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Calories in pavlova

A typical restaurant serving of pavlova (one slice of pavlova with whipped cream and fruit (about 140 g), about 140 g) is about 340 calories, usually 250–500.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called pav, pavlova slice, meringue with cream and fruit.

~340
Pavlova

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein4 g
  • Carbs59 g
  • Fat12 g

One serving

Serving
one slice of pavlova with whipped cream and fruit (about 140 g)
Weight
~140 g
Per 100 g
~244

The dish

About pavlova

Pavlova is a crisp-shelled, marshmallowy meringue piled with whipped cream and fruit — strawberries, kiwi and passionfruit at an Australian Christmas. The meringue is almost all sugar and the cream brings the fat. UK lab data for pavlova with fruit and cream is about 240 per 100 g, so a 140 g slice is about 340.

What moves the number

Why one plate is 250 and another 500

  • Sugar in the meringue base
  • Whipped cream on top
  • Slice size

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Take a thinner slice
  • Go heavy on the fruit, light on the cream
  • Share one between two

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Next to other Café & desserts dishes

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  • Cappuccino~100one small café cappuccino, 12 fl oz · usually 60–180
  • Cold brew~110one 16 oz grande cold brew with vanilla sweet cream, as Starbucks makes it (black: 5) · usually 5–250
  • Iced coffee~150one medium 16 oz iced coffee with milk and sugar · usually 5–190
  • Flat white~170one 12 fl oz flat white with whole milk (a US tall) · usually 80–290
  • Chai latte~200one 16 fl oz café chai tea latte with 2% milk (a US grande) · usually 80–270
  • Lamington~210one bakery lamington, unfilled (about 70 g) · usually 150–400
  • Latte~210one medium café latte, 16 fl oz · usually 100–300
  • Mochi ice cream~210three pieces, about 35 g each · usually 140–330
  • Eggnog~230one cup (8 fl oz) of eggnog, without alcohol · usually 110–270
  • Glazed donut~250one medium glazed yeast donut · usually 190–450
  • Ice cream~250one generous parlor scoop in a cup · usually 130–500

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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) — Pavlova, with fruit and cream, code 12-552
  2. Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Australian Food Composition Database Release 3 — Meringue, all flavours, commercial, F005522
  3. Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Australian Food Composition Database Release 3 — Cream, thickened, regular fat (~35%), F003270

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in pavlova?

A typical restaurant serving of pavlova (one slice of pavlova with whipped cream and fruit (about 140 g), about 140 g) is about 340 calories, usually 250–500. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories in a slice of pavlova?

About 340 for a 140 g slice with cream and fruit.

How many calories in the meringue alone?

Plain meringue is about 370 per 100 g, nearly all sugar.

Is pavlova lighter than other desserts?

Per 100 g, yes: about 240, against about 350 for sticky toffee pudding. The cream is the part to go easy on.

What changes the calories in pavlova?

Sugar in the meringue base. Whipped cream on top.

How can I order pavlova lighter?

Take a thinner slice. Go heavy on the fruit, light on the cream.

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.