Calories in
soup, beef broth, cubed
170 kcal per 100 g Soup, beef broth, cubed contains 170 calories per 100 grams, or about 6 calories per cube. Per 100 g it provides 17.3 g protein, 16.1 g carbohydrate and 4.0 g fat.
By calories that splits 38% carbohydrate, 41% protein, 21% fat — dissected below.
SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 171561·REVIEWED JUL 2026
The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 170 kcal and USDA publishes 170 kcal. The arithmetic closes, so the axis above is simply that figure divided by the shares.
Source—USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy—FDC 171561—retrieved 2026-07
How this is worked out
- USDA measures every nutrient per 100 g of edible portion. That row is published here unchanged — nothing is rounded up, smoothed or "adjusted".
- The energy figure is USDA's own, derived with food-specific factors. This site never computes the calorie count it publishes.
- 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.
- A serving is a straight proportional conversion of the per-100 g row, using USDA's own household measures for the grams.
- 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)
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.
| Serving | Grams | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cube | 3.6 g | 6 | 0.6 g | 0.6 g | 0.1 g |
SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026
Full nutrition, per 100 g and per cube
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per cube |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 170 kcal | 6 kcal |
| Protein | 17.3 g | 0.6 g |
| Total fat | 4.0 g | 0.1 g |
| Saturated fat | 2.0 g | 0.1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 16.1 g | 0.6 g |
| Fibre | 0.0 g | 0.0 g |
| Sugars | 14.5 g | 0.5 g |
| Sodium | 24,000.0 mg | 864.0 mg |
| Potassium | 403.0 mg | 14.5 mg |
| Calcium | 60.0 mg | 2.2 mg |
| Iron | 2.2 mg | 0.1 mg |
| Vitamin C | 0.0 mg | 0.0 mg |
| Vitamin A | 0.0 µg | 0.0 µg |
| Cholesterol | 4.0 mg | 0.1 mg |
| Water | 3.3 g | 0.1 g |
A dash means the nutrient was not measured for this item, which is not the same as zero.
SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 171561·REVIEWED JUL 2026
How soup, beef broth, cubed compares
Among the 63 soups, sauces, and gravies items on this site, soup, beef broth, cubed ranks 28 of 63 by calorie density, against a category average of 169 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 1% more calorie-dense than typical for its group.
It carries 10.2 g of protein per 100 calories — a genuinely protein-dense food.
To burn off one cube (6 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 1 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 soup, beef broth, cubed. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.
Questions this entry settles
How many calories are in soup, beef broth, cubed?
Soup, beef broth, cubed contains 170 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 6 calories per cube. It also provides 17.3 g of protein, 16.1 g of carbohydrate and 4.0 g of fat per 100 g.
What is the macro breakdown of soup, beef broth, cubed?
By calories, soup, beef broth, cubed is roughly 38% carbohydrate, 41% protein and 21% fat. That makes it a predominantly protein-based food.
How long does it take to burn off a cube?
About 1 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 soup, beef broth, cubed 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.
Neighbouring entries
The 6 foods that sit closest to soup, beef broth, cubed on the calorie-density shelf, all within soups, sauces, and gravies.
Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy — public domain, reviewed JUL 2026. Full USDA description: "Soup, beef broth, cubed, dry". General information only — not medical or nutrition advice. Values are averages for a food type and vary by brand, ripeness and preparation.
