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Beef & noodles, carrots/greens, tomato sauce calories: 392 per 311 g

This exact USDA record reports 392 calories for 311 g. That answer belongs to this description and weight; it is not a universal value for every meal that shares the name.

Exact USDA description: Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce

Quick facts

USDA reference amount · 311 g

Calories
392 kcal
Protein
21 g
Carbohydrate
42.6 g
Total fat
15.7 g
Fiber
4.7 g
Sodium
964 mg

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Preparation and portion

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Estimated for 311 g

392calories

Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce

Protein
21 g
Carbs
42.6 g
Fat
15.7 g

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FoodData Central Survey Foods (FNDDS) · FDC 2706610

Nutrition facts, household measures, preparation notes and USDA sources

The editorial read

The useful answer has a weight, a composition, and an identity

Portion: the cited record reports about 392 calories for USDA reference amount at 311 grams. On a fixed-weight basis, the same record contains 126 calories per 100 grams. The first number answers a portion question; the second answers a concentration question.

Composition: that source amount also reports 21 g protein, 4.7 g fiber, and 964 mg sodium. Read those values together: a calorie total by itself cannot describe the nutrient profile.

Identity: the largest listed formulation input is noodles, egg, enriched, cooked, representing 42.1% of the record’s listed input weight. The record contains 7 source-input rows in all. These are provenance for a standardized calculation, not a recipe for your plate.

The reference amount and 1 cup answer different portion questions. Their values are scaled independently from the same per-100-gram source record.

The household measures attached to this record span roughly 314–392 calories across the listed portions. That is a set of scaled examples—not a confidence interval, a recommendation, or a claim about the full universe of recipes.

Calculated from the smallest and largest usable household measures listed by USDA for this exact FNDDS record; not a confidence interval.

Record-specific decision brief

What the numbers say—and what choice still belongs to you

This analysis belongs to USDA FDC 2706610: “Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce.” It separates gram-weight arithmetic, corpus context, label signals, and record selection so one number does not have to answer four different questions.

01 · Portion arithmetic

Three weights, one fixed composition

For FDC 2706610, each row multiplies the published per-100-gram values by its stated weight. “75% of the reference weight” through “USDA reference amount” are weight scenarios: named measures come from USDA, while percentage labels are transparent arithmetic.

Three gram-weight scenarios calculated from this exact USDA nutrient record
ScenarioWeightEnergyProteinFiberSodium
75% of the reference weightArithmetic scenario from the reference weight 233.3 g 294 kcal 15.7 g 3.5 g 723 mg
1 cupUSDA-listed household measure 249 g 314 kcal 16.8 g 3.7 g 772 mg
USDA reference amountExact record reference weight 311 g 392 kcal 21 g 4.7 g 964 mg

02 · Fixed-weight context

Where 100 grams sits inside Meat mixed dishes

The comparison set contains 197 exact records in the Meat mixed dishes USDA category. Here, “middle half” describes FDC 2706610’s energy position in that corpus—not nutritional quality, desirability, or a health rating.

Energy

middle half

126 kcalthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
134 kcal
Middle 50%
126–156 kcal

Based on 197 records reporting energy.

Protein

middle half

6.7 gthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
8.1 g
Middle 50%
6.4–12.1 g

Based on 197 records reporting protein.

Dietary fiber

upper quarter

1.5 gthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
0.9 g
Middle 50%
0.6–1.4 g

Based on 197 records reporting dietary fiber.

Sodium

middle half

310 mgthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
316 mg
Middle 50%
305–412 mg

Based on 197 records reporting sodium.

03 · FDA label lens

The strongest strength-side and tradeoff-side signals

At FDC 2706610’s 311 g reference weight, the largest strength-side percentage among the nutrients evaluated here is Vitamin A; the larger tradeoff-side percentage is Sodium. Percentages use FDA label Daily Values, whose general “high” guide begins at 20% Daily Value. This is not an overall score or a personalized target.

Strength-side signals

Vitamin A273.7 µg

≈ 30% DV. This crosses the FDA’s 20% ‘high’ guide.

Iron4 mg

≈ 23% DV. This crosses the FDA’s 20% ‘high’ guide.

Tradeoff-side signals

Sodium964 mg

≈ 42% DV. This crosses the FDA’s 20% ‘high’ guide.

Saturated fat3.2 g

≈ 16% DV. This does not cross the FDA’s 20% ‘high’ guide.

04 · Highest-impact checks

The three levers most worth resolving first

For “Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green…,” the first-pass checks follow the evidence actually published: its named weights, the FDC 2706731 alternative, and its source-formulation identity.

  1. 01

    Portion sensitivity around 311 g

    A 25% weight move in either direction spans 233.3–388.8 g. When composition is held constant, those endpoints calculate to 294 kcal and 490 kcal.

  2. 02

    Record choice: compare with FDC 2706731

    At an equal 100 g, this record has 9.2 g more carbohydrate than “Beef with vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, tomato-based sauce.” That is a record-level contrast; it does not identify which ingredient caused the difference.

  3. 03

    Formulation anchor: Noodles, egg, enriched, cooked

    The source formulation has 7 input rows; Noodles, egg, enriched, cooked supplies 42.1% of listed input weight. Those are standardized formulation inputs, not final plated percentages.

05 · Exact-record choice

Select by literal evidence, not the shortest name

Keep this record when “noodles; and vegetables including carrots; broccoli; and/or dark-green leafy” fits. Inspect FDC 2706731 when “broccoli; and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes; tomato-based sauce” is the more literal description of the food and preparation.

Keep this profile when these fields fit

Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce

Exact source wording
“Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce”
Source identity
USDA FDC 2706610 · FNDDS 27313210
Named qualifiers
noodles · and vegetables including carrots · broccoli · and/or dark-green leafy
Source inputs unique in this pair
Noodles, egg, enriched, cooked

06 · Continue with purpose

The next pages answer different follow-up questions

Choose the closest description

Which USDA record fits your meal?

Treat the long description as data. The phrases doing the most work here are “noodles”, “and vegetables including carrots”, “broccoli”, and “and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce”. Match those details first; then compare the database weight with the amount you mean.

On smaller screens, focus a nutrition table and scroll horizontally to read every column.

Nearby USDA records compared with this exact food description
Exact recordSource servingCalories / 100 gProtein / 100 gFat / 100 gFiber / 100 gSodium / 100 g
This recordBeef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce 311 g392 kcal 126 kcal 6.7 g 5.1 g 1.5 g 310 mg
Beef, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce 189 g238 kcal 126 kcal 5.3 g 7 g 1.7 g 310 mg
Sausage, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce 311 g395 kcal 127 kcal 5.2 g 5.7 g 1.5 g 388 mg
Beef, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce 311 g404 kcal 130 kcal 6.8 g 5.1 g 1.4 g 306 mg
Beef, rice, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce 311 g407 kcal 131 kcal 5.9 g 5.4 g 1.1 g 306 mg
Beef with vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, tomato-based sauce 187 g206 kcal 110 kcal 8.2 g 7 g 1.7 g 300 mg
Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no sauce 202 g299 kcal 148 kcal 8.7 g 5.2 g 1.5 g 317 mg

How to compare FDC 2706610: its source amount is 311 g; every 100-gram column removes portion size from the record-to-record comparison. Neither denominator determines your plate’s weight or recipe.

Household measures

Compare listed portions

For FDC 2706610, the 1 displayed measure scale the same source composition by gram weight; rounding changes presentation, not the underlying ratio.

1 cup

314 kcal

249 g

At a glance

Nutrient signals in the source amount

For FDC 2706610, Sodium is the largest displayed non-protein Daily Value signal. Read the set as label context—not a personalized score.

Sodium

964.1 mg≈ 42% Daily Value

Vitamin A

273.7 µg≈ 30% Daily Value

The percentages above apply to FDC 2706610’s 311 g reference amount. FDA Daily Values are general label references, not individualized energy or medical targets. Read the FDA explanation ↗

Why FDC 2706610 has no protein percentage here: Feast reports 21 g, but does not present grams divided by 50 as FDA protein %DV; applicable label rules account for protein quality and regulatory context.

Source-serving signals

What stands out in this record

These 2 calculated observations describe FDC 2706610 at 311 g—not a measured or recommended plate.

  • The representative USDA portion supplies 4.7 g dietary fiber, about 17% of the Daily Value used on U.S. labels.
  • The representative USDA portion contains 964 mg sodium, about 42% of the Daily Value used on U.S. labels.

Nutrition facts

Compare the source serving with 100 grams

Values are rounded for readability. The source serving is 311 g.

Nutrient amounts for the selected source serving or 100 grams
NutrientAmountApprox. % Daily Value
Calories 392 kcal Not established
Protein 21 g Not shown
Carbohydrate 42.6 g 15%
Total fat 15.7 g 20%
Dietary fiber 4.7 g 17%
Sugars 5 g Not established
Sodium 964.1 mg 42%
Saturated fat 3.2 g 16%
Monounsaturated Fat 6.1 g Not established
Polyunsaturated Fat 4.4 g Not established
Cholesterol 77.8 mg 26%
Potassium 494.5 mg 11%
Calcium 49.8 mg 4%
Iron 4.2 mg 23%
Magnesium 56 mg 13%
Vitamin C 17.4 mg 19%
Vitamin D 0.3 µg 2%
Vitamin A 273.7 µg 30%
Caffeine 0 mg Not established
Alcohol 0 g Not established
Water 227.3 g Not established

For FDC 2706610, approximate percentages divide the displayed 311 g amount by FDA label Daily Values; they are not personalized targets. “Not established” means FDA sets no Daily Value for that row. Protein %DV remains unshown because adult-label use depends on regulatory context.

Inside the source record

Source formulation behind this USDA record

USDA links FDC 2706610 to 7 source inputs totaling 118.6 g in its standardized formulation. Publishing that exact provenance makes “Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy…” inspectable beside similarly named records.

How to read this

7 listed components

The largest listed inputs by source weight are Noodles, egg, enriched, cooked, Tomato products, canned, sauce, Beef, round, top round steak, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, cooked, broiled. The order and weights below come from the standardized USDA formulation, so they offer context for this exact database entry.

118.6 g total listed input weight across the formulation.

USDA source inputs listed for this exact survey-food record
#USDA inputListed amountInput weightShare of listed input weight
1 Beef, round, top round steak, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, cooked, broiledUSDA ingredient 13893 · encyclopedia page available 15 GM 15 g 12.6%
2 Tomato products, canned, sauceUSDA ingredient 11549 · encyclopedia page available 30 GM 30 g 25.3%
3 Noodles, egg, enriched, cookedUSDA ingredient 20110 · encyclopedia page available 50 GM 50 g 42.1%
4 Carrots, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without saltUSDA ingredient 11131 · encyclopedia page available 10 GM 10 g 8.4%
5 Broccoli, frozen, chopped, cooked, boiled, drained, without saltUSDA ingredient 11093 · encyclopedia page available 10 GM 10 g 8.4%
6 Vegetable oil, NFSUSDA ingredient 82101000 · encyclopedia page available 3.15 GM 3.2 g 2.7%
7 Salt, tableUSDA ingredient 2047 · encyclopedia page available 1.24 0.5 g 0.4%

Use this formulation to choose a closer record—not to reverse-engineer a recipe. If your meal adds, removes, or substantially changes one of these components, another source entry or a photo-based estimate may fit better.

USDA shorthand in this evidence
  • NFS means “not further specified.” The record intentionally leaves the exact subtype, size, or preparation unresolved.

Exact-record context

What makes this USDA record distinct?

For FDC 2706610, the close-record rule searches the USDA “Meat mixed dishes” category for shared description terms or source inputs. Any surviving pair is compared per 100 grams, so unlike source-serving sizes cannot manufacture the nutrient difference.

This record

Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce

USDA category
Meat mixed dishes
FDC ID
2706610
FNDDS code
27313210
Exact nutrient values per 100 grams
NutrientThis recordComparison recordDifference
Calories126 kcal110 kcal+16 kcal
Protein6.7 g8.2 g−1.5 g
Carbohydrate13.7 g4.5 g+9.2 g
Total fat5.1 g7 g−1.9 g
Dietary fiber1.5 g1.7 g−0.2 g
Sodium310 mg300 mg+10 mg

Plain-English read

At the fixed 100-gram basis, this record lists 16 more calories, 1.5 g less protein, and 9.2 g more carbohydrate than “Beef with vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes….”

Only this record lists Noodles, egg, enriched, cooked. Those formulation rows identify different source records; they do not prove which input caused a nutrient difference.

4 of the six displayed differences clear the documented materiality screen. It is a reading aid, not a health rating.

Formulation evidence

The listed formulations differ

The formulation rows differ, but the source data do not isolate which component caused any nutrient difference. Input weights describe the standardized formulation—not final plated proportions.

Shared listed inputs: Beef, round, top round steak, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, cooked, broiled; Tomato products, canned, sauce; Carrots, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt; Broccoli, frozen, chopped, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt; and 2 more.

Listed only in this record: Noodles, egg, enriched, cooked.

Portion evidence

The listed portion sets differ

This record’s reference amount is 311 g; a familiar listed measure is 1 cup (249 g).

The comparison record’s reference amount is 187 g; a familiar listed measure is 1 cup (249 g).

Use the 100-gram row to compare FDC 2706610 with FDC 2706731 at equal mass; use their 311 g and 187 g source amounts only for portion matching.

Evidence boundary: FDC 2706610 versus FDC 2706731 is a comparison of standardized source records—not a measurement of your meal, an overall food-quality rank, or proof that one input caused a difference.

Review the full meat mixed dishes source category → Read the calculation and selection methodology →

Uncertainty, made actionable

What can change this estimate?

This is a standardized USDA survey-food profile, not a measurement of every preparation. Actual nutrition can change with amount served, recipe and ingredient ratios, added cooking fat, sauces and toppings.

For “Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy…,” resolve amount served first, then move through the remaining 3 published levers. Unknowns should remain visible rather than expanding every assumption at once.

  1. 01

    amount served

    When composition is held constant, nutrient totals scale directly with grams. A 20% weight correction produces the same 20% correction to the scaled totals.

  2. 02

    recipe and ingredient ratios

    Prefer a package, menu, or known recipe when it identifies the food more precisely. Otherwise preserve the generic record as an explicit approximation.

  3. 03

    added cooking fat

    Match the named cooking-fat state when possible. Fat used, retained, or left behind is preparation information that a dish name alone cannot recover.

  4. 04

    sauces and toppings

    Check whether the exact source description already includes it. If not, keep the addition separate rather than silently folding it into the base record.

How we estimated this

The arithmetic is simple; the provenance is the point

FDC 2706610 comes from FoodData Central Survey Foods (FNDDS). Its 126 kcal per 100 g becomes 392 kcal at 311 g through nutrient per portion = nutrient per 100 g × portion grams ÷ 100; this page adds no second nutrition estimate.

About the serving label: USDA describes the underlying survey portion as “Quantity not specified.” We display it as a USDA reference amount because it is a database comparison point—not a suggested portion or a claim about what most people should eat.

Exact USDA description: Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce

Data cycle: 2021–2023, published October 31, 2024

FoodData Central ID: 2706610

FNDDS food code: 27313210

The scaling for FDC 2706610 can be exact while the match to “Beef, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; tomato-based sauce” is wrong. That is why this profile keeps its 311 g weight, 7-row source formulation, and selection uncertainty beside the arithmetic.

Open the source record ↗

Source release October 31, 2024. Review USDA’s data-type documentation ↗ · Read Feast’s full nutrition methodology.