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Hamburger fast food 1 calories per hamburger: 257–506 across all 3 named USDA examples

Across all 3 named USDA examples, a hamburger contains 257–506 calories. Their listed weights span 90–175 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 1 hamburger · 175 g

506calories

Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty

Protein
32.2 g
Carbs
29.9 g
Fat
27.3 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 3 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 3 exact records in this guide report 257–506 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 285–289 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 Hamburger from fast food 1, begin by separating “Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty” from “Hamburger, from fast food, 1 small patty.” 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 hamburger from fast food 1 records compare at 100 grams

All 3 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Hamburger, from fast food, 1 small patty 285 kcal
    285 kcal
  2. Hamburger, from fast food, 1 medium patty 288 kcal
    288 kcal
  3. Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty 289 kcal
    289 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 3 named USDA records in view: 3 direct matches. All sit within “Burgers.” 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 3 records together under the exact grouping key “hamburger from fast food.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Hamburger from fast food 1, this page can compare 3 named records from FDC 2706930 through FDC 2706921. 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

90–175 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.9× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

4 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “1 small patty”; the higher is “1 large patty.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

0.4 g fiber gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “1 large patty” (0.6 g) and “1 small patty” (1.0 g).

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 hamburger from fast food 1.

Important: “Lower” begins with Hamburger, from fast food, 1 small patty; “higher” ends with Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every hamburger from fast food 1 meal.

Full comparison

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For Hamburger from fast food 1, 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 Hamburger from fast food 1 nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty Direct name match 175 gUSDA reference amount 506 kcal 289 32.2 g 1.1 g 614 mg FDC 2706930 ↗
Hamburger, from fast food, 1 medium patty Direct name match 145 gUSDA reference amount 418 kcal 288 25.4 g 1 g 515 mg FDC 2706929 ↗
Hamburger, from fast food, 1 small patty Direct name match 90 gUSDA reference amount 257 kcal 285 14 g 0.9 g 356 mg FDC 2706921 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 90 to 175 grams—a 85-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 257 calories for “1 small patty” to 506 for “1 large patty.” At a fixed 100 grams, “1 small patty” is 285 calories and “1 large patty” is 289—a fixed-weight separation of 4 calories. For Hamburger from fast food 1, 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 “from fast food, 1 large patty”, “from fast food, 1 medium patty”, and “from fast food, 1 small patty”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes beef, ground, patties, frozen, cooked, broiled, rolls, hamburger or hotdog, plain, and salt, table. On this Hamburger from fast food 1 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 “Hamburger from fast food 1” cannot resolve the differences between Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty and Hamburger, from fast food, 1 small patty. 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 90–175 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 “from fast food, 1 large patty”, “from fast food, 1 medium patty”, and “from fast food, 1 small patty”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    Shared source rows include beef, ground, patties, frozen, cooked, broiled and rolls, hamburger or hotdog, plain. Presence is inspectable evidence, not proof of nutrient causation.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Hamburger from fast food 1 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 hamburger from fast food 1 is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“from fast food, 1 large patty”, “from fast food, 1 medium patty”, and “from fast food, 1 small patty”—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 Hamburger from fast food 1 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 3 exact records behind Hamburger from fast food 1 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

Hamburger, from fast food, 1 small patty is higher in dietary fiber per 100 g

Hamburger, from fast food, 1 small patty reports 1 g versus 0.6 g for Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty: a 0.4 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Hamburger, from fast food, 1 medium patty is denser; Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty is higher in its source amount

Hamburger, from fast food, 1 medium patty reports 0.7 g per 100 g and 1 g in USDA source amount (145 g). Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty reports a lower 0.6 g per 100 g but a higher 1.1 g in USDA source amount (175 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty” from “Hamburger, from fast food, 1 small patty”

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 Hamburger from fast food 1 source-record guide, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

3 context records in this source topic Burgers

Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty and Hamburger, from fast food, 1 medium patty 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 Hamburger, from fast food, 1 small patty vs Hamburger, on white bun, 1 small patty

Hamburger, from fast food, 1 small patty is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Source context: restaurant or fast food versus No matching controlled term in the source name; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path A shared source-formulation input Beef, ground, patties, frozen, cooked, broiled

USDA input 13317 appears in 3 of 3 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 40–115 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 shared source-formulation input Rolls, hamburger or hotdog, plain

USDA input 18350 appears in 3 of 3 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 52–60 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 Inspect an exact record Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2706930 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

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 0.6 g in Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty to 1 g in Hamburger, from fast food, 1 small patty, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Hamburger, from fast food, 1 medium patty

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2706929 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path