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Calories in
restaurant, mexican, refried beans

156 kcal per 100 g Restaurant, Mexican, refried beans contains 156 calories per 100 grams, or about 231 calories per cup. Per 100 g it provides 6.9 g protein, 16.8 g carbohydrate and 6.8 g fat.

By calories that splits 43% carbohydrate, 18% protein, 39% fat — dissected below.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 167666·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Energy anatomy — per 100 g Plate 1443 of 1799
18%43%39% 0 39 78 117 156 kcal
Protein 6.9 g × 4 kcal/g 28 kcal · 18%
Carbohydrate 16.8 g × 4 kcal/g 67 kcal · 43%
Fat 6.8 g × 9 kcal/g 61 kcal · 39%
Shorthand total Atwater 4 · 4 · 9 156 kcal
As published by USDA food-specific factors 156 kcal

The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 156 kcal and USDA publishes 156 kcal. The arithmetic closes, so the axis above is simply that figure divided by the shares.

SourceUSDA FoodData Central, SR LegacyFDC 167666retrieved 2026-07

Per 100 g156kcal
Per cup231kcal · 148.0 g
Protein6.9g per 100 g
Walk it off47minutes 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
1 cup148.0 g 231 10.2 g24.8 g10.0 g

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Full nutrition, per 100 g and per cup

NutrientPer 100 gPer cup
Energy156 kcal231 kcal
Protein6.9 g10.2 g
Total fat6.8 g10.0 g
Saturated fat1.8 g2.7 g
Carbohydrate16.8 g24.8 g
Fibre8.0 g11.8 g
Sugars0.8 g1.2 g
Sodium376.0 mg556.5 mg
Potassium402.0 mg595.0 mg
Calcium57.0 mg84.4 mg
Iron1.6 mg2.4 mg
Vitamin C0.0 mg0.0 mg
Vitamin A11.0 µg16.3 µg
Cholesterol5.0 mg7.4 mg
Water67.6 g100.0 g

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

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 167666·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How restaurant, mexican, refried beans compares

Among the 27 restaurant foods items on this site, restaurant, mexican, refried beans ranks 19 of 27 by calorie density, against a category average of 213 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 27% less calorie-dense than typical for its group.

It carries 4.4 g of protein per 100 calories, so it is not a meaningful protein source.

To burn off one cup (231 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 47 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 restaurant, mexican, refried beans. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.

Questions this entry settles

How many calories are in restaurant, mexican, refried beans?

Restaurant, Mexican, refried beans contains 156 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 231 calories per cup. It also provides 6.9 g of protein, 16.8 g of carbohydrate and 6.8 g of fat per 100 g.

What is the macro breakdown of restaurant, mexican, refried beans?

By calories, restaurant, mexican, refried beans is roughly 43% carbohydrate, 18% protein and 39% fat. That makes it a predominantly carbohydrate-based food.

How long does it take to burn off a cup?

About 47 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 restaurant, mexican, refried beans 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: "Restaurant, Mexican, refried beans". 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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