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Empanada, chicken, with vegetables: calories and nutrition

Empanada, chicken, with vegetables has about 297 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 105 grams has about 297 calories in the cited source record.

The listed household measures span roughly 99–368 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
297 kcal
Protein
7.7 g
Carbohydrate
31.4 g
Total fat
15.9 g

Household measures

Compare listed portions

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

1 small/individual

99 kcal

35 g

1 regular/large

368 kcal

130 g

At a glance

Nutrient highlights per source serving

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

Saturated fat

5.5 g≈ 28% Daily Value

Sodium

468.3 mg≈ 20% Daily Value

Total fat

15.9 g≈ 20% 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 7.7 g protein, about 15% of the Daily Value used on U.S. labels.
  • The representative USDA portion contains 468 mg sodium, about 20% 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 105 g.

NutrientAmountApprox. % Daily Value
Calories 297 kcal
Protein 7.7 g
Carbohydrate 31.4 g
Total fat 15.9 g 20%
Dietary fiber 2.1 g
Sugars 2.9 g
Sodium 468.3 mg 20%
Saturated fat 5.5 g 28%
Monounsaturated Fat 7 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.9 g
Cholesterol 17.9 mg
Potassium 183.8 mg
Calcium 48.3 mg
Iron 1.5 mg
Magnesium 18.9 mg
Vitamin C 3.7 mg
Vitamin D 0 µg
Vitamin A 17.9 µg
Caffeine 0 mg
Alcohol 0 g
Water 48.4 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 8 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

8 listed components

The largest listed inputs by source weight are Pie crust, standard-type, frozen, ready-to-bake, enriched, baked, Beverages, water, tap, drinking, Potatoes, baked, flesh, without salt. The order and weights below come from the standardized USDA formulation, so they offer context for this exact database entry.

100.5 g total listed input weight across the formulation.

#USDA inputListed amountInput weightShare of listed input weight
1 Pie crust, standard-type, frozen, ready-to-bake, enriched, bakedUSDA ingredient 18335 45 GM 45 g 44.8%
2 Beverages, water, tap, drinkingUSDA ingredient 14411 10 GM 10 g 10%
3 Cheese and Queso as ingredientUSDA ingredient 99991410 5 GM 5 g 5%
4 Potatoes, baked, flesh, without saltUSDA ingredient 11363 10 GM 10 g 10%
5 Chicken as ingredient in recipesUSDA ingredient 99992405 10 GM 10 g 10%
6 Tomatoes as ingredient in omeletUSDA ingredient 99997802 10 GM 10 g 10%
7 Corn, sweet, yellow, frozen, kernels cut off cob, boiled, drained, without saltUSDA ingredient 11179 10 GM 10 g 10%
8 Salt, tableUSDA ingredient 2047 0.5 GM 0.5 g 0.5%

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 piece or portion size, recipe or brand, fillings or frosting, added fats and sugars.

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

  1. 01

    piece or portion size

  2. 02

    recipe or brand

  3. 03

    fillings or frosting

  4. 04

    added fats and sugars

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: 2708714

FNDDS food code: 58116130

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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