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Swiss steak nutrition: 215–292 calories in 2 named USDA examples

The 2 named USDA examples report 215–292 calories for their individually listed servings; at a common 100-gram basis, they span 115–180 calories per 100 g. Match the preparation and weight before using a value.

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Preparation and portion

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Estimated for 187 g

215calories

Swiss steak

Protein
29 g
Carbs
6.9 g
Fat
8.3 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 2 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 2 exact records in this guide report 215–292 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 115–180 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 Swiss steak, begin by separating “Swiss steak” from “Swiss steak, with gravy, meatless.” 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 swiss steak records compare at 100 grams

All 2 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Swiss steak 115 kcal
    115 kcal
  2. Swiss steak, with gravy, meatless 180 kcal
    180 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 2 named USDA records in view: 2 direct matches. They span 2 source categories, including Meat mixed dishes and Bean, pea, legume 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 description segment” placed these 2 records together under the exact grouping key “swiss steak.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Swiss steak, this page can compare 2 named records from FDC 2706732 through FDC 2707474. 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

162–187 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.2× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

65 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “Swiss steak”; the higher is “with gravy; meatless.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

3.1 g fiber gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “Swiss steak” (0.9 g) and “with gravy; meatless” (4.0 g).

Observed source examples

Both records, with their own serving weights intact

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 swiss steak.

Important: “Lower” begins with Swiss steak; “higher” ends with Swiss steak, with gravy, meatless, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every swiss steak meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Swiss steak, 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 Swiss steak nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Swiss steak Direct name match 187 gUSDA reference amount 215 kcal 115 29 g 1.7 g 468 mg FDC 2706732 ↗
Swiss steak, with gravy, meatless Direct name match 162 gUSDA reference amount 292 kcal 180 20.6 g 6.5 g 1,116 mg FDC 2707474 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 162 to 187 grams—a 25-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 215 calories for “Swiss steak” to 292 for “with gravy; meatless.” At a fixed 100 grams, “Swiss steak” is 115 calories and “with gravy; meatless” is 180—a fixed-weight separation of 65 calories. For Swiss steak, 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 “Swiss steak” and “with gravy, meatless”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, bleached and salt, table; differentiating rows include beef, round, top round roast, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, roasted, beverages, water, tap, drinking, beverages, water, tap, municipal, and carrots, cooked, as ingredient. On this Swiss steak 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 “Swiss steak” cannot resolve the differences between Swiss steak and Swiss steak, with gravy, meatless. 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 162–187 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 “Swiss steak” and “with gravy, meatless”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    Shared source rows include flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, bleached and salt, table; rows that vary across the set include beef, round, top round roast, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, roasted, beverages, water, tap, drinking, and beverages, water, tap, municipal. Presence is inspectable evidence, not proof of nutrient causation.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Swiss steak” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Swiss steak 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 swiss steak is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“Swiss steak” and “with gravy, meatless”—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 Swiss steak 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 2 exact records behind Swiss steak 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

Swiss steak, with gravy, meatless is higher in calcium per 100 g

Swiss steak, with gravy, meatless reports 109 mg versus 24 mg for Swiss steak: a 85 mg difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Check the weight before comparing serving totals

Source amounts span 162–187 g

Swiss steak, with gravy, meatless uses USDA source amount (162 g), while Swiss steak uses USDA source amount (187 g). Use per 100 g for equal-weight composition; use the serving column only when those named source amounts answer your question.

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Swiss steak” from “Swiss steak, with gravy, meatless”

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

A formulation detail that separates records Beef, round, top round roast, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, roasted

USDA input 23348 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 680.4–680.4 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 Beverages, water, tap, drinking

USDA input 14411 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 237–237 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 Calcium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calcium runs from 24 mg in Swiss steak to 109 mg in Swiss steak, with gravy, meatless, all per 100 g.

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

In this page’s records, dietary fiber runs from 0.9 g in Swiss steak to 4 g in Swiss steak, with gravy, meatless, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path 1 context record in this source topic Bean, pea, legume dishes

Swiss steak, with gravy, meatless belongs 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 1 context record in this source topic Meat mixed dishes

Swiss steak belongs 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 Inspect an exact record Swiss steak

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2706732 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

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