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Breadsticks, soft, stuffed or topped with melted cheese calories: 253 per 76 g

This exact USDA record reports 253 calories for 76 g. That answer belongs to this description and weight; it is not a universal value for every meal that shares the name.

Quick facts

USDA reference amount · 76 g

Calories
253 kcal
Protein
11 g
Carbohydrate
27.7 g
Total fat
10.9 g
Fiber
1.4 g
Sodium
480 mg

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Preparation and portion

Named measures come from this exact source record.

Estimated for 76 g

253calories

Breadsticks, soft, stuffed or topped with melted cheese

Protein
11 g
Carbs
27.7 g
Fat
10.9 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 2707696

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 253 calories for USDA reference amount at 76 grams. On a fixed-weight basis, the same record contains 333 calories per 100 grams. The first number answers a portion question; the second answers a concentration question.

Composition: that source amount also reports 11 g protein, 1.4 g fiber, and 480 mg sodium. Read those values together: a calorie total by itself cannot describe the nutrient profile.

Identity: the largest listed formulation input is fast foods, breadstick, soft, prepared with garlic and parmesan cheese, representing 79.9% of the record’s listed input weight. The record contains 3 source-input rows in all. These are provenance for a standardized calculation, not a recipe for your plate.

The reference amount and 1 large stick 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 133–256 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 2707696: “Breadsticks, soft, stuffed or topped with melted cheese.” 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 2707696, each row multiplies the published per-100-gram values by its stated weight. “1 small stick” through “1 large stick” 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
1 small stickUSDA-listed household measure 40 g 133 kcal 5.8 g 0.8 g 253 mg
1 medium stickUSDA-listed household measure 61 g 203 kcal 8.8 g 1.2 g 386 mg
1 large stickUSDA-listed household measure 77 g 256 kcal 11.2 g 1.5 g 487 mg

02 · Fixed-weight context

Where 100 grams sits inside Rolls and buns

The comparison set contains 17 exact records in the Rolls and buns USDA category. Here, “upper quarter” describes FDC 2707696’s energy position in that corpus—not nutritional quality, desirability, or a health rating.

Energy

upper quarter

333 kcalthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
279 kcal
Middle 50%
272–313 kcal

Based on 17 records reporting energy.

Protein

upper quarter

14.5 gthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
9.8 g
Middle 50%
9.3–10.8 g

Based on 17 records reporting protein.

Dietary fiber

lower quarter

1.9 gthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
2.3 g
Middle 50%
2.2–3.8 g

Based on 17 records reporting dietary fiber.

Sodium

upper quarter

632 mgthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
524 mg
Middle 50%
494–602 mg

Based on 17 records reporting sodium.

03 · FDA label lens

The strongest strength-side and tradeoff-side signals

At FDC 2707696’s 76 g reference weight, the largest strength-side percentage among the nutrients evaluated here is Iron; 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

Iron3 mg

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

Calcium158 mg

≈ 12% DV. This does not cross the FDA’s 20% ‘high’ guide.

Tradeoff-side signals

Sodium480 mg

≈ 21% DV. This crosses the FDA’s 20% ‘high’ guide.

Saturated fat3.6 g

≈ 18% DV. This does not cross the FDA’s 20% ‘high’ guide.

04 · Highest-impact checks

The three levers most worth resolving first

For “Breadsticks, soft, stuffed or topped with melted cheese,” the first-pass checks follow the evidence actually published: its named weights, the FDC 2707695 alternative, and its source-formulation identity.

  1. 01

    Listed portion span: 1 small stick to 1 large stick

    USDA assigns those measures 40 g and 77 g. At this record’s fixed composition, scaled energy moves from 133 kcal to 256 kcal.

  2. 02

    Record choice: compare with FDC 2707695

    At an equal 100 g, this record has 7.4 g less carbohydrate than “Breadsticks, soft, with parmesan cheese, fast food / restaurant.” That is a record-level contrast; it does not identify which ingredient caused the difference.

  3. 03

    Formulation anchor: Fast foods, breadstick, soft, prepared with garlic and parmesan cheese

    The source formulation has 3 input rows; Fast foods, breadstick, soft, prepared with garlic and parmesan cheese supplies 79.9% 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 “soft; stuffed or topped with melted cheese” fits. Inspect FDC 2707695 when “soft; with parmesan cheese; fast food / restaurant” is the more literal description of the food and preparation.

Keep this profile when these fields fit

Breadsticks, soft, stuffed or topped with melted cheese

Exact source wording
“Breadsticks, soft, stuffed or topped with melted cheese”
Source identity
USDA FDC 2707696 · FNDDS 51184260
Named qualifiers
soft · stuffed or topped with melted cheese
Source inputs unique in this pair
Cheese, mozzarella, low moisture, part-skim

Inspect this alternative when its fields fit better

Breadsticks, soft, with parmesan cheese, fast food / restaurant

Exact source wording
“Breadsticks, soft, with parmesan cheese, fast food / restaurant”
Source identity
USDA FDC 2707695 · FNDDS 51184230
Named qualifiers
soft · with parmesan cheese · fast food / restaurant
Source inputs unique in this pair
Cheese, parmesan, grated

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 “soft” and “stuffed or topped with melted cheese”. 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 recordBreadsticks, soft, stuffed or topped with melted cheese 76 g253 kcal 333 kcal 14.5 g 14.4 g 1.9 g 632 mg
Breadsticks, soft, with parmesan cheese, fast food / restaurant 54 g186 kcal 344 kcal 12.5 g 13.2 g 2.3 g 637 mg
Breadsticks, soft, frozen 50 g157 kcal 313 kcal 11.1 g 9.2 g 2.4 g 503 mg
Breadsticks, soft, fast food / restaurant 50 g171 kcal 342 kcal 12.2 g 12.8 g 2.4 g 615 mg
Roll, white, soft 43 g120 kcal 279 kcal 9.8 g 3.9 g 1.8 g 494 mg

How to compare FDC 2707696: its source amount is 76 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 2707696, the 3 displayed measures scale the same source composition by gram weight; rounding changes presentation, not the underlying ratio.

1 small stick

133 kcal

40 g

1 medium stick

203 kcal

61 g

1 large stick

256 kcal

77 g

At a glance

Nutrient signals in the source amount

For FDC 2707696, Sodium is the largest displayed non-protein Daily Value signal. Read the set as label context—not a personalized score.

Sodium

480.3 mg≈ 21% Daily Value

Saturated fat

3.6 g≈ 18% Daily Value

The percentages above apply to FDC 2707696’s 76 g reference amount. FDA Daily Values are general label references, not individualized energy or medical targets. Read the FDA explanation ↗

Why FDC 2707696 has no protein percentage here: Feast reports 11 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 1 calculated observation describe FDC 2707696 at 76 g—not a measured or recommended plate.

  • The representative USDA portion contains 480 mg sodium, about 21% 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 76 g.

Nutrient amounts for the selected source serving or 100 grams
NutrientAmountApprox. % Daily Value
Calories 253 kcal Not established
Protein 11 g Not shown
Carbohydrate 27.7 g 10%
Total fat 10.9 g 14%
Dietary fiber 1.4 g 5%
Sugars 1 g Not established
Sodium 480.3 mg 21%
Saturated fat 3.6 g 18%
Monounsaturated Fat 2.4 g Not established
Polyunsaturated Fat 3.9 g Not established
Cholesterol 14.4 mg 5%
Potassium 98 mg 2%
Calcium 158.1 mg 12%
Iron 2.9 mg 16%
Magnesium 17.5 mg 4%
Vitamin C 0 mg 0%
Vitamin D 0.1 µg 0%
Vitamin A 45.6 µg 5%
Caffeine 0 mg Not established
Alcohol 0 g Not established
Water 24.5 g Not established

For FDC 2707696, approximate percentages divide the displayed 76 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 2707696 to 3 source inputs totaling 125.2 g in its standardized formulation. Publishing that exact provenance makes “Breadsticks, soft, stuffed or topped with melted cheese” inspectable beside similarly named records.

How to read this

3 listed components

The largest listed inputs by source weight are Fast foods, breadstick, soft, prepared with garlic and parmesan cheese, Cheese, mozzarella, low moisture, part-skim, Salt, table. The order and weights below come from the standardized USDA formulation, so they offer context for this exact database entry.

125.2 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 Fast foods, breadstick, soft, prepared with garlic and parmesan cheeseUSDA ingredient 21520 · encyclopedia page available 100 GM 100 g 79.9%
2 Salt, tableUSDA ingredient 2047 · encyclopedia page available 0.2 GM 0.2 g 0.2%
3 Cheese, mozzarella, low moisture, part-skimUSDA ingredient 1029 · encyclopedia page available 25 GM 25 g 20%

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.

Exact-record context

What makes this USDA record distinct?

For FDC 2707696, the close-record rule searches the USDA “Rolls and buns” 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.

Exact nutrient values per 100 grams
NutrientThis recordComparison recordDifference
Calories333 kcal344 kcal−11 kcal
Protein14.5 g12.5 g+2 g
Carbohydrate36.4 g43.8 g−7.4 g
Total fat14.4 g13.2 g+1.2 g
Dietary fiber1.9 g2.3 g−0.4 g
Sodium632 mg637 mg−5 mg

Plain-English read

At the fixed 100-gram basis, this record lists 2 g more protein and 7.4 g less carbohydrate than “Breadsticks, soft, with parmesan cheese, fast food / restaurant.”

Only this record lists Cheese, mozzarella, low moisture, part-skim. Only the comparison record lists Cheese, parmesan, grated. Those formulation rows identify different source records; they do not prove which input caused a nutrient difference.

2 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: Fast foods, breadstick, soft, prepared with garlic and parmesan cheese; Salt, table.

Listed only in this record: Cheese, mozzarella, low moisture, part-skim.

Listed only in the comparison: Cheese, parmesan, grated.

Portion evidence

The listed portion sets differ

This record’s reference amount is 76 g; a familiar listed measure is 1 large stick (77 g).

The comparison record’s reference amount is 54 g; a familiar listed measure is 1 large stick (53 g).

Use the 100-gram row to compare FDC 2707696 with FDC 2707695 at equal mass; use their 76 g and 54 g source amounts only for portion matching.

Evidence boundary: FDC 2707696 versus FDC 2707695 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 rolls and buns 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 item size, recipe or brand, moisture and density, spreads or toppings.

For “Breadsticks, soft, stuffed or topped with melted cheese,” resolve item size first, then move through the remaining 3 published levers. Unknowns should remain visible rather than expanding every assumption at once.

  1. 01

    item size

    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 or brand

    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

    moisture and density

    Match the food state before matching the number. Cooking, draining, or added liquid can change grams and concentration even when the food name barely changes.

  4. 04

    spreads or 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 2707696 comes from FoodData Central Survey Foods (FNDDS). Its 333 kcal per 100 g becomes 253 kcal at 76 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.

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

FoodData Central ID: 2707696

FNDDS food code: 51184260

The scaling for FDC 2707696 can be exact while the match to “Breadsticks, soft, stuffed or topped with melted cheese” is wrong. That is why this profile keeps its 76 g weight, 3-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.