Calories in raw ground beef (85% lean).
215 kcal per 100 g.
Beef, ground, 85% lean meat / 15% fat, raw (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) · SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA FDC 171796
Nutrition for your portion
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 215 kcal | 215 kcal |
| Protein | 18.6 g | 18.6 g |
| Carbohydrates | 0 g | 0 g |
| Fat | 15 g | 15 g |
| Fibre | 0 g | 0 g |
| Sugars | 0 g | 0 g |
| Saturated fat | 5.72 g | 5.72 g |
| Sodium | 66 mg | 66 mg |
| Salt (calculated from sodium) | 0.17 g | 0.17 g |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 4 ug | 4 ug |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0.1 ug | 0.1 ug |
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) | 0.17 mg | 0.17 mg |
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) | 1.3 ug | 1.3 ug |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | 0 mg |
| Thiamin | 0.04 mg | 0.04 mg |
| Riboflavin | 0.15 mg | 0.15 mg |
| Niacin | 4.65 mg | 4.65 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.35 mg | 0.35 mg |
| Folate, total | 6 ug | 6 ug |
| Vitamin B12 | 2.17 ug | 2.17 ug |
| Potassium | 295 mg | 295 mg |
| Calcium | 15 mg | 15 mg |
| Phosphorus | 171 mg | 171 mg |
| Magnesium | 18 mg | 18 mg |
| Iron | 2.09 mg | 2.09 mg |
| Zinc | 4.48 mg | 4.48 mg |
| Selenium | 15.8 ug | 15.8 ug |
| Iodine | Unknown | Unknown |
| Copper | 0.07 mg | 0.07 mg |
Energy comes from USDA nutrient 1008. Salt is calculated as sodium × 2.5, with unit conversion to grams. It is not a separately measured salt value.
Preparation
215 kcal per 100 g with 15 g of fat: the middle of the ladder, and the level most burger recipes assume, because it browns well without shrinking as hard as 90 or 95. The five-point steps either side are worth about 39 kcal per 100 g each — 80% is 254, 90% is 176 — which makes the packet the largest single decision in a beef meal.
Logging this food
A 4 oz portion is 113 g raw and 243 kcal. A quarter-pound patty is exactly that weight before cooking and finishes near 77 g on a grill, so the raw figure and the cooked one describe the same burger from two ends. Choose the end you can weigh at, and never mix them: the same patty is 243 kcal raw and 193 cooked, and both are correct.
Swaps and alternatives
90% lean raw is 176 kcal per 100 g against this row's 215 — a saving of 39 without changing anything about how you cook. 95% is 137 but behaves differently in a pan. Ground turkey at 93% lean is 150 raw, which puts it between the 90 and 95 rows here rather than in a category of its own.
Compare related foods
- Raw ground beef (80% lean) — 254 kcal / 100 g
- A broiled 80% lean beef patty — 270 kcal / 100 g
- Pan-browned 80% lean ground beef — 246 kcal / 100 g
- A broiled 85% lean beef patty — 250 kcal / 100 g
- Pan-browned 85% lean ground beef — 232 kcal / 100 g
- Raw ground beef (90% lean) — 176 kcal / 100 g
- A broiled 90% lean beef patty — 217 kcal / 100 g
- Pan-browned 90% lean ground beef — 204 kcal / 100 g
- Raw ground beef (95% lean) — 137 kcal / 100 g
- A broiled 95% lean beef patty — 174 kcal / 100 g
- Pan-browned 95% lean ground beef — 164 kcal / 100 g