How many calories in 6 jumbo prawns?

Answer 1

One raw jumbo prawn which weighs about 1 ounce is typically about 30 calories. The exact number of calories varies a lot because the same 1 ounce weight in one prawn may be a lot more water weight than in another jumbo prawn.

The absolute minimum would be 20 calories per jumbo prawn of this size, and probably the maximum 40 or more calories if it is very fatty with very little water weight.

30 calories per jumbo prawn for a 1 ounce prawn is a good rule of thumb, so 6 jumbo prawns will have about 180 calories total.

Of course, if you jumbo prawns weigh 2 ounces each, you need to double the calorie count. We are using a 1 ounce per prawn base since that is a common size for so called 'jumbo prawns' or 'jumbo shrimp'.