How many calories are in fish and chips?
Logged in Kallo on November 1, 2026
Anywhere from about 400 to 1,100 kcal. The fish is lean; the batter, the frying oil and the size of the chips portion are what count. Here are four real portions, each typed into Kallo the way people describe them.
Chip shop, large, tartar sauce
Fish and chips from a chip shop (large battered cod + large portion of chips) with tartar sauce
Fish and chips from a chip shop (large battered cod + large portion of chips) with tartar sauce
Haddock with mushy peas
Fish and chips (battered haddock + regular portion of chips + mushy peas)
Fish and chips (battered haddock + regular portion of chips + mushy peas)
Small, no sauce
Small fish and chips (small battered cod + small portion of chips), no sauce
Small fish and chips (small battered cod + small portion of chips), no sauce
Homemade, oven-baked
Homemade fish and chips (150g breaded cod baked in the oven + 200g oven chips) with ketchup
Homemade fish and chips (150g breaded cod baked in the oven + 200g oven chips) with ketchup
What moves the number
At the chip shop, the large portion of chips is the biggest line at 418 kcal, more than the fish. The batter adds 178.
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, Vietnam’s National Institute of Nutrition, and FAO/INFOODS.
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Type yours the way you would say it, like “small cod and chips, mushy peas, no sauce”, and Kallo works out the rest.