How much protein is in raw ground beef (80% lean)?

Raw ground beef (80% lean) has 17.2 g of protein per 100 g and 19.5 g per 4 oz (113 g). That is 6.8 g of protein per 100 kcal — a modest protein contribution.

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 raw 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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Ground beefUSDA SR LegacyFDC 174036

Calories in raw ground beef (80% lean)

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

The short answer

Raw ground beef (80% lean): 254 kcal per 100 g. 4 oz (113 g) is 288 kcal with 19.5 g of protein. Source: USDA FoodData Central record 174036, "Beef, ground, 80% lean meat / 20% fat, raw".

Per 100 g

Nutrient	Per 100 g	Share of energy
Energy	254 kcal	100%
Protein	17.2 g	27%
Fat	20 g	71%
Carbohydrate	0 g	0%

Raw ground beef (80% lean) is 254 kcal per 100 g in USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy). Of that energy, about 27% comes from protein, 71% from fat and 0% from carbohydrate. That works out to 6.8 g of protein per 100 kcal — a modest protein contribution.

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	254	17.2 g	20 g	0 g
4 oz	113 g	288	19.5 g	22.6 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 raw 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.

Worth knowing

The standard supermarket mince. 20% fat by weight is about 70% of the calories. Some of that fat renders out in the pan — the cooked, drained rows below are the honest number for what ends up on the plate.

Questions about raw ground beef (80% lean)

How many calories are in raw ground beef (80% lean)?: Raw ground beef (80% lean): 254 kcal per 100 g. 4 oz (113 g) is 288 kcal with 19.5 g of protein. Source: USDA FoodData Central record 174036, "Beef, ground, 80% lean meat / 20% fat, raw".
How much protein is in raw ground beef (80% lean)?: Raw ground beef (80% lean) has 17.2 g of protein per 100 g and 19.5 g per 4 oz (113 g). That is 6.8 g of protein per 100 kcal — a modest protein contribution.
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 raw 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 “raw ground beef (80% lean)” into calorie.one and the app matches this exact record — “Beef, ground, 80% lean meat / 20% fat, raw” — 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?.