Nutrition facts · Meat
Calories in Ground beef (cooked)
Cooked, pan-browned ground beef (85% lean / 15% fat) has 256 calories per 100 g, and a 3 oz (85 g) serving has 218 calories. It has no carbs, so its calories come from protein and fat. Per 100 g it has 27.7 g protein and 15.3 g fat, and fat supplies a little more of the calories than protein does.
Calories come from: Carbs 0% · Fat 55% · Protein 45%
Common servings
| Serving | Weight | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 256 kcal | 27.7 g | 0 g | 15.3 g |
| 3 oz | 85 g | 218 kcal | 23.6 g | 0 g | 13 g |
Full nutrition (Per 100 g)
| Calories | 256 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 27.7 g |
| Carbohydrates | 0 g |
| of which sugars | 0 g |
| Fiber | 0 g |
| Fat | 15.3 g |
| of which saturated | 5.8 g |
| Sodium | 89 mg |
What changes the calories
- The lean-to-fat ratio matters most: leaner blends have fewer calories and fattier blends have more.
- Cooking removes water, so cooked ground beef has more calories per gram than the same beef weighed raw.
- Draining or blotting the fat after browning can remove some of the fat that melted out, while leaving it in the pan or sauce keeps those calories.
- Oil or butter added to the pan adds its own calories on top of the beef.
Tips for logging it accurately
- Weigh the beef after cooking if you log it as cooked, or weigh it raw and log a raw entry, but don't mix the two.
- Choose an entry that matches your blend, such as 85% lean, and note whether you drained the fat.
- Log cheese, sauces, buns and cooking oil as separate items, or snap a photo of the full plate in BerryFit to capture everything at once.
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Frequently asked questions
How many calories are in 3 oz of cooked ground beef?
A 3 oz (85 g) serving of cooked 85% lean ground beef has 218 calories, with 23.6 g protein and 13 g fat.
How much protein is in cooked ground beef?
Cooked 85% lean ground beef has 27.7 g protein per 100 g, and 23.6 g in a 3 oz serving.
Does ground beef have carbs?
No. Plain cooked ground beef has 0 g carbs, 0 g fiber and 0 g sugar. Any carbs in a dish come from added ingredients like sauces or breading.
Is ground turkey lower in calories than ground beef?
Based on these entries, yes. Cooked ground turkey has 203 calories per 100 g, compared with 256 for cooked 85% lean ground beef. Actual values for both depend on the fat content of the blend you buy.
Similar foods
Calories in common foodsValues per 100 g from USDA FoodData Central (Beef, ground, 85% lean meat / 15% fat, crumbles, cooked, pan-browned, FDC ID 174034); servings use USDA portion weights. Real foods vary by variety, ripeness and preparation.
The text on this page was written with the help of AI (Anthropic's Claude) and checked against the numbers in a separate review. The numbers themselves come only from USDA.
