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Cucumber salad calories per cup: 88–191 across all 2 named USDA examples

Across all 2 named USDA examples, a cup contains 88–191 calories. Their listed weights span 133–159 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 80 g

96calories

Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing

Protein
0.4 g
Carbs
5 g
Fat
8 g

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The 2 exact records in this guide report 44–96 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 66–120 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 Cucumber salad, begin by separating “Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing” from “Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing.” 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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How cucumber salad records compare at 100 grams

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

  1. Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing 66 kcal
    66 kcal
  2. Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing 120 kcal
    120 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 “Coleslaw, non-lettuce salads.” 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 “cucumber salad.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Cucumber salad, this page can compare 2 named records from FDC 2709820 through FDC 2709819. 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

67–80 g before composition

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

Composition

54 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “made with sour cream dressing”; the higher is “made with Italian dressing.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

0.8 g protein gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “made with Italian dressing” (0.5 g) and “made with sour cream dressing” (1.3 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 cucumber salad.

Important: “Lower” begins with Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing; “higher” ends with Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every cucumber salad meal.

Full comparison

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For Cucumber salad, 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 Cucumber salad nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 96 kcal 120 0.4 g 0.4 g 166 mg FDC 2709820 ↗
Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing Direct name match 67 gUSDA reference amount 44 kcal 66 0.9 g 0.3 g 147 mg FDC 2709819 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 67 to 80 grams—a 13-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 44 calories for “made with sour cream dressing” to 96 for “made with Italian dressing.” At a fixed 100 grams, “made with sour cream dressing” is 66 calories and “made with Italian dressing” is 120—a fixed-weight separation of 54 calories. For Cucumber salad, 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 “made with Italian dressing” and “made with sour cream dressing”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes cucumber, with peel, raw and salt, table; differentiating rows include cream, sour, full fat, lemon juice, raw, onions, raw, and sugars, granulated. On this Cucumber salad 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 “Cucumber salad” cannot resolve the differences between Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing and Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing. 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 67–80 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 “made with Italian dressing” and “made with sour cream dressing”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    Shared source rows include cucumber, with peel, raw and salt, table; rows that vary across the set include cream, sour, full fat, lemon juice, raw, and onions, raw. Presence is inspectable evidence, not proof of nutrient causation.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Cucumber salad 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 cucumber salad is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“made with Italian dressing” and “made with sour cream dressing”—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 Cucumber salad 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 Cucumber salad 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

Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing is higher in calcium per 100 g

Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing reports 42 mg versus 13 mg for Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing: a 29 mg difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing is denser; Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing is higher in its source amount

Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing reports 219 mg per 100 g and 147 mg in USDA source amount (67 g). Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing reports a lower 207 mg per 100 g but a higher 166 mg in USDA source amount (80 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing” from “Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing”

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 Cucumber salad 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 Cream, sour, full fat

USDA input 1056 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 160–160 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 Lemon juice, raw

USDA input 9152 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 5–5 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 2 context records in this source topic Coleslaw, non-lettuce salads

Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing and Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing 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 13 mg in Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing to 42 mg in Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing, all per 100 g.

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

In this page’s records, protein runs from 0.5 g in Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing to 1.3 g in Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Cucumber salad, made with Italian dressing

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2709820 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Cucumber salad, made with sour cream dressing

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2709819 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

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