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Congee calories per cup: 97–153 across all 4 named USDA examples

Across all 4 named USDA examples, a cup contains 97–153 calories. Each included example lists 255 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 cup · 255 g

153calories

Congee, with egg

Protein
8 g
Carbs
17.6 g
Fat
5.3 g

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Compare all 4 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 4 exact records in this guide report 97–153 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 38–60 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 Congee, begin by separating “Congee, with egg” from “Congee, with vegetables.” 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 congee records compare at 100 grams

All 4 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Congee, with vegetables 38 kcal
    38 kcal
  2. Congee, with meat, poultry, and/or seafood, and vegetables 48 kcal
    48 kcal
  3. Congee, with meat, poultry, and/or seafood 58 kcal
    58 kcal
  4. Congee, with egg 60 kcal
    60 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 4 named USDA records in view: 4 direct matches. All sit within “Rice mixed dishes.” 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 4 records together under the exact grouping key “congee.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Congee, this page can compare 4 named records from FDC 2708984 through FDC 2708983. 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

A shared 255 g comparison anchor

Equal source weights make the selected Congee serving totals easier to compare, but the eaten portion still has to be measured or estimated.

Composition

22 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “with vegetables”; the higher is “with egg.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

3.2 g protein gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “with vegetables” (1.1 g) and “with meat, poultry, and/or seafood” (4.3 g).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

These 4 records each use a 255 g serving. Their serving calories compare equal weights within this set. They do not define a calorie range for every congee; match the preparation and adjust to your portion.

Important: “Lower” begins with Congee, with vegetables; “higher” ends with Congee, with egg, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every congee meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Congee, 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 Congee nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Congee, with egg Direct name match 255 gUSDA reference amount 153 kcal 60 8 g 0.3 g 543 mg FDC 2708984 ↗
Congee, with meat, poultry, and/or seafood Direct name match 255 gUSDA reference amount 148 kcal 58 11.1 g 0.3 g 627 mg FDC 2708981 ↗
Congee, with meat, poultry, and/or seafood, and vegetables Direct name match 255 gUSDA reference amount 122 kcal 48 7 g 0.8 g 615 mg FDC 2708982 ↗
Congee, with vegetables Direct name match 255 gUSDA reference amount 97 kcal 38 2.9 g 1 g 599 mg FDC 2708983 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

Every selected record uses a 255-gram source amount, so serving-weight differences do not explain the calorie spread inside this set. Their own source servings run from 97 calories for “with vegetables” to 153 for “with egg.” At a fixed 100 grams, “with vegetables” is 38 calories and “with egg” is 60—a fixed-weight separation of 22 calories. For Congee, 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 “with egg”, “with meat, poultry, and/or seafood”, “with meat, poultry, and/or seafood, and vegetables”, and “with vegetables”. The source formulations contain 12 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include beverages, water, tap, drinking, rice, white, long-grain, regular, enriched, cooked, salt, table, and beef as ingredient in recipes. On this Congee 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 “Congee” cannot resolve the differences between Congee, with egg and Congee, with vegetables. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    A shared source weight

    Every selected record uses 255 grams. Inside this set, serving-calorie differences therefore reflect the published composition rather than a change in source weight.

  2. 02

    The words that split the family

    Representative record-level distinctions include “with egg”, “with meat, poultry, and/or seafood”, “with meat, poultry, and/or seafood, and vegetables”, and “with vegetables”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    12 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 “Congee, with egg” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Congee 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 congee is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“with egg”, “with meat, poultry, and/or seafood”, “with meat, poultry, and/or seafood, and vegetables”, and “with vegetables”—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 Congee 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 4 exact records behind Congee 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

Congee, with egg is higher in total fat per 100 g

Congee, with egg reports 2.1 g versus 0.1 g for Congee, with vegetables: a 1.9 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

These listed servings have equal weights

4 listed servings each weigh 255 g

The 4 records with a listed serving weight on this page each use 255 g. Their serving totals therefore compare equal weights, even if the household labels differ. Match the preparation and adjust the weight to the amount you eat.

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Congee, with egg” from “Congee, with vegetables”

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

A formulation detail that separates records Beverages, water, tap, drinking

USDA input 14411 appears in 2 of 4 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 60–60 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 Rice, white, long-grain, regular, enriched, cooked

USDA input 20045 appears in 2 of 4 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 25–25 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 4 context records in this source topic Rice mixed dishes

Congee, with egg and Congee, with meat, poultry, and/or seafood 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 Protein: density and serving context

In this page’s records, protein runs from 1.1 g in Congee, with vegetables to 4.3 g in Congee, with meat, poultry, and/or seafood, all per 100 g.

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

In this page’s records, calcium runs from 7 mg in Congee, with meat, poultry, and/or seafood to 14 mg in Congee, with egg, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Congee, with egg

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2708984 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Congee, with meat, poultry, and/or seafood

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2708981 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path