How many calories are in a bagel with cream cheese?
Logged in Kallo on November 1, 2026
Anywhere from about 100 to 500 kcal. The bagel is most of it; the spread is less than people think. Here are four real bagels, each typed into Kallo the way people describe them.
Deli bagel, thick spread
Bagel with cream cheese from a deli (1 large plain bagel + a thick layer of cream cheese)
Bagel with cream cheese from a deli (1 large plain bagel + a thick layer of cream cheese)
Everything bagel with lox
Everything bagel + cream cheese + 60g smoked salmon + capers + red onion
Everything bagel + cream cheese + 60g smoked salmon + capers + red onion
Half a bagel, light cream cheese
Half a plain bagel, toasted, with 1 tablespoon of light cream cheese
Half a plain bagel, toasted, with 1 tablespoon of light cream cheese
Whole wheat with tomato and cucumber
Whole wheat bagel + 2 tablespoons of cream cheese + sliced tomato + cucumber
Whole wheat bagel + 2 tablespoons of cream cheese + sliced tomato + cucumber
What moves the number
In the deli bagel, the bagel is almost three quarters of the calories. The cream cheese everyone worries about is 109 kcal.
Where these numbers come from
Each meal above was typed into Kallo once, on November 1, 2026. Kallo split it into ingredients, estimated the grams, and took calories and macros from USDA FoodData Central.
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Type yours the way you would say it, like “half an everything bagel, thin layer of cream cheese”, and Kallo works out the rest.