Food Calories by Country

Vietnamese Food Calories

Vietnamese food is the closest thing Asia has to a built in diet plan. Clear broths, fresh herbs, rice paper, grilled meat, not much oil. A bowl of pho is around 400 calories and keeps you full for hours. The traps are smaller than elsewhere but they exist: banh mi with pate and butter, a plate of cha gio, the condensed milk in every coffee. This page ranks it all, lightest to heaviest inside each category.

Calorie figures come from the Vietnam National Institute of Nutrition food composition table and published dietitian data, sized to a normal quan portion. Every page shows where the calories hide and what to order instead.

Rice Meals Noodles Soups Meat, Grills & Lauk Snacks & Kuih Western & Burgers Drinks Desserts

Rice Meals 2 dishes, lightest first

per 1 plate (suon bi cha)

Noodles 10 dishes, lightest first

per 1 platter (met) for one

Soups 3 dishes, lightest first

per 1 bowl with 1 banh mi

Meat, Grills & Lauk 5 dishes, lightest first

300 kcal

Ca Kho To

per 1 clay pot (2 pieces)

per 1 serving (3 pieces belly, 1 egg)

580 kcal

Bo La Lot

per 1 plate (5 rolls)

650 kcal

Nem Nuong

per 1 set (4 sticks with rice paper, greens, sauce)

Snacks & Kuih 6 dishes, lightest first

200 kcal

Goi Cuon

per 2 rolls with dipping sauce

300 kcal

Banh Cuon

per 1 plate with cha lua

360 kcal

Banh Bao

per 1 bun (pork and quail egg)

per 1 plate (4 rolls) with nuoc cham

500 kcal

Banh Mi Thit

per 1 loaf

Western & Burgers 1 dish, lightest first

680 kcal

Bo Ne

per 1 hot plate with 1 banh mi

Drinks 3 dishes, lightest first

Desserts 2 dishes, lightest first

125 kcal

Banh Flan

per 1 cup with coffee and ice

330 kcal

Che Ba Mau

per 1 glass

Vietnamese Food at a glance

There are 32 dishes ranked on this page. The lightest is Banh Flan at 125 kcal per 1 cup with coffee and ice, the heaviest is Com Tam Suon at 700 kcal per 1 plate (suon bi cha), and the average lands around 428 calories a serving. 6 of them come in under 300 calories, and 6 are 600 or more.

That spread is the whole point. Two dishes off the same menu can be 575 calories apart, which is more than most people's entire daily deficit. Knowing which is which costs you nothing and changes the outcome.

Common questions

What is the lowest calorie vietnamese food option?

Banh Flan is the lightest on this page at 125 calories per 1 cup with coffee and ice. There are 6 options here under 300 calories, so you have room to pick something you actually like.

What is the highest calorie vietnamese food here?

Com Tam Suon tops the list at 700 calories per 1 plate (suon bi cha). 6 of the 32 dishes here are 600 calories or more, so it is worth checking before you order.

How many calories are in a typical vietnamese food serving?

Across the 32 dishes on this page the average is about 428 calories per serving, with the middle of the pack around 450 (Banh Trang Tron). Figures are estimates for a normal portion.

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Calorie and macro figures are estimates for a typical street stall or quan serving, based on the Vietnam National Institute of Nutrition food composition table and Vietnamese hospital dietitian figures for standard street portions. Actual numbers vary by stall, recipe and portion size. Use them as a guide, not gospel.