Egg drop soup calories
Egg drop soup has about 66 calories in 1 cup of egg drop soup (244 g), with 2.8 g of protein, 10.5 g of carbohydrate and 1.5 g of fat. Those figures come from USDA FoodData Central (Survey (FNDDS), 2022-10-28 release) and are scaled to the serving size above. They describe a standard portion, not your exact plate.
Chinese name: 蛋花湯
Calories and macros
| Nutrient | Per serving (1 cup of egg drop soup (244 g)) | Per 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 66 kcal | 27 kcal |
| Protein | 2.8 g | 1.2 g |
| Carbohydrates | 10.5 g | 4.3 g |
| Fat | 1.5 g | 0.6 g |
| Sodium | 903 mg | 370 mg |
One serving here means 1 cup of egg drop soup (244 g). Generic USDA record for a restaurant-style dish, not one chain's recipe. The 244 g is the “1 cup” portion weight USDA lists. A restaurant bowl is bigger than a cup. The table below shows how the numbers change if your portion is smaller or larger. It is plain multiplication of the per-100 g record, so it is only as exact as the portion you actually eat.
Smaller and larger portions
| Portion | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5× (122 g) | 33 kcal | 1.4 g | 5.2 g | 0.7 g |
| 1× (244 g) | 66 kcal | 2.8 g | 10.5 g | 1.5 g |
| 1.5× (366 g) | 99 kcal | 4.2 g | 15.7 g | 2.2 g |
| 2× (488 g) | 132 kcal | 5.7 g | 20.9 g | 3 g |
What changes the calories in egg drop soup
Egg drop soup is a thin broth with ribbons of egg, so a cup is light on calories. Salt is the number to watch: the record lists 370 mg of sodium per 100 g, and a restaurant bowl is a lot of soup.
- Bowl or cup: the biggest swing. One cup is about 66 kcal in USDA data; a restaurant bowl holds more than one cup.
- Thickener: cornstarch gives the soup its body and adds a little carbohydrate; the records already include a standard amount.
- Sodium: at 370 mg per 100 g, one 244 g cup carries about 903 mg.
- Extras: crispy noodles or a side of rice are not in these records.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure on this page is copied from the record named below. Nothing is a guess. Bao did not measure this dish itself.
- USDA FoodData Central (Survey (FNDDS), 2022-10-28 release): FDC ID 2342757, “Egg drop soup” (per 100 g; “1 cup” is listed as 244 g; read 2026-10-26).
- USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy, April 2018): FDC ID 174807, “Soup, egg drop, Chinese restaurant” (per 100 g; “1 cup” is listed as 241 g; same per-100 g values; read 2026-10-26).
- P.F. Chang's national menu nutrition PDF (chain's own table, revised September 2026): item “Egg Drop Soup”, Cup 40 kcal, 1 g protein, 6 g carbohydrate, 1 g fat, 560 mg sodium; Bowl 280 kcal, 8 g protein, 44 g carbohydrate, 6 g fat, 3,760 mg sodium (per serving as the chain states it; the PDF gives no weights; read 2026-10-26).
A database record is an average for a standard preparation. Your dish may differ with the recipe, the oil, the sauce and the portion. A scan of your own plate is a separate AI estimate and will not match this page exactly.
What a chain restaurant publishes
P.F. Chang's own table lists its egg drop soup at 40 kcal for a cup and 280 kcal for a bowl, with 3,760 mg of sodium in the bowl. The PDF does not say how much a cup or a bowl weighs, so these cannot be compared exactly with the USDA cup above. They do show that a restaurant bowl can hold several times the calories of one cup.
Checking your own egg drop soup with Bao
Bao is an iPhone app that estimates calories and macros from a photo of the food in front of you, and it handles Asian dishes by their real names in English and Chinese. This page gives you the reference number for egg drop soup. A scan tells you what is on your plate, which is the number that matters when the portion or the recipe is not standard.
Common questions
How many calories are in egg drop soup? About 66 calories in 1 cup of egg drop soup (244 g), per USDA FoodData Central (Survey (FNDDS), 2022-10-28 release). That is a reference figure for a standard portion, not an exact count for your plate.
How much protein is in egg drop soup? About 2.8 g in 1 cup of egg drop soup (244 g), with 10.5 g of carbohydrate and 1.5 g of fat, from the same record.
How many calories are in 100 g of egg drop soup? 27 calories per 100 g, with 1.2 g protein, 4.3 g carbohydrate and 0.6 g fat.
Where do the egg drop soup numbers come from? USDA FoodData Central (Survey (FNDDS), 2022-10-28 release): FDC ID 2342757, “Egg drop soup”. The serving size is 1 cup of egg drop soup (244 g). The page lists the source and the date it was read.
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