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Calories in tonkotsu ramen

A typical restaurant serving of tonkotsu ramen (one restaurant bowl with broth, noodles, chashu and egg, about 650 g) is about 720 calories, usually 550–1,050.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called pork bone ramen, Hakata ramen.

~720
Tonkotsu ramen

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein36 g
  • Carbs64 g
  • Fat36 g

One serving

Serving
one restaurant bowl with broth, noodles, chashu and egg
Weight
~650 g
Per 100 g
~110

The dish

About tonkotsu ramen

Most of a tonkotsu bowl's calories sit in the cloudy pork-bone broth and the chashu, with the wheat noodles adding the rest. How much soup you drink and whether you order a refill moves the total more than anything else.

What moves the number

Why one plate is 550 and another 1,050

  • Rich pork-bone broth (finishing the soup adds a lot)
  • Fatty chashu pork slices
  • A noodle refill (kaedama)
  • Extra back-fat or garlic oil toppings

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Leave some of the broth in the bowl
  • Skip the noodle refill
  • Ask for less back-fat

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Next to other Japanese dishes

Japanese · typical restaurant servingAll about Japanese food →

  • Miso soup~50one bowl with tofu and seaweed · usually 30–90
  • Salmon nigiri~110two pieces, one plate · usually 70–150
  • Salmon sashimi~220about 100 g of sliced raw salmon, roughly six to eight slices · usually 150–340
  • Shrimp tempura~240five pieces of shrimp tempura, dipping sauce and rice not included · usually 180–400
  • California roll~300one roll cut into 8 pieces · usually 230–420
  • Udon noodle soup~300one bowl of plain kake udon in dashi broth, no tempura or extra toppings · usually 250–650
  • Chicken karaage~310five pieces of fried chicken karaage · usually 230–500
  • Gyoza~310six pan-fried pork gyoza, dipping sauce not included · usually 200–480
  • Tonkatsu~420one fried pork cutlet, without the rice, soup and cabbage · usually 330–600
  • Oyakodon~590one bowl of rice topped with chicken, egg and onion · usually 480–780
  • Gyudon~630one regular-size nami bowl · usually 470–1,010
  • Shoyu ramen~710one restaurant bowl with broth, noodles, chashu and egg · usually 520–1,000

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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. Korea MFDS Food Composition Database — Tonkotsu ramen, restaurant (라멘_돈코츠라멘)
  2. USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS) — Ramen bowl with meat and egg

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in tonkotsu ramen?

A typical restaurant serving of tonkotsu ramen (one restaurant bowl with broth, noodles, chashu and egg, about 650 g) is about 720 calories, usually 550–1,050. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

Does leaving the broth help with tonkotsu ramen?

Yes, more than with most soups. The pork-bone broth holds a big share of the fat, so leaving some in the bowl is the easiest change.

How much does a noodle refill (kaedama) add?

A second portion of noodles is enough to push a bowl of about 720 toward the top of the range, near 1,050.

Is tonkotsu higher than shoyu ramen?

Bowl for bowl they land close: about 720 here and about 710 for shoyu ramen, which tends to come with more noodles. Per 100 g, tonkotsu is the richer one.

What changes the calories in tonkotsu ramen?

Rich pork-bone broth (finishing the soup adds a lot). Fatty chashu pork slices.

How can I order tonkotsu ramen lighter?

Leave some of the broth in the bowl. Skip the noodle refill.

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.