Chicken or turkey: vegetables excluding carrots vs potatoes and vegetables USDA FDC 2706821 vs 2706668
Per 100 g, vegetables excluding carrots reports 5.5 g carbohydrate, while potatoes and vegetables reports 14.8 g carbohydrate.
The comparison uses two cited USDA records. Their complete source names, household portions, nutrient values, and FoodData Central links remain visible below.
Record A · FDC 2706821
Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce
Check this record in FoodData Central ↗Record B · FDC 2706668
Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce
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Protein at the same 100-gram weight
Bar length shows the two cited values on one shared denominator. It does not rank either food or establish why they differ.
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9.9 g -
6.2 g
Shared basis: 100 g · g
Equal-weight evidence
Nutrition per 100 grams
Both columns use the same mass, which compares nutrient concentration without allowing the two representative source amounts to change the denominator. “A +” or “B +” reports the arithmetic difference between the cited values; it is not a quality score.
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| Nutrient | A · Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding… | B · Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables… | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 124 kcal | 132 kcal | B +8 kcal |
| ProteinMaterial difference | 9.9 g | 6.2 g | A +3.7 g |
| Total fat | 7.2 g | 5.7 g | A +1.5 g |
| CarbohydrateMaterial difference | 5.5 g | 14.8 g | B +9.3 g |
| Dietary fiberMaterial difference | 0.7 g | 1.7 g | B +1 g |
| Total sugars | 0.7 g | 1.1 g | B +0.4 g |
| Sodium | 365 mg | 356 mg | A +9 mg |
| Saturated fatMaterial difference | 3.5 g | 0.9 g | A +2.6 g |
| PotassiumMaterial difference | 162 mg | 289 mg | B +127 mg |
| Calcium | 132 mg | 13 mg | A +119 mg |
| Iron | 0.4 mg | 0.5 mg | No difference at displayed precision |
Values come from the two cited USDA FoodData Central Survey Foods records. Feast does not average records, impute missing values, or infer a nutrient from the food name.
Read the table by question
The material primary-nutrient differences run in both directions: A is higher on 1, while B is higher on 2.
These answers describe concentration per 100 grams. “More” and “less” identify the arithmetic direction only; they do not decide which record is a better match or which food is better for a person.
Which reports fewer calories?
Record A
Record A reports 124 kcal, compared with 132 kcal in the other record—a difference of 8 kcal.
Which reports more protein?
Record A
Record A reports 9.9 g, compared with 6.2 g in the other record—a difference of 3.7 g.
Which reports more fiber?
Record B
Record B reports 1.7 g, compared with 0.7 g in the other record—a difference of 1 g.
Which reports less sodium?
Record B
Record B reports 356 mg, compared with 365 mg in the other record—a difference of 9 mg.
What differs in the source descriptions
The exact names carry information the numbers cannot.
USDA assigns both records to “Poultry mixed dishes,” but the topic label is broad. Record A is “Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce.” Record B is “Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce.” Feast paired them because their contrast-neutral food identities are closely related (92% token overlap after controlled modifiers are set aside), not merely because they share a generic category.
The controlled name parser found 1 interpretable distinction. These labels organize wording already present in the names; they do not establish that a distinction caused a nutrient difference.
| Description dimension | Record A | Record B |
|---|---|---|
| Sauce wording | No matching controlled term in the source name | no sauce |
Even a clean name contrast can carry hidden companions. A fried record may also include coating; a restaurant record can use a different recipe; a reduced-sodium description can differ in more than salt; and a source amount can reflect a different reporting convention. That is why this page reports the complete pair rather than treating one word as an intervention.
Portion context
A representative source amount is not a shared “serving.”
Record A uses USDA reference amount at 249 g. Record B uses USDA reference amount at 162 g. Those labels and gram weights come from their respective records. They are useful for scaling the chosen profile, but they are not recommendations and need not describe equal amounts.
The two representative amounts differ by 87 g (35% of the larger amount). This is why the main table holds mass at 100 g. After selecting the closer description, use its household measure or a gram estimate for the amount actually eaten.
A cup, piece, slice, sandwich, fillet, or fluid ounce can have different gram weights across records. A matching label is not enough: check the listed grams. If accuracy matters more than convenience, weighing the food or using a current package label can be more specific than a generic survey-food measure.
Record A measures
- 1 cup249 g
- USDA reference amount249 g
Record B measures
- 1 cup162 g
- USDA reference amount162 g
One shared household label
1 cup: 249 g in A vs 162 g in B
The household label matches, but the source gram weights differ. These values scale each record by its own listed grams; they are practical portion context, not an equal-mass comparison.
| Nutrient | A · 249 g | B · 162 g |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 309 kcal | 214 kcal |
| Protein | 24.6 g | 10.1 g |
| Dietary fiber | 1.7 g | 2.8 g |
| Sodium | 909 mg | 577 mg |
USDA source formulation evidence
The listed inputs provide another way to audit the match.
FNDDS includes input-food rows behind each standardized survey-food record. Record A’s leading listed inputs include Cheese sauce, prepared from recipe, Beverages, water, tap, drinking, Chicken, NS as to part, rotisserie, skin not eaten, Beans, snap, green, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained without salt. Record B’s include Potatoes, boiled, cooked without skin, flesh, without salt, Chicken, NS as to part, rotisserie, skin not eaten, Beans, snap, green, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained without salt, Corn, sweet, yellow, frozen, kernels cut off cob, boiled, drained, without salt. Ingredient-code overlap is 50%, and normalized listed-input-weight variation is 61%.
Record A · 6 coded inputs
Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots…
- Cheese sauce, prepared from recipeIngredient code 1164 · open source index37.4% of listed input weight
- Beverages, water, tap, drinkingIngredient code 14411 · open source index18.7% of listed input weight
- Chicken, NS as to part, rotisserie, skin not eatenIngredient code 24102070 · open source index18.7% of listed input weight
- Beans, snap, green, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained without saltIngredient code 11061 · open source index12.5% of listed input weight
- Corn, sweet, yellow, frozen, kernels cut off cob, boiled, drained, without saltIngredient code 11179 · open source index12.5% of listed input weight
- Salt, tableIngredient code 2047 · open source index0.2% of listed input weight
Record B · 6 coded inputs
Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables excluding…
- Potatoes, boiled, cooked without skin, flesh, without saltIngredient code 11367 · open source index55.9% of listed input weight
- Chicken, NS as to part, rotisserie, skin not eatenIngredient code 24102070 · open source index16.8% of listed input weight
- Beans, snap, green, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained without saltIngredient code 11061 · open source index11.2% of listed input weight
- Corn, sweet, yellow, frozen, kernels cut off cob, boiled, drained, without saltIngredient code 11179 · open source index11.2% of listed input weight
- Vegetable oil, NFSIngredient code 82101000 · open source index4.2% of listed input weight
- Salt, tableIngredient code 2047 · open source index0.7% of listed input weight
4 shared coded inputs
The largest shared entries include Chicken, NS as to part, rotisserie, skin not eaten, Beans, snap, green, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained without salt, Corn, sweet, yellow, frozen, kernels cut off cob, boiled, drained, without salt, Salt, table. Shared codes can still carry different listed weights.
2 A-only and 2 B-only coded inputs
A-only entries include Cheese sauce, prepared from recipe, Beverages, water, tap, drinking. B-only entries include Potatoes, boiled, cooked without skin, flesh, without salt, Vegetable oil, NFS.
Important: repeated rows carrying the same ingredient code are combined before the shares and overlap are calculated. These weights belong to USDA’s source formulation: they are not a reconstructed plate, final cooked yield, visitor serving, ingredient declaration, or estimate of what is visible in a photo. USDA’s FNDDS documentation explains that these calculation recipes can represent multiple variants, may include retention or moisture adjustments, and are not product-label ingredient lists.
- NFS means “not further specified.” The record intentionally leaves the exact subtype, size, or preparation unresolved.
- NS as to… means “not specified as to…” the detail that follows. It preserves an unknown distinction; it does not mean the ingredient or characteristic is absent.
Choosing the closer record
Match context first; scale second.
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Read both names literally
Compare cooking method, coating, edible skin or peel, sauce, additions, venue, source form, and food subtype. For this pair, the full A and B descriptions above are the evidence—not shortened search labels.
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Use listed inputs as a check
If the name still leaves ambiguity, compare the leading and unique source inputs. They can reveal that two near names refer to meaningfully different standardized formulations, but they do not reconstruct your dish.
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Choose an amount for that record
After choosing A or B, use its own named measure and gram weight. Do not transfer a cup, slice, or “typical amount” from the other record as if the measures were interchangeable.
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Account for missing details
Brand, current restaurant recipe, cooking oil, drained weight, toppings, substitutions, and unfinished portions may not be captured. A label or weighed recipe can supersede a generic reference when it better matches the actual food.
Limits and responsible interpretation
This is a comparison of records, not a causal study.
The two records come from 2021–2023 FoodData Central Survey Foods data. The nutrient table faithfully compares their published values on the same weight basis. It does not measure two plates prepared at the same time, isolate one ingredient, or estimate the uncertainty around either value.
For this pair, the source names differ across 1 documented description dimension, while the listed formulations show 50% ingredient-code overlap and 61% normalized listed-weight variation. Moisture, ingredient proportions, preparation, and record construction can therefore move together. The page can describe the combined record difference; it cannot isolate the effect of one word.
A higher or lower number is not an overall verdict. Protein, fiber, sodium, energy, fat, micronutrients, preferences, allergies, budget, portion, and an individual’s goals answer different questions. Feast therefore reports directions and magnitudes without applying a universal “healthier” label.
This page is educational and does not diagnose a condition, prescribe a target, or replace advice from a qualified professional. For an allergy, medically directed diet, or strict ingredient limit, use verified ingredient information and guidance appropriate to that situation.
How this page qualified
A page is published only when the pair clears materiality and diversity gates.
Both records must occupy the same USDA survey-food topic and share a close food identity after a controlled vocabulary separates preparation, edible-part, source, claim, crust, and sauce wording. Exact contrast-neutral identities receive priority. Close ingredient or form substitutions can qualify when name overlap remains high and the numerical evidence is material.
For primary nutrients, Feast requires both an absolute and relative difference: at least 20 kcal and 12% for energy; 2 g and 18% for protein or fat; 5 g and 15% for carbohydrate; 1 g and 20% for fiber; 4 g and 20% for sugars; or 100 mg and 20% for sodium. A focused one-nutrient pair also needs a material representative-amount or formulation distinction. Rounding-only pairs are not published.
Unordered FDC IDs define a canonical pair, so reversing A and B cannot create another page. Each source record can appear twice at most, each USDA topic contributes no more than 40 pages, and closely repeated identity families are capped. Those rules produced a selective comparison library rather than every mathematical combination in the corpus.
Read the complete nutrition-page methodology for import, nutrient mapping, portion scaling, Daily Value, and uncertainty rules.
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 2 exact records behind Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce versus Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.
Equal-weight result
Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce is higher in protein per 100 g
Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce reports 9.9 g versus 6.2 g for Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce: a 3.7 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.
Inspect the underlying evidenceThe denominator changes the answer
Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce is denser; Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce is higher in its source amount
Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce reports 132 kcal per 100 g and 214 kcal in USDA source amount (162 g). Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce reports a lower 124 kcal per 100 g but a higher 309 kcal in USDA source amount (249 g).
Record identity is part of the estimate
Distinguish “Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce” from “Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no 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.
Inspect the underlying evidenceContextual knowledge graph
Follow the relationship that matches your question
For Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce versus Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.
Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese 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 Chicken or turkey, potatoesChicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce 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 Protein: density and serving contextIn this page’s records, protein runs from 6.2 g in Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce to 9.9 g in Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce, all per 100 g.
Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Beverages, water, tap, drinkingUSDA input 14411 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 15–15 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.
Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Cheese sauce, prepared from recipeUSDA input 1164 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 30–30 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.
Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce vs Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no sauceChicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Sauce wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus no sauce; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.
Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Chicken or turkey and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce vs Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauceChicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Sauce wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus no sauce; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.
Follow this evidence path