How much protein is in pan-browned 80% lean ground beef?

Pan-browned 80% lean ground beef has 24 g of protein per 100 g and 20.4 g per 3 oz (85 g). That is 9.8 g of protein per 100 kcal — a solid protein-per-calorie ratio for a whole food.

Should ground beef be weighed raw or cooked?

Weigh it in whichever state you log it, and use the row that matches — this page is the cooked row. Cooking does not change how many calories are there, only how many grams they are spread across: meat loses water in the pan and gets denser, grains and pasta absorb it and get lighter per gram.

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Calories in pan-browned 80% lean ground beef

USDA FoodData Central record for “Beef, ground, 80% lean meat / 20% fat, patty, cooked, pan-broiled” — per 100 g, per every USDA serving size, and next to the other ground beef rows.

The short answer

Pan-browned 80% lean ground beef: 246 kcal per 100 g. 3 oz (85 g) is 209 kcal with 20.4 g of protein. Source: USDA FoodData Central record 171798, "Beef, ground, 80% lean meat / 20% fat, patty, cooked, pan-broiled".

Per 100 g

Nutrient	Per 100 g	Share of energy
Energy	246 kcal	100%
Protein	24 g	39%
Fat	15.9 g	58%
Carbohydrate	0 g	0%

Pan-browned 80% lean ground beef is 246 kcal per 100 g in USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy). Of that energy, about 39% comes from protein, 58% from fat and 0% from carbohydrate. That works out to 9.8 g of protein per 100 kcal — a solid protein-per-calorie ratio for a whole food.

Per serving

The serving sizes USDA lists for this record, priced from the per-100 g figures above. Nothing here is rounded to a “portion” — the gram weight next to each label is what the calories are computed from.

Serving	Weight	Calories	Protein	Fat	Carbs
100 g	100 g	246	24 g	15.9 g	0 g
3 oz	85 g	209	20.4 g	13.5 g	0 g

Compared with other ground beef

Food	kcal / 100 g	Protein / 100 g	Per serving
Raw ground beef (80% lean)	254	17.2 g	288 kcal · 4 oz
A broiled 80% lean beef patty	270	25.8 g	229 kcal · 3 oz
Pan-browned 80% lean ground beef	246	24 g	209 kcal · 3 oz
Raw ground beef (85% lean)	215	18.6 g	243 kcal · 4 oz
A broiled 85% lean beef patty	250	25.9 g	193 kcal · 1 patty (yield from 1/4 lb raw meat)
Pan-browned 85% lean ground beef	232	24.6 g	193 kcal · 1 patty ( yield from 1/4 lb raw meat )
Raw ground beef (90% lean)	176	20 g	199 kcal · 4 oz
A broiled 90% lean beef patty	217	26.1 g	184 kcal · 3 oz
Pan-browned 90% lean ground beef	204	25.2 g	173 kcal · 3 oz
Raw ground beef (95% lean)	137	21.4 g	155 kcal · 4 oz
A broiled 95% lean beef patty	174	26.3 g	148 kcal · 3 oz
Pan-browned 95% lean ground beef	164	25.8 g	139 kcal · 3 oz

The ground beef rows exist in more than one state because water moves during cooking: this is the cooked row. Weigh the food in the state you log and pick the row that matches — the calories don’t change in the pan, the grams do. The mechanics are in cooked vs raw weights.

Questions about pan-browned 80% lean ground beef

How many calories are in pan-browned 80% lean ground beef?: Pan-browned 80% lean ground beef: 246 kcal per 100 g. 3 oz (85 g) is 209 kcal with 20.4 g of protein. Source: USDA FoodData Central record 171798, "Beef, ground, 80% lean meat / 20% fat, patty, cooked, pan-broiled".
How much protein is in pan-browned 80% lean ground beef?: Pan-browned 80% lean ground beef has 24 g of protein per 100 g and 20.4 g per 3 oz (85 g). That is 9.8 g of protein per 100 kcal — a solid protein-per-calorie ratio for a whole food.
Should ground beef be weighed raw or cooked?: Weigh it in whichever state you log it, and use the row that matches — this page is the cooked row. Cooking does not change how many calories are there, only how many grams they are spread across: meat loses water in the pan and gets denser, grains and pasta absorb it and get lighter per gram.

How calorie.one logs it

Type “pan-browned 80% lean ground beef” into calorie.one and the app matches this exact record — “Beef, ground, 80% lean meat / 20% fat, patty, cooked, pan-broiled” — estimates the grams, and shows the line with its USDA label. You correct the amount; the per-100 g figure is never guessed. That split between recognition and arithmetic is the whole methodology. For the numbers in context, read How much protein do you need per day?.