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Quesadilla calories per cup: 237–300 across all 8 named USDA examples

Across all 8 named USDA examples, a cup contains 237–300 calories. Each included example lists 95 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 1 half circle · 70 g

214calories

Quesadilla, beef or pork

Protein
9.9 g
Carbs
19.1 g
Fat
10.6 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 8 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 8 exact records in this guide report 174–223 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 249–316 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 Quesadilla, begin by separating “Quesadilla, beef or pork” from “Quesadilla, with vegetables.” 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 8 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How quesadilla records compare at 100 grams

Five rank landmarks are shown from all 8 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. Minimum: Quesadilla, egg 249 kcal
    249 kcal
  2. 25th-ranked landmark: Quesadilla, egg, with meat 249 kcal
    249 kcal
  3. Median-ranked landmark: Quesadilla, chicken, with vegetables 270 kcal
    270 kcal
  4. 75th-ranked landmark: Quesadilla, chicken 287 kcal
    287 kcal
  5. Maximum: Quesadilla, cheese only 316 kcal
    316 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 8 named USDA records in view: 8 direct matches. They span 2 source categories, including Other Mexican mixed dishes and Egg/breakfast sandwiches. 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 8 records together under the exact grouping key “quesadilla.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Quesadilla, this page can compare 8 named records from FDC 2708592 through FDC 2708594. 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

The three facts to carry into the table

Carry the denominator, exact identity, and strongest observed contrast into every number below.

Portion

60–80 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.3× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

67 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “egg”; the higher is “cheese only.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

6.3 g protein gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “with vegetables” (8.1 g) and “chicken” (14.4 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 quesadilla.

Important: “Lower” begins with Quesadilla, egg; “higher” ends with Quesadilla, beef or pork, with vegetables, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every quesadilla meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Quesadilla, 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 Quesadilla nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Quesadilla, beef or pork Direct name match 70 gUSDA reference amount 214 kcal 305 9.9 g 1.3 g 420 mg FDC 2708592 ↗
Quesadilla, beef or pork, with vegetables Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 223 kcal 279 8.9 g 1.7 g 474 mg FDC 2708595 ↗
Quesadilla, cheese only Direct name match 60 gUSDA reference amount 190 kcal 316 8 g 1.2 g 406 mg FDC 2708591 ↗
Quesadilla, chicken Direct name match 70 gUSDA reference amount 201 kcal 287 10.1 g 1.3 g 421 mg FDC 2708593 ↗
Quesadilla, chicken, with vegetables Direct name match 80 gUSDA reference amount 216 kcal 270 9 g 1.7 g 474 mg FDC 2708596 ↗
Quesadilla, egg Direct name match 70 gUSDA reference amount 174 kcal 249 7.6 g 1 g 329 mg FDC 2708597 ↗
Quesadilla, egg, with meat Direct name match 70 gUSDA reference amount 174 kcal 249 8 g 0.9 g 353 mg FDC 2708598 ↗
Quesadilla, with vegetables Direct name match 70 gUSDA reference amount 177 kcal 253 5.7 g 1.5 g 367 mg FDC 2708594 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 60 to 80 grams—a 20-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 174 calories for “egg” to 223 for “beef or pork, with vegetables.” At a fixed 100 grams, “egg” is 249 calories and “cheese only” is 316—a fixed-weight separation of 67 calories. For Quesadilla, 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 “beef or pork”, “cheese only”, “chicken, with vegetables”, “egg”, and “with vegetables”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes tortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, flour, refrigerated; differentiating rows include beverages, water, tap, drinking, cheese and queso as ingredient, salt, table, and vegetable oil, nfs. On this Quesadilla 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 “Quesadilla” cannot resolve the differences between Quesadilla, beef or pork and Quesadilla, with vegetables. 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 60–80 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 “beef or pork”, “cheese only”, “chicken, with vegetables”, “egg”, and “with vegetables”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    Shared source rows include tortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, flour, refrigerated; rows that vary across the set include beverages, water, tap, drinking, cheese and queso as ingredient, and salt, table. Presence is inspectable evidence, not proof of nutrient causation.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Quesadilla, beef or pork” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Quesadilla 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 quesadilla is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“beef or pork”, “cheese only”, “egg”, and “with vegetables”—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 Quesadilla 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 8 exact records behind Quesadilla 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

Quesadilla, egg, with meat is higher in vitamin D per 100 g

Quesadilla, egg, with meat reports 1.5 µg versus 0 µg for Quesadilla, beef or pork: a 1.5 µg difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Quesadilla, beef or pork is denser; Quesadilla, beef or pork, with vegetables is higher in its source amount

Quesadilla, beef or pork reports 305 kcal per 100 g and 214 kcal in USDA source amount (70 g). Quesadilla, beef or pork, with vegetables reports a lower 279 kcal per 100 g but a higher 223 kcal in USDA source amount (80 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Quesadilla, beef or pork” from “Quesadilla, with vegetables”

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

6 context records in this source topic Other Mexican mixed dishes

Quesadilla, beef or pork and Quesadilla, beef or pork, with vegetables 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 Beverages, water, tap, drinking

USDA input 14411 appears in 6 of 8 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 A formulation detail that separates records Cheese and Queso as ingredient

USDA input 99991410 appears in 6 of 8 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 20–50 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 Vitamin D: density and serving context

In this page’s records, vitamin D runs from 0 µg in Quesadilla, beef or pork to 1.5 µg in Quesadilla, egg, with meat, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path 2 context records in this source topic Egg/breakfast sandwiches

Quesadilla, egg and Quesadilla, egg, with meat 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 141 mg in Quesadilla, egg, with meat to 348 mg in Quesadilla, cheese only, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Quesadilla, beef or pork

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2708592 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path