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Stew, beef calories per cup: 255–337 across all 3 named USDA examples

Across all 3 named USDA examples, a cup contains 255–337 calories. Each included example lists 255 g for that measure. The same household label can carry a different gram weight elsewhere in USDA data.

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Estimated for 1 cup · 255 g

273calories

Stew, beef

Protein
22.3 g
Carbs
16 g
Fat
12.9 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 255–337 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 100–132 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 Stew, beef, begin by separating “Stew, beef” from “Stew, beef, with pasta.” 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 stew, beef records compare at 100 grams

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

  1. Stew, beef, canned 100 kcal
    100 kcal
  2. Stew, beef 107 kcal
    107 kcal
  3. Stew, beef, with pasta 132 kcal
    132 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 “Meat mixed dishes.” 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 “stew beef.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Stew, beef, this page can compare 3 named records from FDC 2706592 through FDC 2706593. 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 255 g comparison anchor

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

Composition

32 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

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

Discriminator

4.8 g protein gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “canned” (5.0 g) and “with pasta” (9.8 g).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

These 3 records each use a 255 g serving. Their serving calories compare equal weights within this set. They do not define a calorie range for every stew, beef; match the preparation and adjust to your portion.

Important: “Lower” begins with Stew, beef, canned; “higher” ends with Stew, beef, with pasta, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every stew, beef meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Stew, beef, 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 Stew, beef nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Stew, beef Direct name match 255 gUSDA reference amount 273 kcal 107 22.3 g 3.3 g 783 mg FDC 2706592 ↗
Stew, beef, canned Direct name match 255 gUSDA reference amount 255 kcal 100 12.8 g 2.8 g 1,007 mg FDC 2706591 ↗
Stew, beef, with pasta Direct name match 255 gUSDA reference amount 337 kcal 132 24.9 g 2.8 g 762 mg FDC 2706593 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

Every selected record uses a 255-gram source amount, so serving-weight differences do not explain the calorie spread inside this set. Their own source servings run from 255 calories for “canned” to 337 for “with pasta.” At a fixed 100 grams, “canned” is 100 calories and “with pasta” is 132—a fixed-weight separation of 32 calories. For Stew, beef, 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”, “beef, canned”, and “beef, with pasta”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes beef as ingredient in recipes, beverages, water, tap, drinking, and salt, table; differentiating rows include vegetables as ingredient in stews, carrots, cooked, as ingredient, industrial oil as ingredient in food, and onions, cooked, as ingredient. On this Stew, beef 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 “Stew, beef” cannot resolve the differences between Stew, beef and Stew, beef, with pasta. 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 255 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 “beef”, “beef, canned”, and “beef, with pasta”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    Shared source rows include beef as ingredient in recipes and beverages, water, tap, drinking; rows that vary across the set include vegetables as ingredient in stews, carrots, cooked, as ingredient, and industrial oil as ingredient in food. Presence is inspectable evidence, not proof of nutrient causation.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Stew, beef” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Stew, beef 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 stew, beef is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“beef”, “beef, canned”, and “beef, with pasta”—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 Stew, beef 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 Stew, beef 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

Stew, beef, with pasta is higher in iron per 100 g

Stew, beef, with pasta reports 1.2 mg versus 0.6 mg for Stew, beef, canned: a 0.6 mg difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

These listed servings have equal weights

3 listed servings each weigh 255 g

The 3 records with a listed serving weight on this page each use 255 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

Stew, beef and Stew, beef, canned 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 canned) 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 Stew, beef 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 Stew, beef vs Stew, beef, canned

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 canned; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Vegetables as ingredient in stews

USDA input 99997820 appears in 2 of 3 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 25–50 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 A formulation detail that separates records Carrots, cooked, as ingredient

USDA input 99997310 appears in 1 of 3 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 10–10 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 3 context records in this source topic Meat mixed dishes

Stew, beef and Stew, beef, canned 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 Iron: density and serving context

In this page’s records, iron runs from 0.6 mg in Stew, beef, canned to 1.2 mg in Stew, beef, with pasta, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Protein: density and serving context

In this page’s records, protein runs from 5 g in Stew, beef, canned to 9.8 g in Stew, beef, with pasta, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Stew, beef

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2706592 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

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