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Kiluvõileib (sprat sandwich)
What kiluvõileib is
Kiluvõileib is an open sandwich of dark rye bread spread with butter and topped with Baltic sprat fillets and a slice of hard-boiled egg. The Baltic sprat, kilu, has been salted and spiced in barrels along the Estonian coast for generations, and the sandwich built on it became the standard bite of Estonian parties and holiday tables.
How it is eaten
As a cold party snack, cut small, or as a quick lunch with a bowl of soup. The classic version keeps it strict — butter, sprat, egg — while festive tables add onion rings, cucumber and herbs. In Finland the same fish appears on rye bread as kilohailileipä.
How to log it
A kiluvõileib is small but dense: in our database a sprat sandwich is 198 kcal per 100 g and rye bread 259 kcal per 100 g, with a boiled egg adding about 78 kcal. One sandwich on a thin slice of rye is typically in the 150-250 kcal range — log it as a sprat sandwich and adjust for your bread.
Closest foods in our database
| Food | kcal / 100 g | As it is usually eaten here |
|---|---|---|
| Sprat sandwich | 198 | the sandwich itself |
| Rye bread | 259 | the dark base |
| Egg (hard-boiled) | 155 | the classic topping |
Calories per 100 g come from the real rows in our food database (no invented values). This page describes food culture — it is not medical advice, and no single food decides anyone's weight.
