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Broccoli frozen cooked calories per cup: 52–101 across all 3 named USDA examples

Across all 3 named USDA examples, a cup contains 52–101 calories. Their listed weights span 185–190 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 95 g

45calories

Broccoli, frozen, cooked with butter or margarine

Protein
2.9 g
Carbs
4.9 g
Fat
2.2 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 3 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 3 exact records in this guide report 26–50 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 28–53 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 Broccoli frozen cooked, begin by separating “Broccoli, frozen, cooked with butter or margarine” from “Broccoli, frozen, cooked, no added fat.” Choosing a card filters this source set; it does not infer the portion or fill in ingredients the chosen description does not name.

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Equal-weight view

How broccoli frozen cooked records compare at 100 grams

All 3 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Broccoli, frozen, cooked, no added fat 28 kcal
    28 kcal
  2. Broccoli, frozen, cooked with butter or margarine 47 kcal
    47 kcal
  3. Broccoli, frozen, cooked with oil 53 kcal
    53 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 3 named USDA records in view: 3 direct matches. All sit within “Broccoli.” 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 two description segments” placed these 3 records together under the exact grouping key “broccoli frozen.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Broccoli frozen cooked, this page can compare 3 named records from FDC 2709653 through FDC 2709646. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

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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

93–95 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.0× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

25 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

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

Discriminator

17 mg sodium gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “cooked with oil” (123 mg) and “cooked with butter or margarine” (140 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 broccoli frozen cooked.

Important: “Lower” begins with Broccoli, frozen, cooked, no added fat; “higher” ends with Broccoli, frozen, cooked with oil, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every broccoli frozen cooked meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Broccoli frozen cooked, 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 Broccoli frozen cooked nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Broccoli, frozen, cooked with butter or margarine Direct name match 95 gUSDA reference amount 45 kcal 47 2.9 g 2.8 g 133 mg FDC 2709653 ↗
Broccoli, frozen, cooked with oil Direct name match 95 gUSDA reference amount 50 kcal 53 2.9 g 2.8 g 117 mg FDC 2709652 ↗
Broccoli, frozen, cooked, no added fat Direct name match 93 gUSDA reference amount 26 kcal 28 2.9 g 2.8 g 118 mg FDC 2709646 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 93 to 95 grams—a 2-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 26 calories for “cooked; no added fat” to 50 for “cooked with oil.” At a fixed 100 grams, “cooked; no added fat” is 28 calories and “cooked with oil” is 53—a fixed-weight separation of 25 calories. For Broccoli frozen cooked, 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 “frozen, cooked with butter or margarine”, “frozen, cooked with oil”, and “frozen, cooked, no added fat”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes broccoli, frozen, chopped, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt and salt, table; differentiating rows include table fat, nfs and vegetable oil, nfs. On this Broccoli frozen cooked 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 “Broccoli frozen cooked” cannot resolve the differences between Broccoli, frozen, cooked with butter or margarine and Broccoli, frozen, cooked, no added fat. 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 93–95 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 “frozen, cooked with butter or margarine”, “frozen, cooked with oil”, and “frozen, cooked, no added fat”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    Shared source rows include broccoli, frozen, chopped, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt and salt, table; rows that vary across the set include table fat, nfs and vegetable oil, nfs. Presence is inspectable evidence, not proof of nutrient causation.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Broccoli, frozen, cooked with butter or margarine” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Broccoli frozen cooked 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 broccoli frozen cooked is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“frozen, cooked with butter or margarine”, “frozen, cooked with oil”, and “frozen, cooked, no added fat”—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 Broccoli frozen cooked 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.

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 3 exact records behind Broccoli frozen cooked 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

Broccoli, frozen, cooked with oil is higher in total fat per 100 g

Broccoli, frozen, cooked with oil reports 3 g versus 0.1 g for Broccoli, frozen, cooked, no added fat: a 2.9 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Check the weight before comparing serving totals

Source amounts span 93–95 g

Broccoli, frozen, cooked, no added fat uses USDA source amount (93 g), while Broccoli, frozen, cooked with oil uses USDA source amount (95 g). Use per 100 g for equal-weight composition; use the serving column only when those named source amounts answer your question.

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Broccoli, frozen, cooked with butter or margarine” from “Broccoli, frozen, cooked, no added fat”

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 evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

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

Test a nearby record choice Broccoli, cooked, from restaurant vs Broccoli, frozen, cooked, no added fat

Broccoli, frozen, cooked, no added fat is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Added-fat wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus no added fat; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Table fat, NFS

USDA input 81100000 appears in 1 of 3 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 3–3 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 Vegetable oil, NFS

USDA input 82101000 appears in 1 of 3 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 3–3 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 3 context records in this source topic Broccoli

Broccoli, frozen, cooked with butter or margarine and Broccoli, frozen, 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 Put the observed spread in corpus context Calories: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calories runs from 28 kcal in Broccoli, frozen, cooked, no added fat to 53 kcal in Broccoli, frozen, cooked with oil, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Broccoli, frozen, cooked with butter or margarine

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2709653 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Broccoli, frozen, cooked with oil

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2709652 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path