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Cheeseburger, from fast food, 1 small patty: calories and nutrition

Cheeseburger, from fast food, 1 small patty has about 344 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 115 grams has about 344 calories in the cited source record.

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Calories
344 kcal
Protein
18.9 g
Carbohydrate
27.6 g
Total fat
17 g

Household measures

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These values scale the source nutrition by gram weight. Rounding keeps the comparison readable.

1 cheeseburger

344 kcal

115 g

At a glance

Nutrient highlights per source serving

The strongest supplied Daily Value signals, shown without extrapolating missing values.

Protein

18.9 g≈ 38% Daily Value

Saturated fat

7.5 g≈ 38% Daily Value

Sodium

586.5 mg≈ 26% Daily Value

Source-serving signals

What stands out in this record

These observations are calculated from the cited USDA reference amount. They describe the database serving, not a measurement or recommendation for your plate.

  • The representative USDA portion supplies 18.9 g protein, about 38% of the Daily Value used on U.S. labels.
  • The representative USDA portion contains 587 mg sodium, about 26% 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 115 g.

NutrientAmountApprox. % Daily Value
Calories 344 kcal
Protein 18.9 g 38%
Carbohydrate 27.6 g
Total fat 17 g
Dietary fiber 0.9 g
Sugars 4.4 g
Sodium 586.5 mg 26%
Saturated fat 7.5 g 38%
Monounsaturated Fat 5.6 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.4 g
Cholesterol 52.9 mg
Potassium 220.8 mg
Calcium 272.6 mg
Iron 2.9 mg
Magnesium 26.5 mg
Vitamin C 0.7 mg
Vitamin D 0.8 µg
Vitamin A 57.5 µg
Caffeine 0 mg
Alcohol 0 g
Water 48.8 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 4 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

4 listed components

The largest listed inputs by source weight are Rolls, hamburger or hotdog, plain, Beef, ground, patties, frozen, cooked, broiled, Cheese as ingredient in sandwiches. The order and weights below come from the standardized USDA formulation, so they offer context for this exact database entry.

113.2 g total listed input weight across the formulation.

#USDA inputListed amountInput weightShare of listed input weight
1 Rolls, hamburger or hotdog, plainUSDA ingredient 18350 52 GM 52 g 45.9%
2 Beef, ground, patties, frozen, cooked, broiledUSDA ingredient 13317 40 GM 40 g 35.3%
3 Salt, tableUSDA ingredient 2047 0.2 GM 0.2 g 0.2%
4 Cheese as ingredient in sandwichesUSDA ingredient 99991400 21 GM 21 g 18.6%

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.

What changes the estimate most?

This is a standardized USDA survey-food profile, not a measurement of every preparation. Actual nutrition can change with restaurant formulation and serving size, item size, bread or wrapper size, fillings.

Food estimates can be sensitive to portion weight, preparation, ingredient ratios, and additions that are difficult to judge from appearance alone.

  1. 01

    restaurant formulation and serving size

  2. 02

    item size

  3. 03

    bread or wrapper size

  4. 04

    fillings

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: 2706889

FNDDS food code: 27510160

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.

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Source release 2024-10-31. Read the full nutrition methodology.

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