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Calories · American & British

Calories in a jacket potato with cheese and beans

A typical restaurant serving of a jacket potato with cheese and beans (a large jacket potato with butter, grated Cheddar and baked beans, about 500 g) is about 650 calories, usually 350–900.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called baked potato, jacket spud, jacket potato with cheese and beans, jacket with tuna mayo.

~650
Jacket potato

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein25 g
  • Carbs90 g
  • Fat24 g

One serving

Serving
a large jacket potato with butter, grated Cheddar and baked beans
Weight
~500 g
Per 100 g
~131

The dish

About a jacket potato with cheese and beans

A plain jacket potato is lighter than its reputation, about 100 per 100 g, flesh and skin. The fillings decide the rest: 40 g of Cheddar adds about 170 and 10 g of butter about 75. A 300 g potato with butter, cheese and beans comes to about 650, from UK CoFID values.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Jacket potato · rough numbers

  • Plain, with butter (10 g)~370
  • With butter and tuna mayo (80 g tuna, 30 g mayo)~660

What moves the number

Why one plate is 350 and another 900

  • Butter and cheese on top
  • Mayonnaise in a tuna or coleslaw filling
  • Potato size

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Pick beans or chilli over cheese and mayo
  • Ask for a little butter, or none
  • Add the side salad

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.

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

  1. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Potatoes, old, baked, flesh and skin, code 13-491
  2. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Butter, salted, code 17-685
  3. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Cheese, Cheddar, English, code 12-346
  4. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Baked beans, canned in tomato sauce, code 13-532
  5. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Tuna, canned in brine, drained, code 16-416
  6. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Mayonnaise, standard, retail, code 17-654

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in a jacket potato with cheese and beans?

A typical restaurant serving of a jacket potato with cheese and beans (a large jacket potato with butter, grated Cheddar and baked beans, about 500 g) is about 650 calories, usually 350–900. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories in a jacket potato with cheese and beans?

About 650 for a 300 g potato with 10 g butter, 40 g Cheddar and 150 g baked beans.

How many calories in a plain jacket potato?

About 290 for a 300 g potato, and about 370 with a knob of butter.

How many calories in a jacket potato with tuna mayo?

About 660 with butter, 80 g of tuna and 30 g of mayonnaise. The mayo is about 210 of that.

Is a jacket potato a lighter lunch?

The potato is; the toppings are what add up. Beans keep it moderate, cheese and mayo push it up.

What changes the calories in a jacket potato with cheese and beans?

Butter and cheese on top. Mayonnaise in a tuna or coleslaw filling.

How can I order a jacket potato with cheese and beans lighter?

Pick beans or chilli over cheese and mayo. Ask for a little butter, or none.

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.