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Cornish game hen calories per breast: 60–141 across all 4 named USDA examples

Across all 4 named USDA examples, a breast contains 60–141 calories. Their listed weights span 45–55 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 85 g

218calories

Cornish game hen, cooked, skin eaten

Protein
18.8 g
Carbs
0 g
Fat
15.4 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 4 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 4 exact records in this guide report 113–218 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 133–257 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 Cornish game hen, begin by separating “Cornish game hen, cooked, skin eaten” from “Cornish game hen, roasted, skin not eaten.” 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 cornish game hen records compare at 100 grams

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

  1. Cornish game hen, cooked, skin not eaten 133 kcal
    133 kcal
  2. Cornish game hen, roasted, skin not eaten 133 kcal
    133 kcal
  3. Cornish game hen, cooked, skin eaten 257 kcal
    257 kcal
  4. Cornish game hen, roasted, skin eaten 257 kcal
    257 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 “Turkey, duck, other poultry.” 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 “cornish game hen.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Cornish game hen, this page can compare 4 named records from FDC 2706143 through FDC 2706146. 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 85 g comparison anchor

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

Composition

124 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “cooked, skin not eaten”; the higher is “roasted, skin eaten.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

1.0 g protein gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “cooked, skin eaten” (22.1 g) and “roasted, skin not eaten” (23.1 g).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

These 4 records each use a 85 g serving. Their serving calories compare equal weights within this set. They do not define a calorie range for every cornish game hen; match the preparation and adjust to your portion.

Important: “Lower” begins with Cornish game hen, cooked, skin not eaten; “higher” ends with Cornish game hen, roasted, skin eaten, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every cornish game hen meal.

Full comparison

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For Cornish game hen, 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 Cornish game hen nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Cornish game hen, cooked, skin eaten Direct name match 85 gUSDA reference amount 218 kcal 257 18.8 g 0 g 328 mg FDC 2706143 ↗
Cornish game hen, cooked, skin not eaten Direct name match 85 gUSDA reference amount 113 kcal 133 19.6 g 0 g 327 mg FDC 2706144 ↗
Cornish game hen, roasted, skin eaten Direct name match 85 gUSDA reference amount 218 kcal 257 18.8 g 0 g 328 mg FDC 2706145 ↗
Cornish game hen, roasted, skin not eaten Direct name match 85 gUSDA reference amount 113 kcal 133 19.6 g 0 g 327 mg FDC 2706146 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

Every selected record uses a 85-gram source amount, so serving-weight differences do not explain the calorie spread inside this set. Their own source servings run from 113 calories for “cooked, skin not eaten” to 218 for “roasted, skin eaten.” At a fixed 100 grams, “cooked, skin not eaten” is 133 calories and “roasted, skin eaten” is 257—a fixed-weight separation of 124 calories. For Cornish game hen, 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 “cooked, skin eaten”, “cooked, skin not eaten”, “roasted, skin eaten”, and “roasted, skin not eaten”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes salt, table; differentiating rows include chicken, cornish game hens, meat and skin, cooked, roasted and chicken, cornish game hens, meat only, cooked, roasted. On this Cornish game hen 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 “Cornish game hen” cannot resolve the differences between Cornish game hen, cooked, skin eaten and Cornish game hen, roasted, skin not eaten. 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 85 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 “cooked, skin eaten”, “cooked, skin not eaten”, “roasted, skin eaten”, and “roasted, skin not eaten”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    Shared source rows include salt, table; rows that vary across the set include chicken, cornish game hens, meat and skin, cooked, roasted and chicken, cornish game hens, meat only, cooked, roasted. Presence is inspectable evidence, not proof of nutrient causation.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Cornish game hen, cooked, skin eaten” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Cornish game hen 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 cornish game hen is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“cooked, skin eaten”, “cooked, skin not eaten”, “roasted, skin eaten”, and “roasted, skin not eaten”—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 Cornish game hen 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 Cornish game hen 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

Cornish game hen, roasted, skin eaten is higher in total fat per 100 g

Cornish game hen, roasted, skin eaten reports 18.1 g versus 3.8 g for Cornish game hen, cooked, skin not eaten: a 14.3 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

These listed servings have equal weights

4 listed servings each weigh 85 g

The 4 records with a listed serving weight on this page each use 85 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.

Choose the record before reading the number

Cornish game hen, cooked, skin eaten and Cornish game hen, roasted, skin not eaten 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 baked, roasted, or broiled) 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 Cornish game hen 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 Cornish game hen, cooked, skin eaten vs Cornish game hen, roasted, skin not eaten

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 baked, roasted, or broiled; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path Compare two records on this page Cornish game hen, cooked, skin not eaten vs Cornish game hen, roasted, skin eaten

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 baked, roasted, or broiled; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path 4 context records in this source topic Turkey, duck, other poultry

Cornish game hen, cooked, skin eaten and Cornish game hen, cooked, skin not eaten 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 shared source-formulation input Salt, table

USDA input 2047 appears in 4 of 4 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 0.8–0.8 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 Calories: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calories runs from 133 kcal in Cornish game hen, cooked, skin not eaten to 257 kcal in Cornish game hen, roasted, skin eaten, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Cornish game hen, cooked, skin eaten

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2706143 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Cornish game hen, cooked, skin not eaten

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2706144 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path