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Chicken fillet calories per cubic inch: 26–41 across all 2 named USDA examples

Across all 2 named USDA examples, a cubic inch contains 26–41 calories. Each included example lists 17 g for that measure. The same household label can carry a different gram weight elsewhere in USDA data.

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Estimated for 1 fillet · 120 g

288calories

Chicken fillet, breaded

Protein
17.5 g
Carbs
17.9 g
Fat
16.3 g

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Compare all 2 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 2 exact records in this guide report 151–288 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 151–240 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 Chicken fillet, begin by separating “Chicken fillet, breaded” from “Chicken fillet, grilled.” 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 chicken fillet records compare at 100 grams

All 2 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Chicken fillet, grilled 151 kcal
    151 kcal
  2. Chicken fillet, breaded 240 kcal
    240 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 2 named USDA records in view: 2 direct matches. All sit within “Chicken patties, nuggets and tenders.” 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 2 records together under the exact grouping key “chicken fillet.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Chicken fillet, this page can compare 2 named records from FDC 2706089 through FDC 2706090. 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

100–120 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.2× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

89 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “grilled”; the higher is “breaded.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

1.7 g fiber gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “grilled” (0.0 g) and “breaded” (1.7 g).

Observed source examples

Both records, with their own serving weights intact

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 chicken fillet.

Important: “Lower” begins with Chicken fillet, grilled; “higher” ends with Chicken fillet, breaded, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every chicken fillet meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Chicken fillet, 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 Chicken fillet nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Chicken fillet, breaded Direct name match 120 gUSDA reference amount 288 kcal 240 17.5 g 2 g 632 mg FDC 2706089 ↗
Chicken fillet, grilled Direct name match 100 gUSDA reference amount 151 kcal 151 22.3 g 0 g 450 mg FDC 2706090 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 100 to 120 grams—a 20-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 151 calories for “grilled” to 288 for “breaded.” At a fixed 100 grams, “grilled” is 151 calories and “breaded” is 240—a fixed-weight separation of 89 calories. For Chicken fillet, 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 “breaded” and “grilled”. The source formulations contain 6 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include beverages, water, tap, drinking, chicken tenders, breaded, frozen, prepared, chicken, broiler, rotisserie, bbq, breast, meat only, and flour, rice, white, unenriched. On this Chicken fillet 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 “Chicken fillet” cannot resolve the differences between Chicken fillet, breaded and Chicken fillet, grilled. 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 100–120 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 “breaded” and “grilled”. 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 “Chicken fillet, breaded” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Chicken fillet 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 chicken fillet is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“breaded” and “grilled”—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 Chicken fillet 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 2 exact records behind Chicken fillet 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

Chicken fillet, breaded is higher in dietary fiber per 100 g

Chicken fillet, breaded reports 1.7 g versus 0 g for Chicken fillet, grilled: a 1.7 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Check the weight before comparing serving totals

Source amounts span 100–120 g

Chicken fillet, grilled uses USDA source amount (100 g), while Chicken fillet, breaded uses USDA source amount (120 g). Use per 100 g for equal-weight composition; use the serving column only when those named source amounts answer your question.

Choose the record before reading the number

Chicken fillet, breaded and Chicken fillet, grilled 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 grilled) 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 Chicken fillet 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 Chicken fillet, breaded vs Chicken fillet, grilled

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 grilled; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Beverages, water, tap, drinking

USDA 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 Chicken, broiler, rotisserie, BBQ, breast, meat only

USDA input 5000 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 80–80 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 Chicken fillet, grilled to 1.7 g in Chicken fillet, breaded, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path 2 context records in this source topic Chicken patties, nuggets and tenders

Chicken fillet, breaded and Chicken fillet, grilled 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 Calcium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calcium runs from 11 mg in Chicken fillet, grilled to 39 mg in Chicken fillet, breaded, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Chicken fillet, breaded

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2706089 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

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