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Potato calories per cup: 95–515 across all 76 named USDA examples

Across all 76 named USDA examples, a cup contains 95–515 calories. Their listed weights span 60–250 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 medium · 285 g

265calories

Potato, baked, peel eaten

Protein
7.1 g
Carbs
59.9 g
Fat
0.4 g

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Compare all 76 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 76 exact records in this guide report 57–504 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 60–312 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 Potato, begin by separating “Potato, baked, peel eaten” 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.

Showing the first 6 of 76 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How potato records compare at 100 grams

Five rank landmarks are shown from all 76 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.

  1. 60 kcal
  2. 120 kcal
  3. 143 kcal
  4. 198 kcal
  5. 312 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 76 named USDA records in view: 76 direct matches. They span 3 source categories, including White potatoes, baked or boiled, French fries and other fried white potatoes, and 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 description segment” placed these 76 records together under the exact grouping key “potato.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Potato, this page can compare 76 named records from FDC 2709524 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

80–315 g before composition

The largest source amount is 3.9× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

252 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “canned”; the higher is “fast food.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

3.2 g fiber gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “from fast food or restaurant” (0.7 g) and “restaurant” (3.9 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 potato.

Important: “Lower” begins with Potato, canned, no added fat; “higher” ends with Potato, baked, peel not eaten, with meat, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every potato meal.

Full comparison

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For Potato, 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 nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Potato, baked, peel eaten Direct name match 285 gUSDA reference amount 265 kcal 93 7.1 g 6.3 g 530 mg FDC 2709524 ↗
Potato, baked, peel eaten, with butter Direct name match 315 gUSDA reference amount 394 kcal 125 7.6 g 6.6 g 639 mg FDC 2709525 ↗
Potato, baked, peel eaten, with cheese Direct name match 315 gUSDA reference amount 482 kcal 153 12.9 g 5.4 g 709 mg FDC 2709527 ↗
Potato, baked, peel eaten, with chili Direct name match 315 gUSDA reference amount 450 kcal 143 15.3 g 6.6 g 816 mg FDC 2709529 ↗
Potato, baked, peel eaten, with meat Direct name match 315 gUSDA reference amount 504 kcal 160 14.9 g 5.4 g 810 mg FDC 2709528 ↗
Potato, baked, peel eaten, with sour cream Direct name match 315 gUSDA reference amount 413 kcal 131 7.8 g 6 g 595 mg FDC 2709526 ↗
Potato, baked, peel eaten, with vegetables Direct name match 315 gUSDA reference amount 447 kcal 142 13 g 6.3 g 718 mg FDC 2709530 ↗
Potato, baked, peel not eaten Direct name match 285 gUSDA reference amount 265 kcal 93 5.6 g 4.3 g 516 mg FDC 2709384 ↗
Potato, baked, peel not eaten, with butter Direct name match 315 gUSDA reference amount 394 kcal 125 6 g 4.4 g 624 mg FDC 2709518 ↗
Potato, baked, peel not eaten, with cheese Direct name match 315 gUSDA reference amount 482 kcal 153 11.5 g 3.8 g 696 mg FDC 2709520 ↗
Potato, baked, peel not eaten, with chili Direct name match 315 gUSDA reference amount 450 kcal 143 14 g 5 g 803 mg FDC 2709522 ↗
Potato, baked, peel not eaten, with meat Direct name match 315 gUSDA reference amount 504 kcal 160 13.6 g 3.8 g 797 mg FDC 2709521 ↗
Potato, baked, peel not eaten, with sour cream Direct name match 315 gUSDA reference amount 413 kcal 131 6.3 g 4.1 g 580 mg FDC 2709519 ↗
Potato, baked, peel not eaten, with vegetables Direct name match 315 gUSDA reference amount 447 kcal 142 11.6 g 4.4 g 706 mg FDC 2709523 ↗
Potato, boiled, from fresh, peel eaten, no added fat Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 158 kcal 93 4.2 g 3.7 g 279 mg FDC 2709395 ↗
Potato, boiled, from fresh, peel eaten, made with butter Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 209 kcal 123 4.1 g 3.6 g 308 mg FDC 2709397 ↗
Potato, boiled, from fresh, peel eaten, made with margarine Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 197 kcal 116 4 g 3.6 g 321 mg FDC 2709398 ↗
Potato, boiled, from fresh, peel eaten, made with oil Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 223 kcal 131 4 g 3.6 g 265 mg FDC 2709396 ↗
Potato, boiled, from fresh, peel not eaten, made with butter Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 209 kcal 123 3.2 g 2.4 g 299 mg FDC 2709391 ↗
Potato, boiled, from fresh, peel not eaten, made with margarine Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 197 kcal 116 3.2 g 2.4 g 315 mg FDC 2709392 ↗
Potato, boiled, from fresh, peel not eaten, made with oil Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 223 kcal 131 3.2 g 2.4 g 258 mg FDC 2709390 ↗
Potato, boiled, from fresh, peel not eaten, no added fat Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 158 kcal 93 3.3 g 2.6 g 270 mg FDC 2709388 ↗
Potato, boiled, ready-to-heat Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 214 kcal 126 3.2 g 2.4 g 282 mg FDC 2709386 ↗
Potato, canned, no added fat Direct name match 95 gUSDA reference amount 57 kcal 60 1.3 g 2.3 g 151 mg FDC 2709401 ↗
Potato, french fries, fast food Direct name match 110 gUSDA reference amount 343 kcal 312 3.8 g 4.2 g 231 mg FDC 2709461 ↗
Potato, french fries, from fresh, baked Direct name match 110 gUSDA reference amount 183 kcal 166 2.2 g 1.9 g 162 mg FDC 2709459 ↗
Potato, french fries, from fresh, fried Direct name match 110 gUSDA reference amount 218 kcal 198 2.1 g 1.8 g 155 mg FDC 2709458 ↗
Potato, french fries, from frozen, baked Direct name match 110 gUSDA reference amount 174 kcal 158 3 g 2.2 g 356 mg FDC 2709460 ↗
Potato, french fries, from frozen, fried Direct name match 110 gUSDA reference amount 248 kcal 225 2.8 g 2 g 325 mg FDC 2709463 ↗
Potato, french fries, restaurant Direct name match 110 gUSDA reference amount 318 kcal 289 3.8 g 4.3 g 393 mg FDC 2709462 ↗
Potato, french fries, school Direct name match 110 gUSDA reference amount 183 kcal 166 2.2 g 1.9 g 162 mg FDC 2709464 ↗
Potato, french fries, with cheese Direct name match 130 gUSDA reference amount 338 kcal 260 4.3 g 3.4 g 475 mg FDC 2709469 ↗
Potato, french fries, with cheese, fast food / restaurant Direct name match 130 gUSDA reference amount 338 kcal 260 4.3 g 3.4 g 475 mg FDC 2709465 ↗
Potato, french fries, with cheese, school Direct name match 245 gUSDA reference amount 443 kcal 181 11.1 g 3.7 g 478 mg FDC 2709466 ↗
Potato, french fries, with chili Direct name match 130 gUSDA reference amount 313 kcal 241 6.8 g 4.7 g 339 mg FDC 2709471 ↗
Potato, french fries, with chili and cheese Direct name match 227 gUSDA reference amount 502 kcal 221 10.6 g 6.1 g 824 mg FDC 2709470 ↗
Potato, french fries, with chili and cheese, fast food / restaurant Direct name match 227 gUSDA reference amount 502 kcal 221 10.6 g 6.1 g 824 mg FDC 2709468 ↗
Potato, french fries, with chili, fast food / restaurant Direct name match 130 gUSDA reference amount 313 kcal 241 6.8 g 4.7 g 339 mg FDC 2709467 ↗
Potato, hash brown, from fast food Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 218 kcal 272 2.1 g 2.2 g 453 mg FDC 2709478 ↗
Potato, hash brown, from fast food, with cheese Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 236 kcal 295 4.8 g 1.8 g 465 mg FDC 2709479 ↗
Potato, hash brown, from fresh Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 152 kcal 190 1.6 g 1.3 g 274 mg FDC 2709483 ↗
Potato, hash brown, from fresh, with cheese Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 178 kcal 223 4.1 g 1.1 g 311 mg FDC 2709484 ↗
Potato, hash brown, from restaurant Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 218 kcal 272 2.1 g 2.2 g 453 mg FDC 2709480 ↗
Potato, hash brown, from restaurant, with cheese Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 236 kcal 295 4.8 g 1.8 g 465 mg FDC 2709481 ↗
Potato, hash brown, from school lunch Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 174 kcal 218 2.1 g 2.6 g 135 mg FDC 2709482 ↗
Potato, hash brown, ready-to-heat Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 174 kcal 217 2.1 g 2.6 g 318 mg FDC 2709486 ↗
Potato, hash brown, ready-to-heat, with cheese Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 199 kcal 249 4.8 g 2.1 g 352 mg FDC 2709487 ↗
Potato, home fries, from fresh Direct name match 100 gUSDA reference amount 185 kcal 185 2 g 1.6 g 279 mg FDC 2709474 ↗
Potato, home fries, from restaurant / fast food Direct name match 100 gUSDA reference amount 213 kcal 213 1.9 g 1.6 g 396 mg FDC 2709473 ↗
Potato, home fries, ready-to-heat Direct name match 100 gUSDA reference amount 197 kcal 197 1.9 g 1.6 g 340 mg FDC 2709475 ↗
Potato, home fries, with vegetables Direct name match 100 gUSDA reference amount 173 kcal 173 1.7 g 1.5 g 382 mg FDC 2709476 ↗
Potato, mashed, from fast food Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 111 kcal 89 2.1 g 1.6 g 383 mg FDC 2709493 ↗
Potato, mashed, from fast food, with gravy Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 101 kcal 81 1.8 g 1.4 g 404 mg FDC 2709494 ↗
Potato, mashed, from fresh, made with milk Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 143 kcal 114 2.7 g 1.5 g 263 mg FDC 2709496 ↗
Potato, mashed, from fresh, made with milk, with cheese Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 181 kcal 145 5.5 g 1.3 g 323 mg FDC 2709497 ↗
Potato, mashed, from fresh, made with milk, with gravy Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 125 kcal 100 2.3 g 1.3 g 308 mg FDC 2709498 ↗
Potato, mashed, from restaurant Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 173 kcal 138 2.6 g 1.4 g 463 mg FDC 2709500 ↗
Potato, mashed, from restaurant, with gravy Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 150 kcal 120 2.3 g 1.1 g 466 mg FDC 2709501 ↗
Potato, mashed, from school lunch Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 96 kcal 77 2.7 g 1.3 g 251 mg FDC 2709502 ↗
Potato, mashed, ready-to-heat Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 133 kcal 106 2.5 g 2.4 g 373 mg FDC 2709495 ↗
Potato, mashed, ready-to-heat, with cheese Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 173 kcal 138 5.3 g 2.1 g 420 mg FDC 2709508 ↗
Potato, mashed, ready-to-heat, with gravy Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 118 kcal 94 2.2 g 1.9 g 395 mg FDC 2709509 ↗
Potato, roasted, from fresh, peel eaten, made with butter Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 209 kcal 123 4.1 g 3.6 g 308 mg FDC 2709407 ↗
Potato, roasted, from fresh, peel eaten, made with margarine Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 197 kcal 116 4 g 3.6 g 321 mg FDC 2709408 ↗
Potato, roasted, from fresh, peel eaten, made with oil Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 223 kcal 131 4 g 3.6 g 265 mg FDC 2709406 ↗
Potato, roasted, from fresh, peel eaten, no added fat Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 158 kcal 93 4.2 g 3.7 g 279 mg FDC 2709404 ↗
Potato, roasted, from fresh, peel not eaten, made with butter Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 209 kcal 123 3.2 g 2.4 g 299 mg FDC 2709413 ↗
Potato, roasted, from fresh, peel not eaten, made with margarine Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 197 kcal 116 3.2 g 2.4 g 315 mg FDC 2709414 ↗
Potato, roasted, from fresh, peel not eaten, made with oil Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 223 kcal 131 3.2 g 2.4 g 258 mg FDC 2709412 ↗
Potato, roasted, from fresh, peel not eaten, no added fat Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 158 kcal 93 3.3 g 2.6 g 270 mg FDC 2709411 ↗
Potato, roasted, ready-to-heat Direct name match 170 gUSDA reference amount 214 kcal 126 3.2 g 2.4 g 282 mg FDC 2709415 ↗
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

The listed source amounts run from 80 to 315 grams—a 235-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 57 calories for “canned” to 504 for “baked, peel not eaten, with meat.” At a fixed 100 grams, “canned” is 60 calories and “fast food” is 312—a fixed-weight separation of 252 calories. For Potato, 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 “baked, peel eaten”, “boiled, from fresh, peel not eaten, made with margarine”, “hash brown, from fast food”, “mashed, from restaurant”, and “scalloped, ready-to-heat, with meat”. The source formulations contain 38 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include salt, table, potatoes, baked, flesh, without salt, potatoes, baked, flesh and skin, without salt, and cheese, cheddar. On this Potato 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” cannot resolve the differences between Potato, baked, peel eaten 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

    Source weight before serving calories

    The source amounts span 80–315 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 “baked, peel eaten”, “boiled, from fresh, peel not eaten, made with margarine”, “hash brown, from fast food”, “mashed, from restaurant”, 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

    38 source-input codes appear across the selected records. Their presence and listed weights describe USDA formulations, not finished plated proportions.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Potato, baked, peel eaten” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Potato 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 is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“baked, peel eaten”, “french fries, from fresh, baked”, “home fries, with vegetables”, 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 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 76 exact records behind Potato 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, hash brown, from restaurant, with cheese is higher in total fat per 100 g

Potato, hash brown, from restaurant, with cheese reports 19.9 g versus 0.1 g for Potato, baked, peel not eaten: a 19.8 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Potato, boiled, from fresh, peel eaten, made with butter is denser; Potato, baked, peel eaten is higher in its source amount

Potato, boiled, from fresh, peel eaten, made with butter reports 123 kcal per 100 g and 209 kcal in USDA source amount (170 g). Potato, baked, peel eaten reports a lower 93 kcal per 100 g but a higher 265 kcal in USDA source amount (285 g).

Choose the record before reading the number

Potato, baked, peel not eaten, with butter and Potato, canned, no added fat are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes Preparation wording (baked, roasted, or broiled 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 evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Potato 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, baked, peel not eaten, with butter vs Potato, canned, no added fat

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

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Compare two records on this page Potato, baked, peel eaten, with butter vs Potato, canned, no added fat

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

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27 context records in this source topic French fries and other fried white potatoes

Potato, french fries, fast food and Potato, french fries, from fresh, baked 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.

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16 context records in this source topic Mashed potatoes and white potato mixtures

Potato, mashed, from fast food and Potato, mashed, from fast food, with gravy 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.

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A formulation detail that separates records Butter, stick, salted

USDA input 1001 appears in 16 of 76 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 5–15 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

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A formulation detail that separates records Cheese, cheddar

USDA input 1009 appears in 19 of 76 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 12–45 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

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Put the observed spread in corpus context Calcium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calcium runs from 5 mg in Potato, baked, peel not eaten to 191 mg in Potato, scalloped, from fresh, all per 100 g.

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