Meat & poultrymoderate variability

Chicken/turkey with carrots/greens, no potatoes, cheese sauce calories: 296 per 1 cup (249 g)

This exact USDA record reports 296 calories for 1 cup (249 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: Chicken or turkey and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce

Quick facts

1 cup · 249 g

Calories
296 kcal
Protein
24.5 g
Carbohydrate
9.7 g
Total fat
18 g
Fiber
2.2 g
Sodium
879 mg

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Preparation and portion

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Estimated for 1 cup · 249 g

296calories

Chicken or turkey and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce

Protein
24.5 g
Carbs
9.7 g
Fat
18 g

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FoodData Central Survey Foods (FNDDS) · FDC 2706820

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 296 calories for 1 cup at 249 grams. On a fixed-weight basis, the same record contains 119 calories per 100 grams. The first number answers a portion question; the second answers a concentration question.

Composition: that source amount also reports 24.5 g protein, 2.2 g fiber, and 879 mg sodium. Read those values together: a calorie total by itself cannot describe the nutrient profile.

Identity: the largest listed formulation input is cheese sauce, prepared from recipe, representing 37.4% of the record’s listed input weight. The record contains 6 source-input rows in all. These are provenance for a standardized calculation, not a recipe for your plate.

The source calls its underlying survey portion “Quantity not specified,” but it separately lists 1 cup at the identical weight. We use the familiar household label here without changing the source calculation.

Record-specific decision brief

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

This analysis belongs to USDA FDC 2706820: “Chicken or turkey and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese 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 2706820, each row multiplies the published per-100-gram values by its stated weight. “75% of the reference weight” through “125% of the reference weight” 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 186.8 g 222 kcal 18.4 g 1.7 g 659 mg
1 cupUSDA-listed household measure 249 g 296 kcal 24.5 g 2.2 g 879 mg
125% of the reference weightArithmetic scenario from the reference weight 311.3 g 370 kcal 30.6 g 2.8 g 1,099 mg

02 · Fixed-weight context

Where 100 grams sits inside Poultry mixed dishes

The comparison set contains 130 exact records in the Poultry mixed dishes USDA category. Here, “lower quarter” describes FDC 2706820’s energy position in that corpus—not nutritional quality, desirability, or a health rating.

Energy

lower quarter

119 kcalthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
133 kcal
Middle 50%
122–156 kcal

Based on 130 records reporting energy.

Protein

middle half

9.8 gthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
9.5 g
Middle 50%
6.6–13.6 g

Based on 130 records reporting protein.

Dietary fiber

middle half

0.9 gthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
0.9 g
Middle 50%
0.5–1.2 g

Based on 130 records reporting dietary fiber.

Sodium

middle half

353 mgthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
358 mg
Middle 50%
341–454 mg

Based on 130 records reporting sodium.

03 · FDA label lens

The strongest strength-side and tradeoff-side signals

At FDC 2706820’s 249 g reference weight, the largest strength-side percentage among the nutrients evaluated here is Vitamin A; the larger tradeoff-side percentage is Saturated fat. 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 A378.5 µg

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

Calcium336 mg

≈ 26% DV. This crosses the FDA’s 20% ‘high’ guide.

Tradeoff-side signals

Saturated fat8.7 g

≈ 43% DV. This crosses the FDA’s 20% ‘high’ guide.

Sodium879 mg

≈ 38% DV. This crosses the FDA’s 20% ‘high’ guide.

04 · Highest-impact checks

The three levers most worth resolving first

For “Chicken or turkey and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green…,” the first-pass checks follow the evidence actually published: its named weights, the FDC 2706673 alternative, and its source-formulation identity.

  1. 01

    Portion sensitivity around 249 g

    A 25% weight move in either direction spans 186.8–311.3 g. When composition is held constant, those endpoints calculate to 222 kcal and 370 kcal.

  2. 02

    Record choice: compare with FDC 2706673

    At an equal 100 g, this record has 7.8 g less carbohydrate than “Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; cheese sauce.” That is a record-level contrast; it does not identify which ingredient caused the difference.

  3. 03

    Formulation anchor: Cheese sauce, prepared from recipe

    The source formulation has 6 input rows; Cheese sauce, prepared from recipe supplies 37.4% 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 “broccoli; and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes; cheese sauce” fits. Inspect FDC 2706673 when “potatoes; and vegetables including carrots; broccoli; and/or dark-green leafy” is the more literal description of the food and preparation.

Keep this profile when these fields fit

Chicken or turkey and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce

Exact source wording
“Chicken or turkey and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce”
Source identity
USDA FDC 2706820 · FNDDS 27446400
Named qualifiers
broccoli · and/or dark-green leafy · no potatoes · cheese sauce
Source inputs unique in this pair
Beverages, water, tap, drinking

Inspect this alternative when its fields fit better

Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; cheese sauce

Exact source wording
“Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; cheese sauce”
Source identity
USDA FDC 2706673 · FNDDS 27341045
Named qualifiers
potatoes · and vegetables including carrots · broccoli · and/or dark-green leafy
Source inputs unique in this pair
Potatoes, boiled, cooked without skin, flesh, without salt · Vegetable oil, NFS

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 “broccoli”, “and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes”, and “cheese sauce”. Match those details first; then compare the database weight with the amount you mean.

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Nearby USDA records compared with this exact food description
Exact recordSource servingCalories / 100 gProtein / 100 gFat / 100 gFiber / 100 gSodium / 100 g
This recordChicken or turkey and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce 249 g296 kcal 119 kcal 9.8 g 7.2 g 0.9 g 353 mg
Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; cheese sauce 252 g325 kcal 129 kcal 7.5 g 5.9 g 1.4 g 343 mg
Chicken or turkey and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, no sauce 162 g191 kcal 118 kcal 9.7 g 7.8 g 1.4 g 386 mg
Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no sauce 162 g209 kcal 129 kcal 6.2 g 6 g 1.8 g 345 mg
Chicken or turkey and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce 249 g309 kcal 124 kcal 9.9 g 7.2 g 0.7 g 365 mg
Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; cheese sauce 252 g335 kcal 133 kcal 7.6 g 5.9 g 1.3 g 337 mg
Chicken or turkey, rice, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; cheese sauce 311 g442 kcal 142 kcal 8.1 g 5.2 g 0.8 g 344 mg

How to compare FDC 2706820: its source amount is 249 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 2706820, the 1 displayed measure scale the same source composition by gram weight; rounding changes presentation, not the underlying ratio.

1 cup

296 kcal

249 g

At a glance

Nutrient signals in the source amount

For FDC 2706820, Saturated fat is the largest displayed non-protein Daily Value signal. Read the set as label context—not a personalized score.

Saturated fat

8.7 g≈ 44% Daily Value

Vitamin A

378.5 µg≈ 42% Daily Value

The percentages above apply to FDC 2706820’s 249 g reference amount. FDA Daily Values are general label references, not individualized energy or medical targets. Read the FDA explanation ↗

Why FDC 2706820 has no protein percentage here: Feast reports 24.5 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 2706820 at 249 g—not a measured or recommended plate.

  • The representative USDA portion contains 879 mg sodium, about 38% 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 249 g.

Nutrient amounts for the selected source serving or 100 grams
NutrientAmountApprox. % Daily Value
Calories 296 kcal Not established
Protein 24.5 g Not shown
Carbohydrate 9.7 g 4%
Total fat 18 g 23%
Dietary fiber 2.2 g 8%
Sugars 2 g Not established
Sodium 879 mg 38%
Saturated fat 8.7 g 43%
Monounsaturated Fat 6 g Not established
Polyunsaturated Fat 2 g Not established
Cholesterol 92.1 mg 31%
Potassium 386 mg 8%
Calcium 336.2 mg 26%
Iron 1.1 mg 6%
Magnesium 37.4 mg 9%
Vitamin C 14.4 mg 16%
Vitamin D 1 µg 5%
Vitamin A 378.5 µg 42%
Caffeine 0 mg Not established
Alcohol 0 g Not established
Water 193 g Not established

For FDC 2706820, approximate percentages divide the displayed 249 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 2706820 to 6 source inputs totaling 80.2 g in its standardized formulation. Publishing that exact provenance makes “Chicken or turkey and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no…” inspectable beside similarly named records.

How to read this

6 listed components

The largest listed inputs by source weight are Cheese sauce, prepared from recipe, Chicken, NS as to part, rotisserie, skin not eaten, Beverages, water, tap, drinking. The order and weights below come from the standardized USDA formulation, so they offer context for this exact database entry.

80.2 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 Chicken, NS as to part, rotisserie, skin not eatenUSDA ingredient 24102070 · encyclopedia page available 15 GM 15 g 18.7%
2 Cheese sauce, prepared from recipeUSDA ingredient 1164 · encyclopedia page available 30 GM 30 g 37.4%
3 Carrots, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without saltUSDA ingredient 11131 · encyclopedia page available 10 GM 10 g 12.5%
4 Broccoli, frozen, chopped, cooked, boiled, drained, without saltUSDA ingredient 11093 · encyclopedia page available 10 GM 10 g 12.5%
5 Salt, tableUSDA ingredient 2047 · encyclopedia page available 0.4 0.2 g 0.2%
6 Beverages, water, tap, drinkingUSDA ingredient 14411 · encyclopedia page available 15 GM 15 g 18.7%

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
  • NS as to… means “not specified as to…” the detail that follows. It preserves an unknown distinction; it does not mean the ingredient or characteristic is absent.

Exact-record context

What makes this USDA record distinct?

For FDC 2706820, the close-record rule searches the USDA “Poultry 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

Chicken or turkey and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce

USDA category
Poultry mixed dishes
FDC ID
2706820
FNDDS code
27446400
Exact nutrient values per 100 grams
NutrientThis recordComparison recordDifference
Calories119 kcal129 kcal−10 kcal
Protein9.8 g7.5 g+2.3 g
Carbohydrate3.9 g11.7 g−7.8 g
Total fat7.2 g5.9 g+1.3 g
Dietary fiber0.9 g1.4 g−0.5 g
Sodium353 mg343 mg+10 mg

Plain-English read

At the fixed 100-gram basis, this record lists 10 less calories, 2.3 g more protein, and 7.8 g less carbohydrate than “Chicken or turkey, potatoes, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green….”

Only this record lists Beverages, water, tap, drinking. Only the comparison record lists Potatoes, boiled, cooked without skin, flesh, without salt; Vegetable oil, NFS. Those formulation rows identify different source records; they do not prove which input caused a nutrient difference.

5 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: Chicken, NS as to part, rotisserie, skin not eaten; Cheese sauce, prepared from recipe; Carrots, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt; Broccoli, frozen, chopped, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt; and 1 more.

Listed only in this record: Beverages, water, tap, drinking.

Listed only in the comparison: Potatoes, boiled, cooked without skin, flesh, without salt; Vegetable oil, NFS.

Portion evidence

The listed portion sets differ

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

The comparison record’s reference amount is 252 g; a familiar listed measure is 1 cup (252 g).

Use the 100-gram row to compare FDC 2706820 with FDC 2706673 at equal mass; use their 249 g and 252 g source amounts only for portion matching.

Evidence boundary: FDC 2706820 versus FDC 2706673 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 poultry mixed dishes source category → Read the calculation and selection methodology →

Deep comparisons

Controlled comparisons that include this exact record

FDC 2706820 appears in 2 pair pages that passed semantic, material-difference, source-evidence, and diversity gates. Each preserves a 100-gram denominator and both primary records.

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 portion size, cut and fat trim, cooking method, breading, marinade, or sauce.

For “Chicken or turkey and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no…,” resolve portion size first, then move through the remaining 3 published levers. Unknowns should remain visible rather than expanding every assumption at once.

  1. 01

    portion 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

    cut and fat trim

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

  3. 03

    cooking method

    Match the method named by the source—such as baked, fried, boiled, or grilled—before scaling. Preparation can change both water content and the ingredients retained in the finished food.

  4. 04

    breading, marinade, or sauce

    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 2706820 comes from FoodData Central Survey Foods (FNDDS). Its 119 kcal per 100 g becomes 296 kcal at 249 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.” The separately listed 1 cup has the same gram weight, so the familiar label can be shown without changing the calculation.

Exact USDA description: Chicken or turkey and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce

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

FoodData Central ID: 2706820

FNDDS food code: 27446400

The scaling for FDC 2706820 can be exact while the match to “Chicken or turkey and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, cheese sauce” is wrong. That is why this profile keeps its 249 g weight, 6-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.