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Carrots, canned calories per cup: 36–80 across all 6 named USDA examples

Across all 6 named USDA examples, a cup contains 36–80 calories. Their listed weights span 155–160 g, so each calorie value is calculated from that example's own gram weight and published calories per 100 g.

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Preparation and portion

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Estimated for 80 g

35calories

Carrots, canned, cooked with butter or margarine

Protein
0.5 g
Carbs
4.3 g
Fat
1.9 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 6 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 6 exact records in this guide report 18–40 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 23–50 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 Carrots, canned, begin by separating “Carrots, canned, cooked with butter or margarine” from “Carrots, canned, reduced sodium, 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.

Showing all 6 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How carrots, canned records compare at 100 grams

Five rank landmarks are shown from all 6 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: Carrots, canned, reduced sodium, cooked, no added fat 23 kcal
    23 kcal
  2. 25th-ranked landmark: Carrots, canned, cooked, no added fat 25 kcal
    25 kcal
  3. Median-ranked landmark: Carrots, canned, reduced sodium, cooked with butter or margarine 42 kcal
    42 kcal
  4. 75th-ranked landmark: Carrots, canned, cooked with butter or margarine 44 kcal
    44 kcal
  5. Maximum: Carrots, canned, cooked with oil 50 kcal
    50 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 6 named USDA records in view: 6 direct matches. All sit within “Carrots.” 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 6 records together under the exact grouping key “carrots canned.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Carrots, canned, this page can compare 6 named records from FDC 2709676 through FDC 2709678. 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

78–80 g before composition

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

Composition

27 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

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

Discriminator

219 mg sodium gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “canned, reduced sodium, cooked with oil” (33 mg) and “canned, cooked with butter or margarine” (252 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 carrots, canned.

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

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Carrots, canned, 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 Carrots, canned nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Carrots, canned, cooked with butter or margarine Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 35 kcal 44 0.5 g 1.2 g 202 mg FDC 2709676 ↗
Carrots, canned, cooked with oil Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 40 kcal 50 0.5 g 1.2 g 188 mg FDC 2709675 ↗
Carrots, canned, cooked, no added fat Direct name match 78 gUSDA reference amount 20 kcal 25 0.5 g 1.2 g 189 mg FDC 2709666 ↗
Carrots, canned, reduced sodium, cooked with butter or margarine Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 34 kcal 42 0.5 g 1.4 g 40 mg FDC 2709681 ↗
Carrots, canned, reduced sodium, cooked with oil Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 39 kcal 49 0.5 g 1.4 g 26 mg FDC 2709680 ↗
Carrots, canned, reduced sodium, cooked, no added fat Direct name match 78 gUSDA reference amount 18 kcal 23 0.5 g 1.4 g 27 mg FDC 2709678 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 78 to 80 grams—a 2-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 18 calories for “canned, reduced sodium, cooked, no added fat” to 40 for “canned, cooked with oil.” At a fixed 100 grams, “canned, reduced sodium, cooked, no added fat” is 23 calories and “canned, cooked with oil” is 50—a fixed-weight separation of 27 calories. For Carrots, canned, 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 with oil”, “canned, reduced sodium, cooked with butter or margarine”, “canned, reduced sodium, cooked with oil”, and “canned, reduced sodium, cooked, no added fat”. The source formulations contain 4 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include carrots, canned, no salt added, solids and liquids, carrots, canned, regular pack, drained solids, table fat, nfs, and vegetable oil, nfs. On this Carrots, canned 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 “Carrots, canned” cannot resolve the differences between Carrots, canned, cooked with butter or margarine and Carrots, canned, reduced sodium, 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 78–80 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 with oil”, “canned, reduced sodium, cooked with butter or margarine”, “canned, reduced sodium, cooked with oil”, and “canned, reduced sodium, cooked, no added fat”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    4 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 “Carrots, canned, cooked with butter or margarine” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Carrots, canned 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 carrots, canned is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“canned, cooked with butter or margarine”, “canned, cooked, no added fat”, “canned, reduced sodium, cooked with butter or margarine”, and “canned, reduced sodium, 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 Carrots, canned 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 6 exact records behind Carrots, canned 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

Carrots, canned, cooked with oil is higher in total fat per 100 g

Carrots, canned, cooked with oil reports 3.1 g versus 0.1 g for Carrots, canned, reduced sodium, cooked, no added fat: a 3 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Check the weight before comparing serving totals

Source amounts span 78–80 g

Carrots, canned, cooked, no added fat uses USDA source amount (78 g), while Carrots, canned, reduced sodium, cooked with oil uses USDA source amount (80 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 “Carrots, canned, cooked with butter or margarine” from “Carrots, canned, reduced sodium, 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 Carrots, canned 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 Carrots, canned, reduced sodium, cooked, no added fat vs Carrots, cooked, from restaurant

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

Follow this evidence path 6 context records in this source topic Carrots

Carrots, canned, cooked with butter or margarine and Carrots, 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 Test a nearby record choice Carrots, canned, cooked, no added fat vs Carrots, cooked, from restaurant

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

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Carrots, canned, no salt added, solids and liquids

USDA input 11758 appears in 3 of 6 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 A formulation detail that separates records Carrots, canned, regular pack, drained solids

USDA input 11128 appears in 3 of 6 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 33 mg in Carrots, canned, reduced sodium, cooked with oil to 252 mg in Carrots, canned, cooked with butter or margarine, all per 100 g.

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

In this page’s records, calories runs from 23 kcal in Carrots, canned, reduced sodium, cooked, no added fat to 50 kcal in Carrots, canned, cooked with oil, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path