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Food calories · USDA data

Calories in a dinner roll

87 calories

in 1 roll (1 oz), 28 g

Protein
3 g
Carbs
14.6 g
Fat
1.8 g
Fiber
0.6 g
Weigh your own portion

A dinner roll has 87 calories. That is USDA's figure for 1 roll (1 oz), which weighs 28 g. Per 100 g, dinner roll has 310 calories.

Most of its calories (67%) come from carbohydrate, with fat next at 19%.

It takes 32 g of dinner roll to reach 100 calories, which is about 1.2 × 1 roll (1 oz).

Calories by portion

PortionWeightCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
1 roll (1 oz)28 g873 g14.6 g1.8 g
1 each (pan, dinner, or small roll) (2" square, 2" high)25 g782.7 g13 g1.6 g
1 roll (hamburger, frankfurter, onion roll, bun, large roll)43 g1334.7 g22.4 g2.8 g
1 roll (foot long frankfurter roll)86 g2679.3 g44.8 g5.6 g
1 oz28.3 g883.1 g14.7 g1.8 g
100 g100 g31010.9 g52 g6.5 g

Portion weights are USDA's own. Your dinner roll may weigh more or less; for an exact number, weigh it and enter the grams in the food calorie lookup.

Where the calories come from

  • Protein: 14% of calories (10.9 g per 100 g)
  • Carbohydrate: 67% (52 g per 100 g, of which 2 g fiber)
  • Fat: 19% (6.5 g per 100 g)

Shares use the general factors of 4 calories per gram of protein and carbohydrate and 9 per gram of fat, so they can differ a little from USDA's calorie figure. Daily Values are the FDA's adult Daily Values.

Compared with similar foods

Weight for weight, pita bread has the fewest calories of these four (275 per 100 g) and dinner roll the most (310).

Per 100 gCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
Dinner roll31010.9 g52 g6.5 g
Flour tortilla3068.2 g49.4 g8 g
Hamburger bun2799.8 g50.1 g3.9 g
Pita bread2759.1 g55.7 g1.2 g

Work out your own portion

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Questions people ask

How many calories is in a dinner roll?

A dinner roll has 87 calories. USDA weighs 1 roll (1 oz) at 28 g, and dinner roll has 310 calories per 100 g.

How much protein does a dinner roll have?

1 roll (1 oz) (28 g) has 3 g of protein, 6% of the 50 g Daily Value. Per 100 g it is 10.9 g.

How many carbs does a dinner roll have?

1 roll (1 oz) has 14.6 g of carbohydrate, including 0.6 g of fiber, and 1.8 g of fat.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy (2018). USDA entry: Rolls, dinner, plain, commercially prepared (includes brown-and-serve) (FDC ID 172793). Values are averages; a packaged food's label may differ.