Portions and preparation · USDA nutrition
1 hamburger (145 g) of hamburger, fast food, 1 medium patty has about 418 calories. Choose your preparation and adjust the amount below.
Portion calculator
Choose a source measure or enter the weight you ate.
Estimated for 1 hamburger · 145 g
418calories
Hamburger, from fast food, 1 medium patty
— means the source has no value available.
These values scale the selected reference food by weight. Ingredients, preparation, and portion size can change your meal’s estimate.
FoodData Central Survey Foods (FNDDS) · FDC 2706929 Full nutrition profile →
These hamburger entries describe sandwiches. Choose the patty size and bun, then enter the whole sandwich amount rather than the weight of the beef patty alone.
A worked portion example
Illustrative calculation: 1 hamburger weighs 145 g using the linked record's portion weight. At 288 calories per 100 g, 145 × 288 ÷ 100 = about 418 calories and 25.4 g protein. This is a 145 g whole sandwich. It does not include a side or drink.
Check the exact food and household measure →The medium fast-food hamburger example lists one complete hamburger as 145 g. Do not enter a package's raw beef-patty weight as if it were the same amount of finished sandwich. For a homemade burger, calculate the patty, bun, and toppings from the ingredients you used.
The fast-food examples distinguish small, medium, and large patties. Other options specify wheat or white buns and school preparation. These are reference sandwiches; a restaurant's own nutrition is more specific when you know the menu item.
Use a cheeseburger entry when cheese is part of the sandwich, or add the cheese to a component calculation. Fries, onion rings, drinks, and dipping sauces are separate from a hamburger sandwich. If you skip the bun, calculate what you actually ate rather than counting the full sandwich unchanged.
Editorial update: . Portion examples are calculations from the linked USDA records.
The 10 exact records in this guide report 219–506 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 243–289 calories per 100 grams. Those are observations from named database records—not a universal range or an estimate of an unseen plate.
Across all 10 named USDA examples, a hamburger sandwich contains 219–506 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.
Match my meal
For Hamburger, begin by separating “Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty” from “Hamburger, on white bun, 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.
Showing the first 6 of 10 linked records.
Equal-weight view
Five rank landmarks are shown from all 10 cited records: minimum, 25th-ranked, median-ranked, 75th-ranked, and maximum. Weight is held at 100 grams; source-serving weights are listed in the table.
Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories
What this page compares
This guide keeps 10 named USDA records in view: 10 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 description segment” placed these 10 records together under the exact grouping key “hamburger.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.
For Hamburger, this page can compare 10 named records from FDC 2706930 through FDC 2706927. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.
Read the shared calculation, provenance, and uncertainty method →
Editor’s decision brief
Carry the denominator, exact identity, and strongest observed contrast into every number below.
Portion
The largest source amount is 1.9× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.
Composition
The lower endpoint is “from school cafeteria”; the higher is “on white bun, 1 large patty.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.
Discriminator
Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “from fast food, 1 large patty” (0.6 g) and “from school cafeteria” (3.0 g).
Observed source examples
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.
219kcal
90 g source amount · 243 kcal per 100 g
Inspect this exact record407kcal
145 g source amount · 281 kcal per 100 g
Inspect this exact record506kcal
175 g source amount · 289 kcal per 100 g
Inspect this exact recordImportant: “Lower” begins with Hamburger, from school cafeteria; “higher” ends with Hamburger, on white bun, 1 large patty, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every hamburger meal.
Full comparison
For Hamburger, 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.
On smaller screens, focus the table and scroll horizontally to read every column.
| 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 ↗ |
| Hamburger, from school cafeteria | Direct name match | 90 gUSDA reference amount | 219 kcal | 243 | 16 g | 2.7 g | 250 mg | FDC 2706925 ↗ |
| Hamburger, on wheat bun, 1 large patty | Direct name match | 175 gUSDA reference amount | 495 kcal | 283 | 33.3 g | 3.2 g | 583 mg | FDC 2706935 ↗ |
| Hamburger, on wheat bun, 1 medium patty | Direct name match | 145 gUSDA reference amount | 407 kcal | 281 | 26.4 g | 3.2 g | 483 mg | FDC 2706933 ↗ |
| Hamburger, on wheat bun, 1 small patty | Direct name match | 115 gUSDA reference amount | 322 kcal | 280 | 20.5 g | 2.8 g | 388 mg | FDC 2706928 ↗ |
| Hamburger, on white bun, 1 large patty | Direct name match | 175 gUSDA reference amount | 506 kcal | 289 | 32.2 g | 1.1 g | 614 mg | FDC 2706934 ↗ |
| Hamburger, on white bun, 1 medium patty | Direct name match | 145 gUSDA reference amount | 418 kcal | 288 | 25.4 g | 1 g | 515 mg | FDC 2706932 ↗ |
| Hamburger, on white bun, 1 small patty | Direct name match | 115 gUSDA reference amount | 330 kcal | 287 | 19.7 g | 0.9 g | 415 mg | FDC 2706927 ↗ |
Portion analysis
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 219 calories for “from school cafeteria” to 506 for “on white bun, 1 large patty.” At a fixed 100 grams, “from school cafeteria” is 243 calories and “on white bun, 1 large patty” is 289—a fixed-weight separation of 46 calories. For Hamburger, 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 published descriptions distinguish forms such as “from fast food, 1 large patty”, “from fast food, 1 small patty”, “on wheat bun, 1 medium patty”, “on white bun, 1 large patty”, and “on white bun, 1 small patty”. The source formulations contain 5 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include beef, ground, patties, frozen, cooked, broiled, salt, table, rolls, hamburger or hotdog, plain, and wheat bun as ingredient in sandwiches. On this Hamburger 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
The family label “Hamburger” cannot resolve the differences between Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty and Hamburger, on white bun, 1 small patty. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.
The source amounts span 90–175 grams. Compare per 100 grams before reading a serving-calorie gap as a composition gap.
Representative record-level distinctions include “from fast food, 1 large patty”, “from fast food, 1 small patty”, “on wheat bun, 1 medium patty”, “on white bun, 1 large patty”, and “on white bun, 1 small patty”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.
5 source-input codes appear across the selected records. Their presence and listed weights describe USDA formulations, not finished plated proportions.
Even “Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Hamburger unknowns for correction instead of converting them into false precision.
Record matching
Read the source name as a sequence of decisions. First confirm that hamburger is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“from fast food, 1 large patty”, “from school cafeteria”, “on wheat bun, 1 small patty”, and “on white bun, 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.
Explore this meal family
Use a focused guide when its description matches your meal. Each one keeps its own exact source records and links back to this broader family.
Decision support from the exact records on this page
These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 10 exact records behind Hamburger 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 school cafeteria reports 3 g versus 0.6 g for Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty: a 2.4 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.
Inspect the underlying evidenceThe denominator changes the answer
Hamburger, from fast food, 1 medium patty reports 288 kcal per 100 g and 418 kcal in USDA source amount (145 g). Hamburger, on wheat bun, 1 large patty reports a lower 283 kcal per 100 g but a higher 495 kcal in USDA source amount (175 g).
Choose the record before reading the number
The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes Source context (restaurant or fast food versus No matching controlled term in the source name) 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 evidenceContextual knowledge graph
For Hamburger source-record guide, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.
Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. 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 10 context records in this source topic BurgersHamburger, 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 A formulation detail that separates records Beef, ground, patties, frozen, cooked, broiledUSDA input 13317 appears in 9 of 10 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 formulation detail that separates records Rolls, hamburger or hotdog, plainUSDA input 18350 appears in 6 of 10 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 Put the observed spread in corpus context Dietary fiber: density and serving contextIn this page’s records, dietary fiber runs from 0.6 g in Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty to 3 g in Hamburger, from school cafeteria, all per 100 g.
Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Calcium: density and serving contextIn this page’s records, calcium runs from 57 mg in Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large patty to 97 mg in Hamburger, from school cafeteria, all per 100 g.
Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Hamburger, from fast food, 1 large pattyOpen 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