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Food calories · USDA data

Calories in sourdough bread

77 calories

in 1 oz, 28.4 g

Protein
3.1 g
Carbs
14.7 g
Fat
0.7 g
Fiber
0.6 g
Weigh your own portion

Sourdough bread has 77 calories. That is USDA's figure for 1 oz, which weighs 28.4 g. Per 100 g, sourdough bread has 272 calories.

Almost all of its calories, 76%, come from carbohydrate.

It takes 37 g of sourdough bread to reach 100 calories, which is about 1.3 × 1 oz.

Calories by portion

PortionWeightCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
1 slice139 g37814.9 g72.1 g3.4 g
1 oz28.3 g773 g14.7 g0.7 g
100 g100 g27210.8 g51.9 g2.4 g

Portion weights are USDA's own. Your sourdough bread 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: 16% of calories (10.8 g per 100 g)
  • Carbohydrate: 76% (51.9 g per 100 g, of which 2.2 g fiber)
  • Fat: 8% (2.4 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, cornbread has the fewest calories of these four (266 per 100 g) and pita bread the most (275).

Per 100 gCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
Sourdough bread27210.8 g51.9 g2.4 g
Pita bread2759.1 g55.7 g1.2 g
Cornbread2666.7 g43.5 g7.1 g
Slice of white bread2668.9 g49.4 g3.3 g

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Questions people ask

How many calories is in sourdough bread?

Sourdough bread has 77 calories. USDA weighs 1 oz at 28.4 g, and sourdough bread has 272 calories per 100 g.

How much protein does sourdough bread have?

1 oz (28.4 g) has 3.1 g of protein, 6% of the 50 g Daily Value. Per 100 g it is 10.8 g.

How many carbs does sourdough bread have?

1 oz has 14.7 g of carbohydrate, including 0.6 g of fiber, and 0.7 g of fat.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy (2018). USDA entry: Bread, french or vienna (includes sourdough) (FDC ID 172675). Values are averages; a packaged food's label may differ.