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Calories · Malaysian & Singaporean

Calories in fish ball noodles

A typical restaurant serving of fish ball noodles (one hawker bowl of dry fish ball noodles with five fish balls, fishcake and greens, about 377 g) is about 510 calories, usually 400–650.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called fishball noodles, fishball mee pok, fish ball noodle soup, fishball soup.

~510
Fish ball noodles

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein20 g
  • Carbs68 g
  • Fat16 g

One serving

Serving
one hawker bowl of dry fish ball noodles with five fish balls, fishcake and greens
Weight
~377 g
Per 100 g
~136

The dish

About fish ball noodles

Fish ball noodles are a Singapore hawker staple: bouncy fish balls and sliced fishcake with mee pok or mee kia, served dry with chilli and lard or in a clear broth. The fish balls barely count; the noodles do. Numbers from Singapore’s Health Promotion Board lab analyses: a 377 g dry bowl, a 798 g soup bowl, and a 629 g bowl of fish ball soup without noodles.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Fish ball noodles · rough numbers

  • Soup version (798 g bowl)~510
  • Fish ball soup, no noodles~40

What moves the number

Why one plate is 400 and another 650

  • Noodles: most of the calories are the mee pok or mee kia
  • Lard, chilli and sauce in the dry version
  • Fried fishcake and fried fish dumplings
  • Extra noodles

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Order the fish ball soup without noodles: about 40 for seven fish balls
  • Ask for less oil in the dry version
  • Ask for half the noodles and more greens

Side by side

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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. Singapore Food Insights Database (SG FoodID, Health Promotion Board) — Fishball noodles (dry), F05060056: 1 bowl = 377 g (lab analysis, 2025)
  2. Singapore Food Insights Database (SG FoodID, Health Promotion Board) — Fishball noodles (soup), F05060057: 1 bowl = 798 g (lab analysis, 2025)
  3. Singapore Food Insights Database (SG FoodID, Health Promotion Board) — Fishball soup (no noodles), F03020012: 1 bowl = 629 g (lab analysis, 2025)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in fish ball noodles?

A typical restaurant serving of fish ball noodles (one hawker bowl of dry fish ball noodles with five fish balls, fishcake and greens, about 377 g) is about 510 calories, usually 400–650. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories in fish ball noodles?

About 510 a bowl, dry or soup: HPB’s lab bowls came out at 513 and 511.

How many calories are in a fish ball?

Very few. A whole bowl of fish ball soup with seven fish balls and no noodles is about 40.

Are fish ball noodles healthy?

They are one of the lighter noodle bowls at a hawker centre, mostly because the fish balls are lean. The noodles and any lard are what add up.

What changes the calories in fish ball noodles?

Noodles: most of the calories are the mee pok or mee kia. Lard, chilli and sauce in the dry version.

How can I order fish ball noodles lighter?

Order the fish ball soup without noodles: about 40 for seven fish balls. Ask for less oil in the dry version.

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.