1 cup
1,615 kcal
192 g
Sauces, fats & condimentsmoderate variability
Animal fat or drippings: calories and nutrition
Animal fat or drippings has about 101 calories per USDA reference amount in the cited USDA reference record. Use the portion controls and preparation factors below to interpret the estimate.
What this number means
A portion-aware estimate, not a promise
A USDA reference amount weighing 12 grams has about 101 calories in the cited source record.
The listed household measures span roughly 101–1,615 calories across the listed portions. That range describes the source portions below; it is not a confidence interval and does not capture every recipe.
Calculated from the smallest and largest usable household measures listed by USDA for this exact FNDDS record; not a confidence interval.
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- Calories
- 101 kcal
- Protein
- 0.3 g
- Carbohydrate
- 0 g
- Total fat
- 11.1 g
Household measures
Compare listed portions
These values scale the source nutrition by gram weight. Rounding keeps the comparison readable.
1 tablespoon
101 kcal
12 g
At a glance
Nutrient highlights per source serving
The strongest supplied Daily Value signals, shown without extrapolating missing values.
Saturated fat
4.3 g≈ 21% Daily ValueTotal fat
11.1 g≈ 14% Daily ValueCholesterol
11.2 mg≈ 4% Daily ValueNutrition facts
Compare the source serving with 100 grams
Values are rounded for readability. The source serving is 12 g.
| Nutrient | Amount | Approx. % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 101 kcal 841 kcal | — |
| Protein | 0.3 g 2.2 g | — |
| Carbohydrate | 0 g 0 g | — |
| Total fat | 11.1 g 92.2 g | 14% |
| Dietary fiber | 0 g 0 g | — |
| Sugars | 0 g 0 g | — |
| Sodium | 72.5 mg 604 mg | — |
| Saturated fat | 4.3 g 35.6 g | 21% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4.9 g 41.2 g | — |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1.2 g 10.1 g | — |
| Cholesterol | 11.2 mg 93 mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 2.5 mg 21 mg | — |
| Calcium | 0.6 mg 5 mg | — |
| Iron | 0 mg 0.2 mg | — |
| Magnesium | 0.1 mg 1 mg | — |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg 0 mg | — |
| Vitamin D | 0.3 µg 2.2 µg | — |
| Vitamin A | 0 µg 0 µg | — |
| Caffeine | 0 mg 0 mg | — |
| Alcohol | 0 g 0 g | — |
| Water | 0.5 g 3.9 g | — |
Daily Values appear only when they are supplied by the reviewed data record. Individual needs differ.
Inside the source record
Source formulation behind this USDA record
USDA links this survey-food entry to 6 source inputs used to calculate the reference nutrition. Publishing those inputs makes the record easier to inspect and helps explain why two similarly named foods can have different values.
How to read this
6 listed components
The largest listed inputs by source weight are Animal fat, bacon grease, Lard, Beef, retail cuts, separable fat, cooked. The order and weights below come from the standardized USDA formulation, so they offer context for this exact database entry.
100.4 g total listed input weight across the formulation.
| # | USDA input | Listed amount | Input weight | Share of listed input weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Animal fat, bacon greaseUSDA ingredient 4609 | 40 GM | 40 g | 39.8% |
| 2 | LardUSDA ingredient 4002 | 30 GM | 30 g | 29.9% |
| 3 | Beef, retail cuts, separable fat, cookedUSDA ingredient 13020 | 21 GM | 21 g | 20.9% |
| 4 | Fat, chickenUSDA ingredient 4542 | 6 GM | 6 g | 6% |
| 5 | Fat, turkeyUSDA ingredient 4575 | 2 GM | 2 g | 2% |
| 6 | Salt, tableUSDA ingredient 2047 | 1.4 GM | 1.4 g | 1.4% |
What changes the estimate most?
This is a standardized USDA survey-food profile, not a measurement of every preparation. Actual nutrition can change with amount used, recipe or brand, concentration, oil, sugar, and salt formulation.
Food estimates can be sensitive to portion weight, preparation, ingredient ratios, and additions that are difficult to judge from appearance alone.
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amount used
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recipe or brand
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concentration
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oil, sugar, and salt formulation
How we estimated this
Traceable back to the source record
This profile uses FoodData Central Survey Foods (FNDDS). It reports the source serving, calculates the 100-gram comparison from the same record, and scales household portions by their listed gram weights.
About the serving label: USDA describes the underlying portion as “Typical reported amount.” We display it as “USDA reference amount” to make clear that it is a database comparison point—not a suggested portion or a claim about what most people should eat.
Data cycle: 2021–2023, published 2024-10-31
FoodData Central ID: 2710165
FNDDS food code: 81201000
It does not reconstruct every possible recipe or infer your plate’s weight. Preparation and recipe differences belong in the uncertainty explanation, not hidden decimal places.
Source release 2024-10-31. Read the full nutrition methodology.