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Calories · American & British

Calories in a bacon roll

A typical restaurant serving of a bacon roll (a café bacon roll: two back rashers in a soft white roll with butter and ketchup, about 142 g) is about 390 calories, usually 300–550.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called bacon butty, bacon bap, bacon sarnie, bacon barm.

~390
Bacon roll

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein18 g
  • Carbs40 g
  • Fat18 g

One serving

Serving
a café bacon roll: two back rashers in a soft white roll with butter and ketchup
Weight
~142 g
Per 100 g
~275

The dish

About a bacon roll

A bacon roll is grilled bacon in a soft white roll, with or without butter and red or brown sauce. The bacon brings the protein and fat, the roll the carbs. Built from UK CoFID values, a café roll with two back rashers, butter and ketchup is about 390; the UK’s biggest bakery chain lists its three-rasher, no-butter bacon roll at 321.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Bacon roll · rough numbers

  • A bakery-chain roll, three rashers, no butter~320

What moves the number

Why one plate is 300 and another 550

  • Streaky or back bacon, and how many rashers
  • Butter in the roll
  • Roll size: soft bap, breakfast roll or baguette

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Pick back bacon over streaky
  • Skip the butter
  • Have one roll, not a baguette

Side by side

Next to other American & British dishes

American & British · typical restaurant servingAll about American & British food →

  • Mimosa~120one 6 oz mimosa: sparkling wine and orange juice · usually 80–150
  • Glass of red wine~130one standard 5 oz pour · usually 100–230
  • Green bean casserole~130one cup of green bean casserole · usually 60–190
  • Yorkshire pudding~130one large pub-style Yorkshire pudding (about 60 g) · usually 60–350
  • Pint of beer~210one 16 oz US pint of regular beer · usually 100–280
  • Scotch egg~270one standard Scotch egg (113 g) · usually 220–450
  • Hot dog~300one beef hot dog in a white bun with mustard · usually 250–650
  • Mashed potatoes and gravy~300one cup of restaurant mashed potatoes with gravy · usually 150–450
  • Gumbo~330one restaurant bowl, about 1½ cups, with rice · usually 220–430
  • Mac and cheese~340one restaurant side, roughly a heaped cup · usually 250–1,000
  • Clam chowder~350one bowl of New England chowder, about 1½ cups · usually 200–900
  • Sausage roll~350one bakery sausage roll in flaky pastry · usually 250–550

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How these numbers were made

Method and sources

Last reviewed

Restaurant portions and cooking vary, so these are typical estimates for one serving, built from the sources below. Treat it as a rough number: your plate may land anywhere in the range.

If you manage a health condition, ask a doctor or registered dietitian.

AI helped draft this page; every number was checked against the sources.

  1. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Bread rolls, white, soft, code 11-1006
  2. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Bacon rashers, back, grilled, code 19-500
  3. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Bacon rashers, streaky, grilled, code 19-018
  4. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Butter, salted, code 17-685
  5. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Tomato ketchup, code 17-709
  6. Greggs Bacon Breakfast Roll (calories and grams on the product page)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in a bacon roll?

A typical restaurant serving of a bacon roll (a café bacon roll: two back rashers in a soft white roll with butter and ketchup, about 142 g) is about 390 calories, usually 300–550. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories in a bacon roll?

About 390 for a café roll with two back rashers, butter and ketchup.

How many calories in a Greggs bacon roll?

Greggs lists its bacon breakfast roll at 321 for 119.5 g, three rashers with no butter.

Does butter or sauce add much to a bacon butty?

Butter adds about 50 for a thin 7 g spread; a 15 g squeeze of ketchup adds under 20.

Is streaky bacon higher in calories than back bacon?

Yes: grilled streaky is about 340 per 100 g, grilled back bacon about 290.

What changes the calories in a bacon roll?

Streaky or back bacon, and how many rashers. Butter in the roll.

How can I order a bacon roll lighter?

Pick back bacon over streaky. Skip the butter.

Can PlateDiary show calories for the dishes I eat out?

Yes, if you want it to: calories in PlateDiary are off unless you turn them on. Switch them on and each dish you save from a photo of the table gets one rough “~” number you can accept or change.