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Tacos calories per cup: 200–330 across all 11 named USDA examples

Across all 11 named USDA examples, a cup contains 200–330 calories. Each included example lists 120 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 small/regular · 100 g

167calories

Taco, with beans, no cheese

Protein
5 g
Carbs
24 g
Fat
6.2 g

These values scale the selected reference food by weight. Ingredients, preparation, and portion size can change your meal’s estimate.

FoodData Central Survey Foods (FNDDS) · FDC 2708532 Full nutrition profile →

Compare all 11 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The most important number in a taco meal may be the number of tacos. After count, tortilla type, filling, beans, cheese, and per-taco weight explain why two plates with the same label can differ.

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Start with the description closest to what you ate

For Tacos, begin by separating “Taco, with beans, no cheese” from “Taco, cheese only.” 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 11 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How tacos records compare at 100 grams

Five rank landmarks are shown from all 11 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: Taco, with beans, no cheese 167 kcal
    167 kcal
  2. 25th-ranked landmark: Taco, corn tortilla, chicken, with beans, cheese 193 kcal
    193 kcal
  3. Median-ranked landmark: Taco, meat, no cheese 243 kcal
    243 kcal
  4. 75th-ranked landmark: Taco, corn tortilla, pork, cheese 251 kcal
    251 kcal
  5. Maximum: Taco, fish 275 kcal
    275 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 11 named USDA records in view: 11 direct matches. All sit within “Burritos and tacos.” The exact descriptions remain the unit of comparison; the familiar heading is only the doorway into the evidence.

For Tacos, this page can compare 11 named records from FDC 2708532 through FDC 2708533. 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

100–140 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.4× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

108 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “with beans, no cheese”; the higher is “fish.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

12.5 g protein gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “with beans, no cheese” (5.0 g) and “flour tortilla, chicken, cheese” (17.5 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 tacos.

Important: “Lower” begins with Taco, with beans, no cheese; “higher” ends with Taco, cheese only, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every tacos meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Tacos, 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 Tacos nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Taco, with beans, no cheese Direct name match 100 gUSDA reference amount 167 kcal 167 5 g 4.5 g 405 mg FDC 2708532 ↗
Taco, corn tortilla, with beans, cheese Direct name match 105 gUSDA reference amount 185 kcal 176 6.1 g 4.4 g 441 mg FDC 2708521 ↗
Taco, corn tortilla, chicken, with beans, cheese Direct name match 105 gUSDA reference amount 203 kcal 193 11.6 g 3.4 g 419 mg FDC 2708520 ↗
Taco, flour tortilla, chicken, cheese Direct name match 105 gUSDA reference amount 231 kcal 220 18.4 g 1.4 g 468 mg FDC 2708526 ↗
Taco, flour tortilla, beef, with beans, cheese Direct name match 105 gUSDA reference amount 232 kcal 221 12.4 g 2.5 g 489 mg FDC 2708523 ↗
Taco, meat, no cheese Direct name match 100 gUSDA reference amount 243 kcal 243 15.2 g 2.2 g 359 mg FDC 2708530 ↗
Taco, corn tortilla, beef, cheese Direct name match 105 gUSDA reference amount 261 kcal 249 16.3 g 2.2 g 394 mg FDC 2708515 ↗
Taco, corn tortilla, pork, cheese Direct name match 105 gUSDA reference amount 264 kcal 251 15.5 g 2.2 g 387 mg FDC 2708517 ↗
Taco, flour tortilla, pork, cheese Direct name match 105 gUSDA reference amount 273 kcal 260 16.9 g 1.4 g 460 mg FDC 2708524 ↗
Taco, fish Direct name match 100 gUSDA reference amount 275 kcal 275 11.6 g 2.5 g 447 mg FDC 2708529 ↗
Taco, cheese only Direct name match 140 gUSDA reference amount 385 kcal 275 17.1 g 5.3 g 435 mg FDC 2708533 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 100 to 140 grams—a 40-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 167 calories for “with beans, no cheese” to 385 for “cheese only.” At a fixed 100 grams, “with beans, no cheese” is 167 calories and “fish” is 275—a fixed-weight separation of 108 calories. For Tacos, 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 “with beans, no cheese”, “flour tortilla, chicken, cheese”, “meat, no cheese”, “flour tortilla, pork, cheese”, and “cheese only”. The source formulations contain 11 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include salt, table, cheese and queso as ingredient, tortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, corn, and beverages, water, tap, drinking. On this Tacos 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 “Tacos” cannot resolve the differences between Taco, with beans, no cheese and Taco, cheese only. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    Taco count

    The source amount usually describes a single item, so plate totals depend first on how many were eaten.

  2. 02

    Tortilla

    Corn and flour tortilla records are separate, and diameter or thickness can change the weight further.

  3. 03

    Filling ratio

    A heavily filled taco is not equivalent to the same style with a thin layer of filling.

  4. 04

    Cheese and toppings

    Cheese, creamy toppings, guacamole, and sauces may not be captured by a generic meat label.

Record matching

Match identity first; scale quantity second

Read the source name as a sequence of decisions. First confirm that tacos is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“with beans, no cheese”, “flour tortilla, chicken, cheese”, “corn tortilla, pork, cheese”, and “cheese only”—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. Count tacos before scaling a source serving.
  2. Match corn versus flour tortilla and approximate size.
  3. Identify filling, beans, and cheese.
  4. Record substantial toppings and sides outside the base entry.

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 11 exact records behind Tacos 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

Taco, fish is higher in vitamin D per 100 g

Taco, fish reports 2.5 µg versus 0 µg for Taco, corn tortilla, beef, cheese: a 2.5 µg difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Taco, meat, no cheese is denser; Taco, cheese only is higher in its source amount

Taco, meat, no cheese reports 15.2 g per 100 g and 15.2 g in USDA source amount (100 g). Taco, cheese only reports a lower 12.2 g per 100 g but a higher 17.1 g in USDA source amount (140 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Taco, with beans, no cheese” from “Taco, cheese only”

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

Best next guide for this exact record Taco, corn tortilla

Taco, corn tortilla, beef, cheese and Taco, corn tortilla, chicken, with beans, cheese are explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path Best next guide for this exact record Taco, flour tortilla

Taco, flour tortilla, beef, with beans, cheese and Taco, flour tortilla, chicken, cheese are explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path 11 context records in this source topic Burritos and tacos

Taco, with beans, no cheese and Taco, corn tortilla, with beans, cheese 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 7 of 11 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 5–10 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 A formulation detail that separates records Cheese and Queso as ingredient

USDA input 99991410 appears in 8 of 11 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 5–40 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 Taco, corn tortilla, beef, cheese to 2.5 µg in Taco, fish, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Taco, corn tortilla, beef, cheese vs Taco, corn tortilla, beef, with beans, cheese

Taco, corn tortilla, beef, cheese is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Calories: 249 versus 212 kcal per 100 g; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path