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Calories in
game meat, deer, cooked

158 kcal per 100 g Game meat, deer, cooked contains 158 calories per 100 grams, or about 134 calories per 3 oz. Per 100 g it provides 30.2 g protein, 0.0 g carbohydrate and 3.2 g fat.

By calories that splits 0% carbohydrate, 81% protein, 19% fat — dissected below.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 175085·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Energy anatomy — per 100 g Plate 0884 of 1799
81%19% 0 40 79 119 158 kcal
Protein 30.2 g × 4 kcal/g 121 kcal · 81%
Fat 3.2 g × 9 kcal/g 29 kcal · 19%
Shorthand total Atwater 4 · 4 · 9 150 kcal
As published by USDA food-specific factors 158 kcal

The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 150 kcal; USDA publishes 158 kcal−8 kcal, 5.1% apart. That gap is expected, not an error: USDA derives energy with food-specific factors and, for many items, discounts the fibre that the shorthand still counts at four. The published figure is the better one, so the axis above is scaled to it and the shares are what the shorthand is genuinely good at.

SourceUSDA FoodData Central, SR LegacyFDC 175085retrieved 2026-07

Per 100 g158kcal
Per 3 oz134kcal · 85.0 g
Protein30.2g per 100 g
Walk it off27minutes walking
Proteingrams
Carbsgrams
Fatgrams
Walk it offmin at 70 kg

How this is worked out

  1. USDA measures every nutrient per 100 g of edible portion. That row is published here unchanged — nothing is rounded up, smoothed or "adjusted".
  2. The energy figure is USDA's own, derived with food-specific factors. This site never computes the calorie count it publishes.
  3. The Atwater shorthand 4 · 4 · 9 is applied to the protein, carbohydrate and fat grams only to split that energy into shares — and where the shorthand disagrees with the published figure, the gap is printed rather than hidden.
  4. A serving is a straight proportional conversion of the per-100 g row, using USDA's own household measures for the grams.
  5. The walking figure uses MET 4.0 at 70 kg, the same equation the sister site publishes.
per serving   = per 100 g × serving grams ÷ 100
energy shares = 4·P + 4·C + 9·F      (P, C, F in grams)
walk minutes  = kcal ÷ (4.0 × 3.5 × 70 ÷ 200)

Full data & method →

Calories in a typical serving

Per-100 g figures are useful for comparison but nobody eats 100 g of anything on purpose. These are the USDA's own household measures.

ServingGramsCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
3 oz85.0 g 134 25.7 g0.0 g2.7 g
1 piece, cooked (yield from 1 lb raw meat, boneless)340.0 g 537 102.7 g0.0 g10.8 g

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Full nutrition, per 100 g and per 3 oz

NutrientPer 100 gPer 3 oz
Energy158 kcal134 kcal
Protein30.2 g25.7 g
Total fat3.2 g2.7 g
Saturated fat1.3 g1.1 g
Carbohydrate0.0 g0.0 g
Fibre0.0 g0.0 g
Sodium54.0 mg45.9 mg
Potassium335.0 mg284.8 mg
Calcium7.0 mg6.0 mg
Iron4.5 mg3.8 mg
Vitamin C0.0 mg0.0 mg
Vitamin A0.0 µg0.0 µg
Cholesterol112.0 mg95.2 mg
Water65.2 g55.4 g

A dash means the nutrient was not measured for this item, which is not the same as zero.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 175085·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How game meat, deer, cooked compares

Among the 115 lamb, veal, and game products items on this site, game meat, deer, cooked ranks 62 of 115 by calorie density, against a category average of 217 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 27% less calorie-dense than typical for its group.

It carries 19.1 g of protein per 100 calories — a genuinely protein-dense food.

To burn off 3 oz (134 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 27 minutes — see the walking calculation on our sister site, or pick a different activity. Treat that as a sense of scale rather than a rule: eating and moving are not a simple ledger.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

A reference table describes the average game meat, deer, cooked. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.

Questions this entry settles

How many calories are in game meat, deer, cooked?

Game meat, deer, cooked contains 158 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 134 calories per 3 oz. It also provides 30.2 g of protein, 0.0 g of carbohydrate and 3.2 g of fat per 100 g.

What is the macro breakdown of game meat, deer, cooked?

By calories, game meat, deer, cooked is roughly 0% carbohydrate, 81% protein and 19% fat. That makes it a predominantly protein-based food.

How long does it take to burn off 3 oz?

About 27 minutes of ordinary walking for a 70 kg adult (MET 4.0). That is a rough guide for scale, not a prescription — appetite and activity interact in ways a simple subtraction does not capture.

Is this figure exact for the game meat, deer, cooked I bought?

No. These are USDA reference values, averaged across samples. Real foods vary with variety, ripeness, growing conditions, cut, brand and how they were cooked — 10–20% either way is normal. Use them for planning, not precision.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy — public domain, reviewed JUL 2026. Full USDA description: "Game meat, deer, cooked, roasted". General information only — not medical or nutrition advice. Values are averages for a food type and vary by brand, ripeness and preparation.

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