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Calories in brown rice

A cup of cooked brown rice (202 g) has about 248 calories, with 5.5 g protein, 51.7 g carbohydrate, and 2 g fat.

USDA FoodData Central · Brown rice, long-grain, cooked · Updated September 30, 2026

Calories in common portions

Brown rice: calories and macros by portion
PortionWeightCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
100 g100 g1232.7 g25.6 g1 g
1 cup, cooked202 g2485.5 g51.7 g2 g

Where the calories come from

Protein 9%Carbohydrate 83.9%Fat 7.2%

Shares use 4 calories per gram for protein and carbohydrate and 9 for fat, so they may not match USDA’s calorie total exactly. Try the macro calculator.

Good to know

  • Per gram, cooked brown rice has slightly fewer calories than white (123 vs 130 per 100 g). In USDA’s data, though, a cup of brown rice weighs more (202 g vs 158 g), so it has more calories per cup: 248 vs 205.
  • Brown rice has 1.6 g of fiber per 100 g, compared with 0.4 g for white rice.

Compare per 100 g

Brown rice compared with similar foods, per 100 g
FoodCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
Brown rice (this page)1232.7 g25.6 g1 g
White rice1302.7 g28.2 g0.3 g
Oats37913.2 g67.7 g6.5 g
Pasta1585.8 g30.9 g0.9 g
Whole-wheat bread25212.5 g42.7 g3.5 g

Source

USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy (April 2019): Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) (FDC ID 169704) ↗. Values are per 100 g of edible portion; Calorify scaled them to each portion and rounded the results. Comparisons use FDC ID 168878.

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