Nutrition facts
Calories in a doner kebab
A doner kebab is not a particularly dense food. It is served in a very large quantity, and that is exactly what a per-100 g value hides.
What a real portion weighs
The Anses table gives values per 100 grams, and 100 grams is not a portion anybody serves. Here are the same values, applied to the portions as they turn up. Weights are in grams, the unit the table is built on. For a quick conversion: 1 oz is about 28 g, and 1 lb is about 454 g.
| Portion | Weight | Energy | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fiber |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A full kebab · pita sandwich, meat and raw vegetables | 350 g | 812 kcal | 53.2 g | 59.5 g | 38.2 g | 8 g |
| A large kebab · generous size, fries not included | 450 g | 1,044 kcal | 68.4 g | 76.5 g | 49.1 g | 10.4 g |
| Half of one · a shared portion | 175 g | 406 kcal | 26.6 g | 29.8 g | 19.1 g | 4 g |
| The Ciqual reference · pita sandwich, kebab meat and raw vegetables | 100 g | 232 kcal | 15.2 g | 17 g | 10.9 g | 2.3 g |
These weights are usual orders of magnitude, not standardized measures: they turn a per-100-gram value into a credible portion. A kitchen scale stays more accurate than any average weight.
Composition per 100 grams
Sandwich, pita bread, kebab and raw vegetables
- Energy
- 232 kcal
- Protein
- 15.2 g
- Carbohydrate
- 17 g
- of which sugars
- 1.1 g
- Fat
- 10.9 g
- Fiber
- 2.3 g
- Sodium
- 492 mg
What a table of values does not say
- Its per-100 g density sits below a croissant. The portion makes the difference, and it is three to four times heavier.
- This line includes neither extra sauce nor fries, which come with most real orders and weigh a lot.
- Meat and raw vegetables pull the density down, the pita and the sauce pull it up. Composition varies more from one shop to the next than for any other food in this set.
What comes after the number
How much to eat in a day
A portion means nothing without the day that holds it. A calorie need is worked out from height, weight, age and activity level, then split into protein, carbohydrate and fat.
Calorie calculatorWhere body build sits
Body mass index, the full WHO classification, and the weight range matching a normal build for a given height.
BMI calculatorAn average weight is an estimate. A photo is not.
In Zemiam, a photo of the meal is enough to log the real portion, with the composition of this same table rather than a guessed figure.
Where the values come from
The composition comes from the Anses Ciqual table: Anses. 2025. Table de composition nutritionnelle des aliments Ciqual, published under Licence Ouverte 2.0. The per-100 g values are reproduced without being altered; the per-portion values are those same values multiplied by a weight, and that weight is not an Anses figure.
The same page in French: Calories d'un kebab.