Fish & seafoodmoderate variability

Fish & noodles, other vegetables, cheese sauce calories: 430 per 305 g

This exact USDA record reports 430 calories for 305 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: Fish, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; cheese sauce

Quick facts

USDA reference amount · 305 g

Calories
430 kcal
Protein
25.6 g
Carbohydrate
46.7 g
Total fat
15.9 g
Fiber
3.4 g
Sodium
924 mg

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Preparation and portion

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Estimated for 305 g

430calories

Fish, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; cheese sauce

Protein
25.6 g
Carbs
46.7 g
Fat
15.9 g

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FoodData Central Survey Foods (FNDDS) · FDC 2706716

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 430 calories for USDA reference amount at 305 grams. On a fixed-weight basis, the same record contains 141 calories per 100 grams. The first number answers a portion question; the second answers a concentration question.

Composition: that source amount also reports 25.6 g protein, 3.4 g fiber, and 924 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 43.3% 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 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 344–430 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 2706716: “Fish, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; 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 2706716, 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 228.8 g 323 kcal 19.2 g 2.5 g 693 mg
1 cupUSDA-listed household measure 244 g 344 kcal 20.5 g 2.7 g 739 mg
USDA reference amountExact record reference weight 305 g 430 kcal 25.6 g 3.4 g 924 mg

02 · Fixed-weight context

Where 100 grams sits inside Seafood mixed dishes

The comparison set contains 94 exact records in the Seafood mixed dishes USDA category. Here, “middle half” describes FDC 2706716’s energy position in that corpus—not nutritional quality, desirability, or a health rating.

Energy

middle half

141 kcalthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
134 kcal
Middle 50%
101–170 kcal

Based on 94 records reporting energy.

Protein

middle half

8.4 gthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
9.3 g
Middle 50%
7.1–10.7 g

Based on 94 records reporting protein.

Dietary fiber

upper quarter

1.1 gthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
0.7 g
Middle 50%
0.4–1 g

Based on 94 records reporting dietary fiber.

Sodium

middle half

303 mgthis record per 100 g

Corpus median
347 mg
Middle 50%
268–453 mg

Based on 94 records reporting sodium.

03 · FDA label lens

The strongest strength-side and tradeoff-side signals

At FDC 2706716’s 305 g reference weight, the largest strength-side percentage among the nutrients evaluated here is Calcium; 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

Calcium296 mg

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

Magnesium76 mg

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

Tradeoff-side signals

Sodium924 mg

≈ 40% DV. This crosses the FDA’s 20% ‘high’ guide.

Saturated fat7.4 g

≈ 37% DV. This crosses the FDA’s 20% ‘high’ guide.

04 · Highest-impact checks

The three levers most worth resolving first

For “Fish, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy…,” the first-pass checks follow the evidence actually published: its named weights, the FDC 2706715 alternative, and its source-formulation identity.

  1. 01

    Portion sensitivity around 305 g

    A 25% weight move in either direction spans 228.8–381.3 g. When composition is held constant, those endpoints calculate to 323 kcal and 538 kcal.

  2. 02

    Record choice: compare with FDC 2706715

    At an equal 100 g, this record has 1.1 g more carbohydrate than “Fish, noodles, 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: Noodles, egg, enriched, cooked

    The source formulation has 6 input rows; Noodles, egg, enriched, cooked supplies 43.3% 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 excluding carrots; broccoli; and dark-green leafy” fits. Inspect FDC 2706715 when “noodles; 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

Fish, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; cheese sauce

Exact source wording
“Fish, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; cheese sauce”
Source identity
USDA FDC 2706716 · FNDDS 27350100
Named qualifiers
noodles · and vegetables excluding carrots · broccoli · and dark-green leafy
Source inputs unique in this pair
Corn, sweet, yellow, frozen, kernels cut off cob, boiled, drained, without salt · Beans, snap, green, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained without salt

Inspect this alternative when its fields fit better

Fish, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark green leafy; cheese sauce

Exact source wording
“Fish, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark green leafy; cheese sauce”
Source identity
USDA FDC 2706715 · FNDDS 27350090
Named qualifiers
noodles · and vegetables including carrots · broccoli · and/or dark green leafy
Source inputs unique in this pair
Carrots, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt · Broccoli, frozen, chopped, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt

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 excluding carrots”, “broccoli”, and “and dark-green leafy; cheese 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 recordFish, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; cheese sauce 305 g430 kcal 141 kcal 8.4 g 5.2 g 1.1 g 303 mg
Fish, noodles, and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark green leafy; cheese sauce 305 g418 kcal 137 kcal 8.4 g 5.2 g 1.1 g 309 mg
Fish and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark- green leafy; no potatoes, tomato-based sauce 112 g125 kcal 112 kcal 6.3 g 7.3 g 1.5 g 303 mg
Shrimp and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, no sauce 81 g100 kcal 124 kcal 9.3 g 6.9 g 1.3 g 41 mg
Shellfish mixture and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; no potatoes, mushroom sauce 112 g131 kcal 117 kcal 6.3 g 6.9 g 1 g 308 mg
Fish and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, tomato-based sauce 112 g119 kcal 106 kcal 6.3 g 7.3 g 1.6 g 302 mg
Shrimp and vegetables including carrots, broccoli, and/or dark-green leafy; no potatoes, no sauce 81 g96 kcal 118 kcal 9.4 g 7.3 g 1.6 g 59 mg

How to compare FDC 2706716: its source amount is 305 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 2706716, the 1 displayed measure scale the same source composition by gram weight; rounding changes presentation, not the underlying ratio.

1 cup

344 kcal

244 g

At a glance

Nutrient signals in the source amount

For FDC 2706716, Sodium is the largest displayed non-protein Daily Value signal. Read the set as label context—not a personalized score.

Sodium

924.2 mg≈ 40% Daily Value

Saturated fat

7.4 g≈ 37% Daily Value

The percentages above apply to FDC 2706716’s 305 g reference amount. FDA Daily Values are general label references, not individualized energy or medical targets. Read the FDA explanation ↗

Why FDC 2706716 has no protein percentage here: Feast reports 25.6 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 2706716 at 305 g—not a measured or recommended plate.

  • The representative USDA portion supplies 3.4 g dietary fiber, about 12% of the Daily Value used on U.S. labels.
  • The representative USDA portion contains 924 mg sodium, about 40% 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 305 g.

Nutrient amounts for the selected source serving or 100 grams
NutrientAmountApprox. % Daily Value
Calories 430 kcal Not established
Protein 25.6 g Not shown
Carbohydrate 46.7 g 17%
Total fat 15.9 g 20%
Dietary fiber 3.4 g 12%
Sugars 2.1 g Not established
Sodium 924.2 mg 40%
Saturated fat 7.4 g 37%
Monounsaturated Fat 4.9 g Not established
Polyunsaturated Fat 2.2 g Not established
Cholesterol 94.6 mg 32%
Potassium 381.3 mg 8%
Calcium 295.9 mg 23%
Iron 2.9 mg 16%
Magnesium 76.3 mg 18%
Vitamin C 3.1 mg 3%
Vitamin D 1.5 µg 8%
Vitamin A 91.5 µg 10%
Caffeine 0 mg Not established
Alcohol 0 g Not established
Water 212.3 g Not established

For FDC 2706716, approximate percentages divide the displayed 305 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 2706716 to 6 source inputs totaling 115.4 g in its standardized formulation. Publishing that exact provenance makes “Fish, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; cheese…” inspectable beside similarly named records.

How to read this

6 listed components

The largest listed inputs by source weight are Noodles, egg, enriched, cooked, Cheese sauce, prepared from recipe, Fish, cod, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat. The order and weights below come from the standardized USDA formulation, so they offer context for this exact database entry.

115.4 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 Fish, cod, Atlantic, cooked, dry heatUSDA ingredient 15016 · encyclopedia page available 15 GM 15 g 13%
2 Cheese sauce, prepared from recipeUSDA ingredient 1164 · encyclopedia page available 30 GM 30 g 26%
3 Noodles, egg, enriched, cookedUSDA ingredient 20110 · encyclopedia page available 50 GM 50 g 43.3%
4 Corn, sweet, yellow, frozen, kernels cut off cob, boiled, drained, without saltUSDA ingredient 11179 · encyclopedia page available 10 GM 10 g 8.7%
5 Beans, snap, green, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained without saltUSDA ingredient 11061 · encyclopedia page available 10 GM 10 g 8.7%
6 Salt, tableUSDA ingredient 2047 · encyclopedia page available 1.1 0.4 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.

Exact-record context

What makes this USDA record distinct?

For FDC 2706716, the close-record rule searches the USDA “Seafood 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

Fish, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; cheese sauce

USDA category
Seafood mixed dishes
FDC ID
2706716
FNDDS code
27350100
Exact nutrient values per 100 grams
NutrientThis recordComparison recordDifference
Calories141 kcal137 kcal+4 kcal
Protein8.4 g8.4 g+0 g
Carbohydrate15.3 g14.2 g+1.1 g
Total fat5.2 g5.2 gSame listed value
Dietary fiber1.1 g1.1 gSame listed value
Sodium303 mg309 mg−6 mg

Plain-English read

The six displayed nutrient values are close under a conservative materiality screen. Small differences remain exact source values, not evidence that one food is preferable.

Only this record lists Corn, sweet, yellow, frozen, kernels cut off cob, boiled, drained, without salt; Beans, snap, green, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained without salt. Only the comparison record lists Carrots, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt; Broccoli, frozen, chopped, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt. Those formulation rows identify different source records; they do not prove which input caused a nutrient difference.

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: Fish, cod, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat; Cheese sauce, prepared from recipe; Noodles, egg, enriched, cooked; Salt, table.

Listed only in this record: Corn, sweet, yellow, frozen, kernels cut off cob, boiled, drained, without salt; Beans, snap, green, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained without salt.

Listed only in the comparison: Carrots, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt; Broccoli, frozen, chopped, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt.

Portion evidence

The listed portion sets match

This record’s reference amount is 305 g; a familiar listed measure is 1 cup (244 g).

The comparison record’s reference amount is 305 g; a familiar listed measure is 1 cup (244 g).

Use the 100-gram row to compare FDC 2706716 with FDC 2706715 at equal mass; use their 305 g and 305 g source amounts only for portion matching.

Evidence boundary: FDC 2706716 versus FDC 2706715 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 seafood 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 portion size, species or cut, cooking method, breading, butter, or sauce.

For “Fish, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; cheese…,” 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

    species or cut

    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

    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, butter, or sauce

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

How we estimated this

The arithmetic is simple; the provenance is the point

FDC 2706716 comes from FoodData Central Survey Foods (FNDDS). Its 141 kcal per 100 g becomes 430 kcal at 305 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: Fish, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; cheese sauce

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

FoodData Central ID: 2706716

FNDDS food code: 27350100

The scaling for FDC 2706716 can be exact while the match to “Fish, noodles, and vegetables excluding carrots, broccoli, and dark-green leafy; cheese sauce” is wrong. That is why this profile keeps its 305 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.