Calories in Ground Beef

Who doesn't like those delicious ground beef casseroles and those juicy ground beef chops or the small rounded patties mainly used for hamburgers for that matter! Along with hamburgers ground beef is also popularly used in making meatballs and in meatloaf recipes. Ground beef is rich in nutrients and its nutritional value differs greatly depending on which body part of the cow was the meat collected from. By this theory, beef from the hind leg and sirloin is less fatty compared to ground chuck (shoulder) beef. Naturally ground beef calories would also depend on the same thing. For a perfect ground beef recipe, one must go for the beef having 20% fat.

Ground beef is available in the market but it can also be made at home, with appropriate utensils. There is need of a lot of precaution to be taken while handling the ground beef as there is always a chance of food poisoning. Handling ground beef with clean hands and clean utensils, thoroughly cooking the beef and using a lot of seasoning are a few things to say the least. Always use airtight plastic bags to store ground beef. The calories in ground beef are relatively high so, it is better to consume it in moderation, despite its health benefits.

Ground Beef Health Benefits

Ground beef health benefits vary greatly from the cattle that is grain fed and cattle that is grass fed. But it is the ground beef from grass fed cattle that always gets the upper hand. It has no hormones in food, no antibiotics, lower level of total fat and the calories in ground beef from grass fed cattle is also comparatively low. It is also rich in omega-3 essential fatty acids. Ground meat helps to reduce cholesterol levels. Total fat and essential fatty acids present in ground beef help to build blocks for cell membrane that are also converted into hormones.

Consumption of ground beef also makes the person feel full and increase the duration between two meals, without energy loss. Ground beef is loaded with cholesterol, but it is the good cholesterol and not the bad one. Ground beef also helps the transportation of several important nutrients and vitamins like vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E and vitamin K, omega-3 fatty acids and omega-6 fatty acids.

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is one such nutrition that the ground beef contains, adding to the number of health benefits of ground beef. CLA helps the body to get rid of excessive fats and build muscles. CLA is also anti carcinogenic, anti diabetic and it reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases, if any. Ground beef is also loaded with beta carotene which is a pro vitamin of vitamin A.

Ground Beef Nutrition Facts

Before going on to ground beef calories, let me give you some ground beef nutrition facts, with the help of a small table, that is given below. These values are counted in a standardized 100g of ground beef. DV indicated in the third column stands for 'daily percentage value' of the nutrition that are present in ground beef.

Nutrient	Amount	DV (%)
Calories	259	-
Calories from Fat	147	-
Total Fat	16.3g	25%
Saturated Fat	5.7g	29%
Poly-unsaturated Fat	0.6g	-
Mono-unsaturated Fat	7.5g	-
Cholesterol	89mg	30%
Carbohydrates	0.0g	0%
Protein	26.1g	-
Sodium	95mg	4%
Iron	-	17%
Vitamin A	-	1%
Calcium	-	1%

Calories in Ground Beef

Type of Ground Beef	Calories	Calories from Fat
73% lean ground beef	248	139
80% lean ground beef	235	135
85% lean ground beef	213	123
90% lean ground beef	214	124
95% lean ground beef patty	145	50
23% fat, frozen ground beef patty	319	167

This is it! Now we know everything about ground beef and nutritional value of ground beef. The calories differ a great deal as per the fat percent and the part of the meat taken from the cattle. As we can see, moderate consumption of some easy recipes for ground beef is always healthy and beneficial now that you know the nutritional value of ground beef. But excess of it can prove a bit troublesome.