Calories in chicken nuggets
One chicken nugget (16 g) has 49 calories, with 2.5 g of protein, 2.4 g of carbohydrate and 3.3 g of fat. 100 g has 307 calories.
By Jacob Chavez-Navarro, founder of ToneUpdated
| Portion | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 nugget (16 g) | 49 | 2.5 g | 2.4 g | 3.3 g |
| 5 nuggets (80 g) | 246 | 13 g | 12 g | 16 g |
| 100 g (100 g) | 307 | 16 g | 15 g | 20 g |
Nutrition facts
1 nugget (16 g)
Calories 49
% Daily Value
- Fat 3.3 g
- 4%
- Saturated fat 0.6 g
- 3%
- Cholesterol 8.8 mg
- 3%
- Sodium 95 mg
- 4%
- Carbohydrate 2.4 g
- 1%
- Fiber 0.1 g
- 1%
- Sugars 0 g
- Protein 2.5 g
- 5%
- Calcium 1.8 mg
- 0%
- Iron 0.1 mg
- 1%
- Potassium 40 mg
- 1%
- Vitamin C 0.1 mg
- 0%
- Vitamin A 0.8 mcg
- 0%
- Vitamin B12 0.1 mcg
- 2%
- Magnesium 3.8 mg
- 1%
How do chicken nuggets compare?
| Chicken | Portion | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken nuggets | 1 nugget | 49 | 2.5 g | 2.4 g | 3.3 g |
| Grilled chicken breast | 1 medium breast | 211 | 36 g | 0 g | 6.5 g |
| A chicken thigh | 1 medium thigh | 125 | 17 g | 0 g | 5.7 g |
| Rotisserie chicken | 3 oz | 167 | 21 g | 0.1 g | 9 g |
How do I log chicken nuggets in Tone?
Say it the way you’d tell a friend, with how much you had. Tone knows it as “chicken nuggets”, “nuggets” or “chicken nugget”. Leave the amount out and it uses a typical portion, which you can change before it’s logged. It’s a Tone Verified food, so the record and portions were picked by a person.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the USDA’s record “Chicken nuggets, NFS”, in the USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (FNDDS). Daily Values are the FDA’s for adults. Burn times use the 2024 Compendium of Physical Activities and count everything burned during the activity, including what your body would burn at rest anyway. Cooking, brand and size change the numbers, so treat them as typical rather than exact.
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About the author
Jacob is a product designer and the founder of Tone. Before Tone, he co-founded Boba, an AI-native trading app, as its chief product officer, and designed products at Decrypt.
For healthy adults, for information only, and not medical advice. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, under 18, or have a medical condition or a history of disordered eating, talk to a doctor or registered dietitian before changing how you eat.
