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Potato, scalloped calories per cup: 420–515 across all 5 named USDA examples

Across all 5 named USDA examples, a cup contains 420–515 calories. Each included example lists 250 g for that measure. The same household label can carry a different gram weight elsewhere in USDA data.

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Preparation and portion

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Estimated for 125 g

258calories

Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant

Protein
8.3 g
Carbs
16.3 g
Fat
17.9 g

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The 5 exact records in this guide report 210–258 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 168–206 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 Potato, scalloped, begin by separating “Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant” from “Potato, scalloped, ready-to-heat, with meat.” 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 potato, scalloped records compare at 100 grams

All 5 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Potato, scalloped, from fresh 168 kcal
    168 kcal
  2. Potato, scalloped, from fresh, with meat 173 kcal
    173 kcal
  3. Potato, scalloped, ready-to-heat 178 kcal
    178 kcal
  4. Potato, scalloped, ready-to-heat, with meat 183 kcal
    183 kcal
  5. Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant 206 kcal
    206 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 5 named USDA records in view: 5 direct matches. All sit within “Mashed potatoes and white potato mixtures.” 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 5 records together under the exact grouping key “potato scalloped.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Potato, scalloped, this page can compare 5 named records from FDC 2709449 through FDC 2709455. 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 125 g comparison anchor

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

Composition

38 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “scalloped, from fresh”; the higher is “from fast food or restaurant.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

108 mg sodium gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “scalloped, from fresh” (322 mg) and “scalloped, ready-to-heat, with meat” (430 mg).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

These 5 records each use a 125 g serving. Their serving calories compare equal weights within this set. They do not define a calorie range for every potato, scalloped; match the preparation and adjust to your portion.

Important: “Lower” begins with Potato, scalloped, from fresh; “higher” ends with Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every potato, scalloped meal.

Full comparison

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For Potato, scalloped, 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 Potato, scalloped nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 258 kcal 206 8.3 g 0.9 g 510 mg FDC 2709449 ↗
Potato, scalloped, from fresh Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 210 kcal 168 8.9 g 1 g 403 mg FDC 2709450 ↗
Potato, scalloped, from fresh, with meat Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 216 kcal 173 9.3 g 0.9 g 448 mg FDC 2709451 ↗
Potato, scalloped, ready-to-heat Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 223 kcal 178 8.5 g 0.9 g 500 mg FDC 2709454 ↗
Potato, scalloped, ready-to-heat, with meat Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 229 kcal 183 8.9 g 0.9 g 538 mg FDC 2709455 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

Every selected record uses a 125-gram source amount, so serving-weight differences do not explain the calorie spread inside this set. Their own source servings run from 210 calories for “scalloped, from fresh” to 258 for “from fast food or restaurant.” At a fixed 100 grams, “scalloped, from fresh” is 168 calories and “from fast food or restaurant” is 206—a fixed-weight separation of 38 calories. For Potato, scalloped, 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 “scalloped, from fast food or restaurant”, “scalloped, from fresh”, “scalloped, from fresh, with meat”, “scalloped, ready-to-heat”, and “scalloped, ready-to-heat, with meat”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes cheese, cheddar, flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, bleached, and potatoes, baked, flesh, without salt; differentiating rows include milk, nfs, pork, cured, ham -- water added, whole, boneless, separable lean only, heated, roasted, and cream, fluid, half and half. On this Potato, scalloped 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 “Potato, scalloped” cannot resolve the differences between Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant and Potato, scalloped, ready-to-heat, with meat. 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 125 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 “scalloped, from fast food or restaurant”, “scalloped, from fresh”, “scalloped, from fresh, with meat”, “scalloped, ready-to-heat”, and “scalloped, ready-to-heat, with meat”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    Shared source rows include cheese, cheddar and flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, bleached; rows that vary across the set include milk, nfs, pork, cured, ham -- water added, whole, boneless, separable lean only, heated, roasted, and cream, fluid, half and half. Presence is inspectable evidence, not proof of nutrient causation.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Potato, scalloped 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 potato, scalloped is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“scalloped, from fast food or restaurant”, “scalloped, from fresh”, “scalloped, ready-to-heat”, and “scalloped, ready-to-heat, with meat”—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 Potato, scalloped 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 5 exact records behind Potato, scalloped 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

Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant is higher in total fat per 100 g

Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant reports 14.3 g versus 9.6 g for Potato, scalloped, from fresh: a 4.7 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

These listed servings have equal weights

5 listed servings each weigh 125 g

The 5 records with a listed serving weight on this page each use 125 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

Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant and Potato, scalloped, from fresh are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes Source form (No matching controlled term in the source name versus fresh) 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 Potato, scalloped 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 Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant vs Potato, scalloped, from fresh

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Source form: No matching controlled term in the source name versus fresh; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path Compare two records on this page Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant vs Potato, scalloped, ready-to-heat

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Source context: restaurant or fast food versus ready to heat; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path 5 context records in this source topic Mashed potatoes and white potato mixtures

Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant and Potato, scalloped, from fresh 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 Milk, NFS

USDA input 11100000 appears in 4 of 5 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 50–60 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 Pork, cured, ham -- water added, whole, boneless, separable lean only, heated, roasted

USDA input 10879 appears in 2 of 5 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 8–8 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 Inspect an exact record Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2709449 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path 5 records share this broad food family Vegetables: broader category context

Potato, scalloped, from fast food or restaurant and Potato, scalloped, from fresh, plus 3 more are assigned to Feast’s Vegetables editorial category. Use the category page to compare nearby foods at a broad level; keep the exact USDA descriptions on this page for record-level decisions.

Follow this evidence path