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Calories · American & British

Calories in a meat pie

A typical restaurant serving of a meat pie (one individual Australian beef meat pie (175 g), about 175 g) is about 420 calories, usually 350–650.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called Aussie meat pie, beef pie, pie with sauce, party pie.

~420
Meat pie

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein16 g
  • Carbs37 g
  • Fat20 g

One serving

Serving
one individual Australian beef meat pie (175 g)
Weight
~175 g
Per 100 g
~228

The dish

About a meat pie

An Australian meat pie is minced beef in gravy inside short pastry with a flaky lid, and the pastry carries most of the fat. A classic 175 g servo-and-footy pie is labelled at 1,780 kJ, about 425 calories; Australian lab data for bakery meat pies gives about 400 for the same weight.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Meat pie · rough numbers

  • With tomato sauce (20 g)~440

What moves the number

Why one plate is 350 and another 650

  • Pastry, which holds most of the fat
  • Size: party, individual or a big bakery pie
  • Toppings: sauce, cheese, mushy peas or mash

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Pick a party pie or two instead of a full one
  • Have it with salad, not chips
  • Go easy on extra cheese toppings

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. Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Australian Food Composition Database Release 3 — Pie, savoury, meat, commercial, ready to eat, F006665
  2. Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Australian Food Composition Database Release 3 — Sauce, tomato, commercial, F008083
  3. Four'N Twenty Classic Meat Pie, 175 g (maker’s product page with energy per pie)
  4. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Pie, beef, puff or shortcrust pastry, individual, retail, code 18-506

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in a meat pie?

A typical restaurant serving of a meat pie (one individual Australian beef meat pie (175 g), about 175 g) is about 420 calories, usually 350–650. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories in a meat pie?

About 420 for a 175 g individual pie. Four’N Twenty labels its classic pie at 1,780 kJ, which is about 425 calories.

How do I turn kilojoules on a pie label into calories?

Divide by 4.184. 1,780 kJ is about 425 calories.

Does tomato sauce add much to a pie?

Not much: a 20 g squeeze is about 20, so a pie with sauce is about 440.

Is a UK steak pie the same?

UK shop-bought individual beef pies run richer, about 290 per 100 g in UK data against about 230 for an Australian bakery meat pie.

What changes the calories in a meat pie?

Pastry, which holds most of the fat. Size: party, individual or a big bakery pie.

How can I order a meat pie lighter?

Pick a party pie or two instead of a full one. Have it with salad, not chips.

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.