Nutrition facts
Calories in French fries
The potato that took an oil bath, and that is exactly what the table measures: the frying comes along inside the weight.
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 medium serving | 150 g | 387 kcal | 4.9 g | 49.1 g | 17.9 g | 5.9 g |
| A small serving | 100 g | 258 kcal | 3.3 g | 32.7 g | 11.9 g | 3.9 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
French fries or chips, frozen, deep-fried
- Energy
- 258 kcal
- Protein
- 3.3 g
- Carbohydrate
- 32.7 g
- of which sugars
- 0.6 g
- Fat
- 11.9 g
- Fiber
- 3.9 g
- Sodium
- 29 mg
French fries vs boiled potato
The same tuber, minus the frying. It is the mirror of the comparison the potato page already carries.
| Food | Energy | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fiber |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French fries | 258 kcal | 3.3 g | 32.7 g | 11.9 g | 3.9 g |
| Boiled potato | 81 kcal | 1.8 g | 16.8 g | 0.3 g | 1.8 g |
Weight for weight, French fries: 219% more energy.
What a table of values does not say
- What separates a potato from a fry is the oil it carries, and a thin fry holds more of it than a thick one.
- Oven-baked, the same plate changes line in the table: that is the version the recipes of the catalog use.
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 des frites.