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Calories in a bagel with cream cheese

A typical restaurant serving of a bagel with cream cheese (one plain bakery bagel with about 3 tablespoons of cream cheese, about 150 g) is about 430 calories, usually 300–650.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called bagel and cream cheese, bagel with schmear, toasted bagel.

~430
Bagel with cream cheese

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein14 g
  • Carbs57 g
  • Fat16 g

One serving

Serving
one plain bakery bagel with about 3 tablespoons of cream cheese
Weight
~150 g
Per 100 g
~288

The dish

About a bagel with cream cheese

A bagel is dense, boiled-then-baked bread, so it's mostly carbs before anything goes on it. The cream cheese carries the fat; a thick bakery schmear can add as much as the bagel's own weight in fat. Built from its parts: a regular plain bagel and about 45 g of regular cream cheese — from USDA values.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Bagel with cream cheese · rough numbers

  • Large bagel (131 g) with a thick schmear (57 g)~540

What moves the number

Why one plate is 300 and another 650

  • Bagel size: bakery bagels are large
  • How thick the schmear is
  • Lox, butter or flavored cream cheese

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Ask for a light schmear
  • Order a thin or mini bagel
  • Have it open-faced and share the other half

Side by side

Next to other Café & desserts dishes

Café & desserts · typical restaurant servingAll about Café & desserts food →

  • Cappuccino~100one small café cappuccino, 12 fl oz · usually 60–180
  • Latte~210one medium café latte, 16 fl oz · usually 100–300
  • Glazed donut~250one medium glazed yeast donut · usually 190–450
  • Ice cream~250one generous parlor scoop in a cup · usually 130–500
  • Matcha latte~250one 16 oz café matcha latte with 2% milk, sweetened · usually 180–400
  • Bubble tea (milk tea with pearls)~280one 500 ml cup with tapioca pearls, regular sugar · usually 180–450
  • Croissant~280one café butter croissant · usually 200–450
  • Banana bread~320one thick café slice, without butter · usually 250–550
  • Mocha~320one medium café mocha, 16 fl oz · usually 150–500
  • Fruit smoothie~360one small café smoothie with fruit and yogurt or milk · usually 200–750
  • Hot chocolate~380one 12 fl oz café hot chocolate with whipped cream · usually 150–600
  • Brownie~400one café brownie · usually 250–750

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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. USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS 2021–2023) — Bagel, FDC 2707684 (regular 105 g, large 131 g)
  2. USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS 2021–2023) — Cream cheese, regular, plain, FDC 2705760

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in a bagel with cream cheese?

A typical restaurant serving of a bagel with cream cheese (one plain bakery bagel with about 3 tablespoons of cream cheese, about 150 g) is about 430 calories, usually 300–650. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories is a large bagel with a thick schmear?

About 540.

Is the bagel or the cream cheese the bigger part?

The bagel: dense, boiled-then-baked bread that is mostly carbs. The cream cheese carries the fat.

What changes the calories in a bagel with cream cheese?

Bagel size: bakery bagels are large. How thick the schmear is.

How can I order a bagel with cream cheese lighter?

Ask for a light schmear. Order a thin or mini bagel.

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.