Ground Beef Nutrition Facts Label: Calories & Protein
The FDA Nutrition Facts label for ground beef, drawn for 3 oz: 197 calories, 20.9 g protein, 11.9 g fat, 0 g carbs, with %DV. Plus Canada, EU and UK versions and a PNG download.
Ground Beef Nutrition Facts label (FDA standard format)
This is the Nutrition Facts label for ground beef as the FDA specifies it: one serving of 3 oz (85 g), every value rounded exactly as 21 CFR 101.9 requires, the same rounding a compliance reviewer checks. Nutrient data is USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy, FDC ID 174033: Beef, ground, 85% lean meat / 15% fat, patty, cooked, pan-broiled).
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Ground Beef nutrition label for Canada, the EU and the UK
The same 3 oz of ground beef, drawn by the site's Canadian, EU and UK renderers. Canada keeps a per-serving panel in English and French with its own Daily Values and folds trans fat into the saturated-fat row. The EU declaration is per 100 g only, states energy in kJ and kcal, and declares salt (sodium × 2.5) rather than sodium. The UK table is the EU layout as retained by the Food Information Regulations 2014, with the optional per-serving column and %RI. One recipe in the generator renders all of them from the same numbers.
| Fat / Lipides | 12 g | 16 % |
| Saturated / Saturés | 4.5 g + Trans 0.5 g | 25 % |
| Cholesterol / Cholestérol | 71 mg | 24 % |
| Sodium | 65 mg | 3 % |
| Carbohydrate / Glucides | 0 g | 0 % |
| Fibre / Fibres | 0 g | 0 % |
| Sugars / Sucres | 0 g | 0 % |
| Protein / Protéines | 21 g | |
| Vitamin D / Vitamine D | 0 mcg | 0 % |
| Calcium | 17 mg | 1 % |
| Iron / Fer | 2 mg | 13 % |
| Potassium | 297 mg | 9 % |
*5 % ou moins c'est peu, 15 % ou plus c'est beaucoup
| Per 100g | |
|---|---|
| Energy | 970 kJ / 232 kcal |
| Fat | 14 g |
| of which saturates | 5.3 g |
| Carbohydrate | 0.0 g |
| of which sugars | 0.0 g |
| Protein | 25 g |
| Salt | 0.2 g |
| Per 100g | Per 85g | %RI* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 970 kJ 232 kcal |
824 kJ 197 kcal |
9.9% |
| Fat | 14g | 12g | 17% |
| of which saturates | 5.3g | 4.5g | 23% |
| Carbohydrate | 0 gg | 0 gg | <1% |
| of which sugars | 0 gg | 0 gg | <1% |
| Fibre | 0 gg | 0 gg | - |
| Protein | 25g | 21g | 42% |
| Salt | 0.20g | 0.17g | 2.8% |
What stands out in ground beef
Measured against the FDA's nutrient-content claim thresholds (21 CFR 101.54), ground beef is notable for:
- Protein - 21g per 3 oz - 42% DV, enough to qualify as an excellent source (20% DV or more).
- Cholesterol - 70mg per 3 oz - 24% DV, at or above the 20% the FDA treats as high.
- Saturated Fat - 4.5g per 3 oz - 23% DV, at or above the 20% the FDA treats as high.
- Iron - 2.3mg per 3 oz - 13% DV, enough to qualify as a good source (10–19% DV).
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Ground Beef nutrition facts per serving and per 100 g
| Nutrient | Per 3 oz | % DV* | Per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 200 | – | 232 |
| Total Fat | 12g | 15% | 14g |
| Saturated Fat | 4.5g | 23% | 5.3g |
| Trans Fat | 0.5g | – | 0.6g |
| Cholesterol | 70mg | 24% | 84mg |
| Sodium | 65mg | 3% | 79mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 0g | 0% | 0g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0g | 0% | 0g |
| Total Sugars | 0g | – | 0g |
| Added Sugars | 0g | 0% | 0g |
| Protein | 21g | – | 24.6g |
| Vitamin D | 0mcg | 0% | 0mcg |
| Calcium | 20mg | 1% | 20mg |
| Iron | 2.3mg | 13% | 2.7mg |
| Potassium | 300mg | 6% | 349mg |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000-calorie diet (FDA adult reference values). Per-serving values use the FDA's label rounding rules; per-100 g values are the unrounded USDA amounts.
Macronutrient breakdown
By calories, ground beef is 56% fat, 0% carbohydrate and 44% protein (Atwater 9/4/4 factors, per 3 oz).
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Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy release (public domain). FDC ID 174033 - Beef, ground, 85% lean meat / 15% fat, patty, cooked, pan-broiled. Serving: 3 oz = 85 g (USDA household measure).