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Asparagus calories per cup: 27–110 across all 10 named USDA examples

Across all 10 named USDA examples, a cup contains 27–110 calories. Their listed weights span 135–245 g, so each calorie value is calculated from that example's own gram weight and published calories per 100 g.

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Estimated for 123 g

47calories

Asparagus, canned, cooked with butter or margarine

Protein
2.6 g
Carbs
3 g
Fat
3.5 g

These values scale the selected reference food by weight. Ingredients, preparation, and portion size can change your meal’s estimate.

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Compare all 10 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 10 exact records in this guide report 14–55 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 18–49 calories per 100 grams. Those are observations from named database records—not a universal range or an estimate of an unseen plate.

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Start with the description closest to what you ate

For Asparagus, begin by separating “Asparagus, canned, cooked with butter or margarine” from “Asparagus, raw.” Choosing a card filters this source set; it does not infer the portion or fill in ingredients the chosen description does not name.

Showing the first 6 of 10 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How asparagus records compare at 100 grams

Five rank landmarks are shown from all 10 cited records: minimum, 25th-ranked, median-ranked, 75th-ranked, and maximum. Weight is held at 100 grams; source-serving weights are listed in the table.

  1. Minimum: Asparagus, frozen, cooked, no added fat 18 kcal
    18 kcal
  2. 25th-ranked landmark: Asparagus, raw 20 kcal
    20 kcal
  3. Median-ranked landmark: Asparagus, frozen, cooked with butter or margarine 37 kcal
    37 kcal
  4. 75th-ranked landmark: Asparagus, fresh, cooked with butter or margarine 42 kcal
    42 kcal
  5. Maximum: Asparagus, fresh, cooked with oil 49 kcal
    49 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 10 named USDA records in view: 10 direct matches. All sit within “Other vegetables and combinations.” The exact descriptions remain the unit of comparison; the familiar heading is only the doorway into the evidence.

Why these records appear together: The deterministic grouping rule “normalized first description segment” placed these 10 records together under the exact grouping key “asparagus.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Asparagus, this page can compare 10 named records from FDC 2709846 through FDC 2709767. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

Read the shared calculation, provenance, and uncertainty method →

Editor’s decision brief

The three facts to carry into the table

Carry the denominator, exact identity, and strongest observed contrast into every number below.

Portion

68–123 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.8× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

31 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “frozen, cooked, no added fat”; the higher is “fresh, cooked with oil.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

294 mg sodium gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “raw” (2 mg) and “canned, cooked with butter or margarine” (296 mg).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

The cards are ordered by calories in each record's listed serving. Serving weights differ, so use per-100-gram values to compare composition. These selected records do not define a calorie range for every asparagus.

Important: “Lower” begins with Asparagus, raw; “higher” ends with Asparagus, canned, cooked with oil, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every asparagus meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Asparagus, serving columns preserve each record’s own listed amount, while calories per 100 g hold weight constant. A dash means the cited record does not supply that field; it does not mean the nutrient is absent.

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USDA records selected for the Asparagus nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Asparagus, canned, cooked with butter or margarine Direct name match 123 gUSDA reference amount 47 kcal 38 2.6 g 2 g 364 mg FDC 2709846 ↗
Asparagus, canned, cooked with oil Direct name match 123 gUSDA reference amount 55 kcal 45 2.6 g 2 g 343 mg FDC 2709845 ↗
Asparagus, canned, cooked, no added fat Direct name match 120 gUSDA reference amount 23 kcal 19 2.6 g 1.9 g 344 mg FDC 2709836 ↗
Asparagus, fresh, cooked with butter or margarine Direct name match 93 gUSDA reference amount 39 kcal 42 2.1 g 2 g 131 mg FDC 2709842 ↗
Asparagus, fresh, cooked with oil Direct name match 93 gUSDA reference amount 46 kcal 49 2.1 g 2 g 114 mg FDC 2709841 ↗
Asparagus, fresh, cooked, no added fat Direct name match 90 gUSDA reference amount 19 kcal 21 2.1 g 2.1 g 114 mg FDC 2709834 ↗
Asparagus, frozen, cooked with butter or margarine Direct name match 93 gUSDA reference amount 34 kcal 37 2.7 g 1.4 g 123 mg FDC 2709844 ↗
Asparagus, frozen, cooked with oil Direct name match 93 gUSDA reference amount 41 kcal 44 2.7 g 1.4 g 107 mg FDC 2709843 ↗
Asparagus, frozen, cooked, no added fat Direct name match 90 gUSDA reference amount 16 kcal 18 2.6 g 1.4 g 107 mg FDC 2709835 ↗
Asparagus, raw Direct name match 68 gUSDA reference amount 14 kcal 20 1.5 g 1.4 g 1 mg FDC 2709767 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 68 to 123 grams—a 55-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 14 calories for “raw” to 55 for “canned, cooked with oil.” At a fixed 100 grams, “frozen, cooked, no added fat” is 18 calories and “fresh, cooked with oil” is 49—a fixed-weight separation of 31 calories. For Asparagus, the serving view answers “how much is in the database portion?”; the 100-gram view answers “how concentrated is the matched record?” Neither reveals how many grams were actually eaten.

The scaling rule: multiply a per-100-gram value by eaten grams ÷ 100. The arithmetic is exact; the result is only as defensible as the record match and portion estimate.

Preparation analysis

The long description carries the evidence

The published descriptions distinguish forms such as “canned, cooked with butter or margarine”, “canned, cooked, no added fat”, “fresh, cooked, no added fat”, “frozen, cooked with oil”, and “raw”. The source formulations contain 6 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include salt, table, asparagus, raw, asparagus, canned, drained solids, and asparagus, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt. On this Asparagus page, those rows make the records inspectable, but they are not a controlled experiment: they cannot tell us that one named input, by itself, caused a nutrient difference.

Database precision is not meal certainty. Retain the exact description beside the number so later corrections remain possible.

What changes the comparison

Four drivers worth checking before choosing a record

The family label “Asparagus” cannot resolve the differences between Asparagus, canned, cooked with butter or margarine and Asparagus, raw. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    Source weight before serving calories

    The source amounts span 68–123 grams. Compare per 100 grams before reading a serving-calorie gap as a composition gap.

  2. 02

    The words that split the family

    Representative record-level distinctions include “canned, cooked with butter or margarine”, “canned, cooked, no added fat”, “fresh, cooked, no added fat”, “frozen, cooked with oil”, and “raw”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    6 source-input codes appear across the selected records. Their presence and listed weights describe USDA formulations, not finished plated proportions.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Asparagus, canned, cooked with butter or margarine” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Asparagus unknowns for correction instead of converting them into false precision.

Record matching

Match identity first; scale quantity second

Read the source name as a sequence of decisions. First confirm that asparagus is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“canned, cooked with butter or margarine”, “fresh, cooked with butter or margarine”, “frozen, cooked with butter or margarine”, and “raw”—before comparing gram weight. If a package, menu, or known recipe provides a closer first-party description, prefer it and keep this USDA record as a transparent fallback.

A practical matching checklist

  1. Read the complete Asparagus source description, including preparation and additions.
  2. Compare the listed source weight with the amount actually eaten.
  3. Prefer a current package or restaurant source when a specific branded item is known.
  4. Record toppings, sauces, cooking fat, sides, and substitutions that the selected description does not name.

Explore this meal family

3 more-specific asparagus guides

Use a focused guide when its description matches your meal. Each one keeps its own exact source records and links back to this broader family.

Focused guide Asparagus canned cooked Asparagus canned cooked: compare 3 exact USDA records by source calories, 100-gram values, portions, and citations. Focused guide Asparagus fresh cooked Asparagus fresh cooked: compare 3 exact USDA records by source calories, 100-gram values, portions, and citations. Focused guide Asparagus frozen cooked Asparagus frozen cooked: compare 3 exact USDA records by source calories, 100-gram values, portions, and citations.

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 10 exact records behind Asparagus source-record guide. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Asparagus, canned, cooked with butter or margarine is higher in sodium per 100 g

Asparagus, canned, cooked with butter or margarine reports 296 mg versus 2 mg for Asparagus, raw: a 294 mg difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Asparagus, fresh, cooked with butter or margarine is denser; Asparagus, canned, cooked with butter or margarine is higher in its source amount

Asparagus, fresh, cooked with butter or margarine reports 42 kcal per 100 g and 39 kcal in USDA source amount (93 g). Asparagus, canned, cooked with butter or margarine reports a lower 38 kcal per 100 g but a higher 47 kcal in USDA source amount (123 g).

Choose the record before reading the number

Asparagus, canned, cooked, no added fat and Asparagus, raw are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes Preparation wording (No matching controlled term in the source name versus raw) the explicit record-description contrast. It does not show that the wording difference caused a nutrient difference. Pick the description that matches the food in front of you rather than averaging away the distinction.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Asparagus source-record guide, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

Compare two records on this page Asparagus, canned, cooked, no added fat vs Asparagus, raw

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Preparation wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus raw; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path Compare two records on this page Asparagus, fresh, cooked, no added fat vs Asparagus, raw

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Preparation wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus raw; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path 10 context records in this source topic Other vegetables and combinations

Asparagus, canned, cooked with butter or margarine and Asparagus, canned, cooked with oil 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 A formulation detail that separates records Salt, table

USDA input 2047 appears in 6 of 10 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 0.3–0.3 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 Asparagus, raw

USDA input 11011 appears in 4 of 10 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 100–100 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 Put the observed spread in corpus context Sodium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, sodium runs from 2 mg in Asparagus, raw to 296 mg in Asparagus, canned, cooked with butter or margarine, all per 100 g.

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

In this page’s records, iron runs from 0.5 mg in Asparagus, frozen, cooked with butter or margarine to 2.3 mg in Asparagus, fresh, cooked, no added fat, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path