USDA Survey Foods392 exact records

Mixed dishes: find the record that best matches the food.

Composite meals, regional dishes, and meal combinations represented in USDA FNDDS. This page shows the shape of the collection before asking you to choose a number: what sits near the middle, how wide the central range is, and which words distinguish one source record from another.

The shortest route to a defensible estimate

Choose in this order: identity, amount, then context.

01
Identity
Match the exact food description—especially preparation, additions, and whether the record is a single food or mixed dish.
02
Amount
Use a household measure tied to that record or enter grams. A familiar serving word without a weight can hide a large difference.
03
Context
Add the brand, recipe, sauce, cooking fat, toppings, or edible portion that the generic source record cannot know.

What the collection actually contains

Central nutrient ranges on one denominator

Each row uses values per 100 grams. The median is the collection midpoint; the central range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile. That interval describes variation among source records—not uncertainty around a single meal and not a recommended intake range.

Median and central per-100-gram nutrient ranges for records in this category
Nutrient	Median	Central 80%	Records reporting
Energyper 100 g	157 kcal	118–276 kcal	392 of 392
Proteinper 100 g	10 g	5.8–16.7 g	392 of 392
Fiberper 100 g	1.2 g	0.4–2.5 g	392 of 392
Sodiumper 100 g	364 mg	273–601 mg	392 of 392

Zeros are retained when reported; missing values are not silently converted to zero. Rounded values are for orientation. Open an exact profile for Feast’s 21-nutrient panel and source citation.

Three coordinates, not winners

Records that make the range easier to understand

These examples sit near the collection’s energy midpoint or upper central protein and fiber boundaries. A high value for one nutrient is not a complete judgment of the food, and the records are not ranked as “best.”

Near the collection midpoint

Chicken or turkey and noodles with soy-based sauce

157 kcal per 100 g—close to the median energy concentration among these records.

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Near the upper central protein boundary

Liver, beef or calves, and onions

16.7 g protein per 100 g in this exact source record.

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Near the upper central fiber boundary

Pizza with pepperoni, from frozen, medium crust

2.5 g fiber per 100 g in this exact source record.

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What “Mixed dishes” includes here

One Feast category, several USDA source categories

Feast groups related records to make the library navigable. The more specific USDA category and the complete food name remain the better evidence for choosing a match.

Meat mixed dishes197 records

Pizza86 records

Stir-fry and soy-based sauce mixtures60 records

Other Mexican mixed dishes41 records

Egg rolls, dumplings, sushi8 records

Decision support from the exact records on this page

Turn source data into a better next decision

These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 9 exact records behind Mixed dishes category landmarks. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Pizza with meat and vegetables, from frozen, medium crust is higher in calories per 100 g

Pizza with meat and vegetables, from frozen, medium crust reports 276 kcal versus 115 kcal for Beef and noodles with tomato-based sauce: a 161 kcal difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

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The denominator changes the answer

Chicken or turkey and noodles with soy-based sauce is denser; Beef, rice, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; mushroom sauce is higher in its source amount

Chicken or turkey and noodles with soy-based sauce reports 157 kcal per 100 g and 352 kcal in USDA source amount (224 g). Beef, rice, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; mushroom sauce reports a lower 130 kcal per 100 g but a higher 404 kcal in USDA source amount (311 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Chicken or turkey and noodles with soy-based sauce” from “Porcupine balls with mushroom sauce”

These are separate USDA records with separate formulations or survey descriptions. Match preparation, additions, and the named household amount before borrowing either record’s nutrients.

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Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Mixed dishes category landmarks, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

Best next guide for this exact record Beef rice and vegetables

Beef, rice, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; mushroom sauce is explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path Best next guide for this exact record Liver

Liver, beef or calves, and onions is explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Calories: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calories runs from 115 kcal in Beef and noodles with tomato-based sauce to 276 kcal in Pizza with meat and vegetables, from frozen, medium crust, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path 5 context records in this source topic Meat mixed dishes

Liver, beef or calves, and onions and Beef with spaetzle or rice, vegetable, frozen meal belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.

Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Pizza with pepperoni, from frozen, medium crust vs Pizza with pepperoni, from school lunch, thick crust

Pizza with pepperoni, from frozen, medium crust is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Source form: frozen versus No matching controlled term in the source name; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Pizza with pepperoni, from frozen, medium crust vs Pizza with pepperoni, from school lunch, thin crust

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Salt, table

USDA input 2047 appears in 4 of 9 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 0.4–6 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

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Exact-record directory

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Records are presented as source descriptions, not as universal recipes. Open the closest wording first; compare alternatives only after checking that the denominator and preparation context match.

Mixed dishes

Almond chicken

353 kcal in a 181 g source amount. Open the record to compare that amount with 100 grams and other source measures.

Source amount: 353 kcal · 181 g
Listed measures: 250–472 kcal
Protein, same amount: 28.4 g

Choose in this order: identity, amount, then context.

Identity

Amount

Context

Central nutrient ranges on one denominator

Records that make the range easier to understand

One Feast category, several USDA source categories

Turn source data into a better next decision

Pizza with meat and vegetables, from frozen, medium crust is higher in calories per 100 g

Chicken or turkey and noodles with soy-based sauce is denser; Beef, rice, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; mushroom sauce is higher in its source amount

Distinguish “Chicken or turkey and noodles with soy-based sauce” from “Porcupine balls with mushroom sauce”

Follow the relationship that matches your question

Browse all 392 profiles in this category

Three questions that prevent the most common category mistakes