Calories and protein in one bean and cheese burrito
Also called burrito de frijoles con queso.
The short answer
1 burrito, about 230 g
450 kcal
20 g protein
Fat 18 g · carbs 53 g · fibre 7.5 g · Vegetarian
Portion: one large flour tortilla, rolled. Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
The tortilla alone is a meaningful share of this. A bowl version without it is a common swap.
What moves the number
- Flour tortillaabout 210 kcal
- Cheddarabout 120 kcal
- Refried beansabout 120 kcal
The recipe behind these numbers
Raw ingredient weights in one 1 burrito, scaled from the batch recipe in the Homekcal app’s dish table. Water, salt and spices add almost no energy but are listed so the recipe is complete. If your version has more of something, the numbers move with it.
| Ingredient | Weight | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flour tortillaUSDA: Tortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, flour, refrigerated | 70 g | 210 | 5.5 g |
| Refried beansUSDA: Refried beans, canned, traditional style | 130 g | 120 | 6.5 g |
| CheddarUSDA: Cheese, cheddar, sharp, sliced | 30 g | 120 | 7.5 g |
What we could not match
Stand ins and assumptions in this recipe that a person still has to check.
- Refried beans are calculated as USDA canned traditional style; home refried beans fried in lard or oil carry more fat.
- The cheese is calculated as cheddar; Monterey Jack or Oaxaca cheese are similar but not identical.
- One large flour tortilla is taken as 70 g; tortilla sizes vary a lot.
How this was worked out
This is the same dish the Homekcal app logs, from the same table. Each raw ingredient’s weight is multiplied by its per-100 g values in USDA FoodData Central, the batch is added up and divided by the cooked weight it makes. Calories are rounded to the nearest 10 and grams to the nearest gram, because a standard recipe is not your recipe. These are calculated values, not weighed or lab tested meals, and home versions vary a lot.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2026. fdc.nal.usda.gov. Public domain (CC0).
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