of the finished bowl collapses toward the USDA number. Log the package, never the per-100-g line on a dry kit.
Swapping cuisines costs more than swapping toppings. A ramen bowl with fish is 112 calories per 100 g against pho's 77, mostly because wheat noodles pack denser than rice noodles and the broth carries more fat.
Sodium is the row to watch
Calories are not the constraint in this bowl. Sodium is. One cup delivers 894 mg, 39% of the Daily Value, on 189 calories. The two-cup restaurant bowl comes to 1,789 mg, or 78% of the day's allowance, before the hoisin and sriracha you squeeze in at the table. That is about three-quarters of a teaspoon of table salt.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans put the ceiling for adults at less than 2,300 mg of sodium a day. A single large bowl of pho does not leave much room underneath it. Skipping some of the broth is the one lever that works: the noodles and shrimp carry very little sodium on their own, and the meatless broth still runs 357 mg per 100 g, so the salt is dissolved in the liquid rather than sitting on the topping.
The row that reads well is protein. At 14.2 g per cup and 28.4 g in a two-cup bowl, shrimp pho is a genuine protein meal at 377 calories, and shrimp counts toward the seafood servings that MyPlate recommends across the week. Saturated fat stays modest at 3.1 g per cup, 16% of the Daily Value, and a shrimp bowl will sit under that figure rather than on it.
How does shrimp pho compare
| Soup | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shrimp pho | 77 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 189 kcal | 14.2 g |
| Pho broth with noodles | 37 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 91 kcal | 3.5 g |
| Wonton soup | 33 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 81 kcal | 5.9 g |
| Ramen noodle soup, water added | 66 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 162 kcal | 3.7 g |
Our take: shrimp pho is the heaviest of these four per 100 g and still the best deal on the menu, because it carries more than twice the protein of any other bowl in the table. Wonton soup wins on calories alone at 81 a cup, but it leaves you hungry an hour later. If you are cutting, order pho and ask for extra shrimp and less noodle; if you are watching sodium instead of calories, drink half the broth and the number that matters drops with it.
Most popular shrimp pho 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) |
|---|---|
| Snapdragon Vegetable Vietnamese Pho | 356 cal |
| Annie Chun's Pho Vietnamese-Style Soup Bowl | 179 cal |
| Savory Choice Instant Pho Rice Noodle Soup Chicken | 317 cal |
| Snapdragon Beef Pho Noodle Soup | 367 cal |
| Being Blue Seafood Pho Rice Noodle | 350 cal |
| Star Anise Foods Happy Pho Brown Rice Noodle Soup | 347 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Shrimp pho FAQs
How many calories are in a bowl of shrimp pho?
A restaurant bowl holds about two cups, or 490 g, which works out to 377 calories from the USDA figure of 77 per 100 g. A three-cup bowl is 566 calories. The single USDA cup measure, 245 g, is 189 calories and is smaller than most bowls served in the US.
How much protein is in shrimp pho?
One cup carries 14.2 g of protein, which is 28% of the Daily Value, and a two-cup bowl doubles that to 28.4 g. Most of it comes from the shrimp rather than the broth: the same pho without a protein topping drops to about 3.5 g per cup.
Why is pho so high in sodium?
The broth is simmered with fish sauce, salt and bones, so one cup delivers 894 mg of sodium, 39% of the Daily Value, on just 189 calories. A two-cup restaurant bowl is 1,789 mg, or 78% of the day's limit. Even the meatless broth stays high at 357 mg per 100 g.
Is shrimp pho good for weight loss?
At 77 calories per 100 g it is one of the lighter restaurant meals, and a two-cup bowl of 377 calories carries 28.4 g of protein. That combination keeps you full for the calories. If you are watching sodium, the 1,789 mg in that same bowl is the number to weigh.
Shrimp pho vs beef pho: which has fewer calories?
USDA publishes one combined row, Soup, pho, with meat, at 77 calories per 100 g, so there is no separate shrimp figure to compare. Shrimp is the leaner topping, so a shrimp bowl sits at the low end of that row, while fatty brisket or meatballs push a bowl above 377 calories.
How many calories are in pho broth alone?
Pho broth with rice noodles and no protein topping is 37 calories per 100 g, so a cup of 245 g is 91 calories and a two-cup bowl is about 181. That is less than half the count of the same bowl with a topping, on almost identical sodium.
Are the rice noodles the main carb in pho?
Yes, a cup of shrimp pho holds 13.7 g of carbohydrate, 5% of the Daily Value, and only 1.1 g of that is sugar. The broth and shrimp contribute very little, so the noodle portion your server ladles in decides the carb count more than anything else in the bowl.
How big is a restaurant bowl of pho in grams?
A standard US restaurant bowl holds roughly two cups, about 490 g, and a large bowl runs closer to three cups, near 735 g. Those weights are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings, and they come to 377 and 566 calories.
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Count it without the math
Point the camera at the bowl and BodyPal counts the noodles, the broth and the shrimp for you.
