How many calories are in a cheeseburger?
Logged in Kallo on November 1, 2026
Anywhere from about 400 to 1,300 kcal. The patty size, the cheese and the side are what move a cheeseburger, more than the bun. Here are four real burgers, each typed into Kallo the way people describe them.
Restaurant, bacon and fries
Cheeseburger at a restaurant (brioche bun + 6oz beef patty + 2 slices of cheddar + bacon + lettuce + tomato + mayo) with a side of fries
Cheeseburger at a restaurant (brioche bun + 6oz beef patty + 2 slices of cheddar + bacon + lettuce + tomato + mayo) with a side of fries
Fast food double
Fast food double cheeseburger (bun + 2 thin beef patties + 2 slices of American cheese + pickles + ketchup + mustard)
Fast food double cheeseburger (bun + 2 thin beef patties + 2 slices of American cheese + pickles + ketchup + mustard)
No bun, lettuce wrap
Cheeseburger with no bun, in a lettuce wrap (quarter-pound beef patty + 1 slice of cheddar + tomato + onion + mustard)
Cheeseburger with no bun, in a lettuce wrap (quarter-pound beef patty + 1 slice of cheddar + tomato + onion + mustard)
Homemade, lean beef
Homemade cheeseburger (whole wheat bun + 120g lean beef patty + 1 slice of light cheese + lettuce + tomato + ketchup)
Homemade cheeseburger (whole wheat bun + 120g lean beef patty + 1 slice of light cheese + lettuce + tomato + ketchup)
What moves the number
At the restaurant, the fries add as much as the two slices of cheddar, 226 kcal each. Without the side, the burger alone is about 1,030 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 and FAO/INFOODS.
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Type yours the way you would say it, like “cheeseburger, single patty, no mayo, side salad instead of fries”, and Kallo works out the rest.