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Beef calories per cup: 141–479 across 68 of 74 named USDA examples

Across 68 of 74 named USDA examples, a cup contains 141–479 calories. Their listed weights span 55–252 g, so each calorie value is calculated from that example's own gram weight and published calories per 100 g. The remaining 6 specifically named examples do not list that exact household measure.

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Estimated for 13 g

58calories

Beef, bacon, cooked

Protein
4.1 g
Carbs
0.2 g
Fat
4.5 g

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Compare all 74 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 74 exact records in this guide report 58–822 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 115–541 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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For Beef, begin by separating “Beef, bacon, cooked” from “Beef, tofu, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, soy-based sauce.” 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 74 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How beef records compare at 100 grams

Five rank landmarks are shown from all 74 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: Beef, prepackaged or deli, luncheon meat 115 kcal
    115 kcal
  2. 25th-ranked landmark: Beef, dumplings, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; gravy 130 kcal
    130 kcal
  3. Median-ranked landmark: Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no sauce 148 kcal
    148 kcal
  4. 75th-ranked landmark: Beef, steak, T-bone, lean only eaten 230 kcal
    230 kcal
  5. Maximum: Beef, bacon, reduced sodium, cooked 541 kcal
    541 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 74 named USDA records in view: 74 direct matches. They span 6 source categories, including Bacon, Beef, excludes ground, and Cold cuts and cured meats. 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 74 records together under the exact grouping key “beef.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Beef, this page can compare 74 named records from FDC 2705856 through FDC 2706739. 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

13–312 g before composition

The largest source amount is 24.0× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

426 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “prepackaged or deli, luncheon meat”; the higher is “bacon, reduced sodium, cooked.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

2,584 mg sodium gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “noodles, …, and dark-green leafy; soy-based sauce” (206 mg) and “uncooked” (2,790 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 beef.

Important: “Lower” begins with Beef, bacon, cooked; “higher” ends with Beef, steak, T-bone, lean and fat eaten, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every beef meal.

Full comparison

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For Beef, 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 Beef nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Beef, bacon, cooked Direct name match 13 gUSDA reference amount 58 kcal 449 4.1 g 0 g 195 mg FDC 2705856 ↗
Beef, bacon, reduced sodium, cooked Direct name match 13 gUSDA reference amount 70 kcal 541 4.8 g 0 g 134 mg FDC 2705857 ↗
Beef, brisket Direct name match 60 gUSDA reference amount 139 kcal 231 17.6 g 0 g 226 mg FDC 2705851 ↗
Beef, corned Direct name match 60 gUSDA reference amount 151 kcal 251 10.9 g 0 g 584 mg FDC 2705850 ↗
Beef, cow head Direct name match 85 gUSDA reference amount 218 kcal 257 22 g 0 g 303 mg FDC 2705846 ↗
Beef, dried, chipped, cooked in fat Direct name match 43 gUSDA reference amount 97 kcal 225 12.1 g 0 g 1,084 mg FDC 2705859 ↗
Beef, dried, chipped, uncooked Direct name match 40 gUSDA reference amount 61 kcal 153 12.4 g 0 g 1,116 mg FDC 2705858 ↗
Beef, dumplings, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; gravy Direct name match 187 gUSDA reference amount 243 kcal 130 11.6 g 1.5 g 563 mg FDC 2706632 ↗
Beef, dumplings, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; gravy Direct name match 187 gUSDA reference amount 237 kcal 127 11.5 g 1.7 g 572 mg FDC 2706631 ↗
Beef, ground Direct name match 85 gUSDA reference amount 222 kcal 261 21.8 g 0 g 324 mg FDC 2705854 ↗
Beef, ground, patty Direct name match 85 gUSDA reference amount 231 kcal 272 21.6 g 0 g 326 mg FDC 2705855 ↗
Beef, ground, raw Direct name match 85 gUSDA reference amount 181 kcal 213 15.6 g 0 g 317 mg FDC 2705853 ↗
Beef, ground, with egg and onion Direct name match 143 gUSDA reference amount 326 kcal 228 31.3 g 0.1 g 1,047 mg FDC 2706748 ↗
Beef, neck bones Direct name match 85 gUSDA reference amount 218 kcal 257 22 g 0 g 303 mg FDC 2705844 ↗
Beef, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; gravy Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 407 kcal 131 20.8 g 3.1 g 949 mg FDC 2706615 ↗
Beef, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; mushroom sauce Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 401 kcal 129 20.6 g 3.4 g 964 mg FDC 2706613 ↗
Beef, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce Direct name match 202 gUSDA reference amount 305 kcal 151 17.7 g 2.8 g 606 mg FDC 2706606 ↗
Beef, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; soy-based sauce Direct name match 217 gUSDA reference amount 302 kcal 139 22.6 g 2.2 g 447 mg FDC 2706609 ↗
Beef, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 404 kcal 130 21.1 g 4.4 g 952 mg FDC 2706611 ↗
Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; gravy Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 395 kcal 127 20.7 g 3.4 g 949 mg FDC 2706614 ↗
Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; mushroom sauce Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 389 kcal 125 20.5 g 3.7 g 942 mg FDC 2706612 ↗
Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no sauce Direct name match 202 gUSDA reference amount 299 kcal 148 17.6 g 3 g 640 mg FDC 2706605 ↗
Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; soy-based sauce Direct name match 217 gUSDA reference amount 302 kcal 139 22.4 g 2.6 g 469 mg FDC 2706608 ↗
Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 392 kcal 126 21 g 4.7 g 964 mg FDC 2706610 ↗
Beef, oxtails Direct name match 85 gUSDA reference amount 218 kcal 257 22 g 0 g 303 mg FDC 2705843 ↗
Beef, pot roast Direct name match 60 gUSDA reference amount 151 kcal 251 17 g 0 g 222 mg FDC 2705848 ↗
Beef, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; cheese sauce Direct name match 189 gUSDA reference amount 248 kcal 131 15.4 g 2.5 g 576 mg FDC 2706602 ↗
Beef, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; cream sauce, white sauce, or mushroom sauce Direct name match 189 gUSDA reference amount 242 kcal 128 10.1 g 2.5 g 573 mg FDC 2706598 ↗
Beef, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; gravy Direct name match 189 gUSDA reference amount 238 kcal 126 10 g 2.5 g 590 mg FDC 2706596 ↗
Beef, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; soy-based sauce Direct name match 189 gUSDA reference amount 280 kcal 148 22.3 g 1.9 g 446 mg FDC 2706604 ↗
Beef, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce Direct name match 189 gUSDA reference amount 238 kcal 126 10.2 g 3 g 576 mg FDC 2706600 ↗
Beef, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; cheese sauce Direct name match 189 gUSDA reference amount 240 kcal 127 15.4 g 2.6 g 575 mg FDC 2706601 ↗
Beef, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; cream sauce, white sauce, or mushroom sauce Direct name match 189 gUSDA reference amount 240 kcal 127 10 g 2.6 g 580 mg FDC 2706597 ↗
Beef, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; gravy Direct name match 189 gUSDA reference amount 244 kcal 129 9.9 g 2.6 g 571 mg FDC 2706595 ↗
Beef, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no sauce Direct name match 121 gUSDA reference amount 152 kcal 126 8.4 g 2.2 g 379 mg FDC 2706587 ↗
Beef, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; soy-based sauce Direct name match 189 gUSDA reference amount 282 kcal 149 22.3 g 2.1 g 465 mg FDC 2706603 ↗
Beef, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce Direct name match 189 gUSDA reference amount 238 kcal 126 10.1 g 3.2 g 586 mg FDC 2706599 ↗
Beef, potatoes, and vegetables, excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce Direct name match 121 gUSDA reference amount 159 kcal 131 8.4 g 2.1 g 369 mg FDC 2706588 ↗
Beef, prepackaged or deli, luncheon meat Direct name match 56 gUSDA reference amount 64 kcal 115 10.4 g 0 g 478 mg FDC 2706218 ↗
Beef, prepackaged or deli, luncheon meat, reduced sodium Direct name match 56 gUSDA reference amount 64 kcal 115 10.4 g 0 g 358 mg FDC 2706219 ↗
Beef, rice, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; cheese sauce Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 445 kcal 143 25.4 g 2.2 g 939 mg FDC 2706625 ↗
Beef, rice, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; gravy Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 420 kcal 135 18 g 2.2 g 977 mg FDC 2706627 ↗
Beef, rice, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; mushroom sauce Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 414 kcal 133 18.1 g 2.5 g 952 mg FDC 2706623 ↗
Beef, rice, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce Direct name match 202 gUSDA reference amount 301 kcal 149 15.4 g 1.8 g 673 mg FDC 2706617 ↗
Beef, rice, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; soy-based sauce Direct name match 217 gUSDA reference amount 315 kcal 145 23.7 g 2 g 460 mg FDC 2706629 ↗
Beef, rice, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 411 kcal 132 18.4 g 3.1 g 939 mg FDC 2706619 ↗
Beef, rice, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; cheese sauce Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 457 kcal 147 26.7 g 2.5 g 942 mg FDC 2706624 ↗
Beef, rice, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; gravy Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 407 kcal 131 17.9 g 2.5 g 955 mg FDC 2706626 ↗
Beef, rice, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; mushroom sauce Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 404 kcal 130 18 g 2.8 g 967 mg FDC 2706622 ↗
Beef, rice, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no sauce Direct name match 202 gUSDA reference amount 301 kcal 149 15.2 g 2 g 630 mg FDC 2706616 ↗
Beef, rice, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; soy-based sauce Direct name match 217 gUSDA reference amount 310 kcal 143 23 g 2.4 g 471 mg FDC 2706628 ↗
Beef, rice, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce Direct name match 311 gUSDA reference amount 407 kcal 131 18.2 g 3.4 g 952 mg FDC 2706618 ↗
Beef, roast Direct name match 60 gUSDA reference amount 124 kcal 206 17.5 g 0 g 223 mg FDC 2705847 ↗
Beef, roast, hash Direct name match 142 gUSDA reference amount 199 kcal 140 18.7 g 1.4 g 690 mg FDC 2706476 ↗
Beef, sandwich steak Direct name match 60 gUSDA reference amount 196 kcal 326 11 g 0 g 215 mg FDC 2705852 ↗
Beef, shortribs Direct name match 140 gUSDA reference amount 354 kcal 253 25.5 g 0.4 g 910 mg FDC 2705845 ↗
Beef, sliced, with gravy, potatoes, vegetable, frozen meal Direct name match 312 gUSDA reference amount 390 kcal 125 25.3 g 2.2 g 924 mg FDC 2707102 ↗
Beef, steak, chuck Direct name match 160 gUSDA reference amount 360 kcal 225 41.6 g 0 g 608 mg FDC 2705825 ↗
Beef, steak, country fried Direct name match 160 gUSDA reference amount 490 kcal 306 31.8 g 0.5 g 691 mg FDC 2705842 ↗
Beef, steak, cube Direct name match 160 gUSDA reference amount 299 kcal 187 46.1 g 0 g 606 mg FDC 2705826 ↗
Beef, steak, flank Direct name match 160 gUSDA reference amount 389 kcal 243 46.6 g 0 g 592 mg FDC 2705827 ↗
Beef, steak, ribeye, lean and fat eaten Direct name match 240 gUSDA reference amount 694 kcal 289 56.4 g 0 g 866 mg FDC 2705829 ↗
Beef, steak, ribeye, lean only eaten Direct name match 240 gUSDA reference amount 552 kcal 230 63.6 g 0 g 874 mg FDC 2705830 ↗
Beef, steak, round Direct name match 160 gUSDA reference amount 266 kcal 166 47.5 g 0 g 611 mg FDC 2705831 ↗
Beef, steak, sirloin, lean and fat eaten Direct name match 160 gUSDA reference amount 419 kcal 262 41.9 g 0 g 578 mg FDC 2705833 ↗
Beef, steak, sirloin, lean only eaten Direct name match 160 gUSDA reference amount 346 kcal 216 44.8 g 0 g 578 mg FDC 2705834 ↗
Beef, steak, strip, lean and fat eaten Direct name match 240 gUSDA reference amount 629 kcal 262 62.9 g 0 g 866 mg FDC 2705836 ↗
Beef, steak, strip, lean only eaten Direct name match 240 gUSDA reference amount 518 kcal 216 67.2 g 0 g 866 mg FDC 2705837 ↗
Beef, steak, T-bone, lean and fat eaten Direct name match 300 gUSDA reference amount 822 kcal 274 75.6 g 0 g 1,113 mg FDC 2705839 ↗
Beef, steak, T-bone, lean only eaten Direct name match 300 gUSDA reference amount 690 kcal 230 81.3 g 0 g 1,119 mg FDC 2705840 ↗
Beef, steak, tenderloin Direct name match 160 gUSDA reference amount 314 kcal 196 48.8 g 0 g 586 mg FDC 2705841 ↗
Beef, stew meat Direct name match 135 gUSDA reference amount 339 kcal 251 38.3 g 0 g 500 mg FDC 2705849 ↗
Beef, tofu, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, soy-based sauce Direct name match 163 gUSDA reference amount 191 kcal 117 12.3 g 1.6 g 375 mg FDC 2706745 ↗
Beef, tofu, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, soy-based sauce Direct name match 163 gUSDA reference amount 187 kcal 115 11.9 g 2 g 383 mg FDC 2706739 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 13 to 312 grams—a 299-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 58 calories for “bacon, cooked” to 822 for “steak, T-bone, lean and fat eaten.” At a fixed 100 grams, “prepackaged or deli, luncheon meat” is 115 calories and “bacon, reduced sodium, cooked” is 541—a fixed-weight separation of 426 calories. For Beef, 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 “bacon, cooked”, “noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce”, “potatoes, and vegetables, excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce”, “shortribs”, and “tofu, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, soy-based sauce”. The source formulations contain 81 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include salt, table, beef, round, top round steak, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, cooked, broiled, vegetable oil, nfs, and beans, snap, green, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained without salt. On this Beef 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 “Beef” cannot resolve the differences between Beef, bacon, cooked and Beef, tofu, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, soy-based sauce. 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 13–312 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 “bacon, cooked”, “noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce”, “potatoes, and vegetables, excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no sauce”, “shortribs”, and “tofu, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, soy-based sauce”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    81 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 “Beef, bacon, cooked” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Beef 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 beef is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“bacon, cooked”, “oxtails”, “rice, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no sauce”, and “tofu, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, soy-based sauce”—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 Beef 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

5 more-specific beef 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 Beef noodles and vegetables Beef noodles and vegetables: compare 10 exact USDA records by source calories, 100-gram values, portions, and citations. Focused guide Beef potatoes and vegetables Beef potatoes and vegetables: compare 12 exact USDA records by source calories, 100-gram values, portions, and citations. Focused guide Beef rice and vegetables Beef rice and vegetables: compare 12 exact USDA records by source calories, 100-gram values, portions, and citations. Focused guide Beef, ground Beef, ground: compare 4 exact USDA records by source calories, 100-gram values, portions, and citations. Focused guide Beef, steak Beef, steak: compare 14 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 74 exact records behind Beef 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

Beef, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no sauce is higher in dietary fiber per 100 g

Beef, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no sauce reports 1.8 g versus 0 g for Beef, bacon, cooked: a 1.8 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Beef, bacon, cooked is denser; Beef, steak, T-bone, lean and fat eaten is higher in its source amount

Beef, bacon, cooked reports 449 kcal per 100 g and 58 kcal in USDA source amount (13 g). Beef, steak, T-bone, lean and fat eaten reports a lower 274 kcal per 100 g but a higher 822 kcal in USDA source amount (300 g).

Choose the record before reading the number

Beef, steak, ribeye, lean and fat eaten and Beef, steak, ribeye, lean only eaten are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes Edible fat wording (lean and fat eaten versus lean only eaten) 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 Beef 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 Beef, bacon, cooked vs Beef, bacon, reduced sodium, cooked

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

Follow this evidence path Compare two records on this page Beef, ground vs Beef, ground, 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 23 context records in this source topic Beef, excludes ground

Beef, brisket and Beef, cow head 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 5 context records in this source topic Cold cuts and cured meats

Beef, corned and Beef, dried, chipped, cooked in fat 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 Beans, snap, green, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained without salt

USDA input 11061 appears in 15 of 74 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 10–10 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 Beef, loin, top loin, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled

USDA input 13910 appears in 5 of 74 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 30–100 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 Dietary fiber: density and serving context

In this page’s records, dietary fiber runs from 0 g in Beef, bacon, cooked to 1.8 g in Beef, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no sauce, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path