How Many Calories in Bungeoppang?

Also known as 붕어빵, Korean Fish-Shaped Pastry, Bungeo-ppang, Red Bean Fish Bread, 잉어빵.

Bungeoppang is a fish-shaped waffle filled with sweet red bean paste, baked in a cast iron mould at street carts through winter. Sold 3 for 2,000 won, or 2 for 1,000 if you find an old cart.

110kcal / 1 piece

One bungeoppang is about 110 calories for a 60g piece, per fatsecret.kr, with around 20g of carbs. The batter is roughly 75 calories and the red bean filling 35. A standard bag of 3 is 330, which is more than most people expect from something the size of a hand.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 piece (60g)	Amount	Per 100g
Calories	110 kcal	183 kcal
Protein	3 g	5 g
Carbs	20 g	33 g
Fat	2.5 g	4 g

Where the calories come from

Waffle batter, baked40g

75 kcal

Sweet red bean paste20g

35 kcal

The real talk

This is one of the lighter street snacks in Korea because it is baked in a mould, not fried. The batter is flour, sugar, egg and milk, about 75 calories per fish, and the 20g of red bean paste is 35. At 110 per piece it is less than half a hotteok. The problem is only that nobody buys one.

The bag of 3 is 330 calories, the same as a bowl of tteokbokki, and the fresh ones go down in about 2 minutes. The cream custard version (슈크림 붕어빵) is a little higher at around 130 because the filling has butter and egg yolk, and the ingeoppang (잉어빵), the shinier cousin with oil in the batter, runs about 150 per piece.

Convenience store and frozen bungeoppang are heavier. Ottogi's frozen red bean version is 165 for a 60g piece because the batter is richer, and Orion's snack pack fish is 121 for just 29g. If you want the 110 calorie number, it has to come off a cart.

How many calories in 2, 3 or 4 pieces?

How many	Calories	Protein
1 piece	110 kcal	3 g
2 pieces	220 kcal	6 g
3 pieces	330 kcal	9 g
4 pieces	440 kcal	12 g
5 pieces	550 kcal	15 g
6 pieces	660 kcal	18 g

How the portions compare

110 kcal

1 piece

330 kcal

Bag of 3

550 kcal

Bag of 5

Bungeoppang variants, ranked by calories

Variant	Calories	Notes
Mini bungeoppang (20g)	55 kcal	Bite-size version
Red bean bungeoppang, cart	110 kcal	Standard
Cream custard bungeoppang	130 kcal	Butter and yolk in filling
Ingeoppang (oiled batter)	150 kcal	Crispier, shinier skin
Frozen Ottogi red bean (60g)	165 kcal	Richer batter

How to eat it lighter

Buy 3, eat 1 now and give 2 away. 110 calories is a snack; 330 is a meal's worth of sugar.
Red bean over cream. Red bean is about 110 per piece, custard cream 130.
Skip the ingeoppang carts. The oil in the batter pushes it to about 150 each.
Eat it with unsweetened tea or coffee instead of a sweet drink. The fish already has 10g of sugar in it.
Pair one with a skewer of eomuk (100 calories) for a 210 calorie street snack with some protein.

Common questions

How many calories in 3 bungeoppang?

About 330 for the standard bag of 3 red bean fish, roughly 110 each.

Is bungeoppang healthier than hotteok?

Yes, by a wide margin. It is baked, not fried: about 110 per piece versus 280 for a hotteok.

What is the difference between bungeoppang and ingeoppang?

Ingeoppang has oil in the batter for a crisp, shiny skin and a thinner shell. That takes it from about 110 to 150 calories per piece.

How much sugar is in a bungeoppang?

Around 10g per piece, from the sweetened red bean paste and the batter. Three pieces is about 30g, close to the daily added sugar limit.

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Hotteok

280 kcal per 1 piece (street cart)

Eomuk

100 kcal per 1 skewer (with a cup of broth)

Tteokbokki

335 kcal per 1 serving (1인분, street cart or bunsik shop)

Kuih Bahulu

275 kcal per 5 pieces (~80g)

Haemul Pajeon

600 kcal per 1 whole pancake (restaurant size, about 300g)

Sundae

300 kcal per 1 serving (1인분, about 200g with liver and lung)

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Calorie and macro figures are estimates for a typical restaurant or pojangmacha serving. Actual numbers vary by stall, recipe and portion size. Use them as a guide, not gospel.

Calorie figure based on fatsecret.kr 붕어빵 1개 110 kcal; frozen brand figures for variants. Macros estimated from the ingredients.

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