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Lamb, Veal, and Game ProductsPlate 1739 of 1799

Calories in
veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys

99 kcal per 100 g Veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys contains 99 calories per 100 grams, or about 28 calories per oz. Per 100 g it provides 15.8 g protein, 0.9 g carbohydrate and 3.1 g fat.

By calories that splits 4% carbohydrate, 67% protein, 30% fat — dissected below.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 174356·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Energy anatomy — per 100 g Plate 1739 of 1799
66%30% 0 25 50 74 99 kcal
Protein 15.8 g × 4 kcal/g 63 kcal · 66%
Carbohydrate 0.9 g × 4 kcal/g 3 kcal · 4%
Fat 3.1 g × 9 kcal/g 28 kcal · 30%
Shorthand total Atwater 4 · 4 · 9 95 kcal
As published by USDA food-specific factors 99 kcal

The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 95 kcal; USDA publishes 99 kcal−4 kcal, 4.0% 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 174356retrieved 2026-07

Per 100 g99kcal
Per oz28kcal · 28.4 g
Protein15.8g per 100 g
Walk it off6minutes 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 oz28.4 g 28 4.5 g0.2 g0.9 g
4 oz113.0 g 112 17.8 g1.0 g3.5 g

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Full nutrition, per 100 g and per oz

NutrientPer 100 gPer oz
Energy99 kcal28 kcal
Protein15.8 g4.5 g
Total fat3.1 g0.9 g
Saturated fat1.0 g0.3 g
Carbohydrate0.9 g0.2 g
Fibre0.0 g0.0 g
Sodium178.0 mg50.6 mg
Potassium272.0 mg77.2 mg
Calcium11.0 mg3.1 mg
Iron3.4 mg1.0 mg
Vitamin C5.0 mg1.4 mg
Vitamin A92.0 µg26.1 µg
Cholesterol364.0 mg103.4 mg
Water79.1 g22.5 g

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

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 174356·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys compares

Among the 115 lamb, veal, and game products items on this site, veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys ranks 108 of 115 by calorie density, against a category average of 217 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 54% less calorie-dense than typical for its group.

It carries 15.9 g of protein per 100 calories — a genuinely protein-dense food.

To burn off one oz (28 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 6 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 veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.

Questions this entry settles

How many calories are in veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys?

Veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys contains 99 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 28 calories per oz. It also provides 15.8 g of protein, 0.9 g of carbohydrate and 3.1 g of fat per 100 g.

What is the macro breakdown of veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys?

By calories, veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys is roughly 4% carbohydrate, 67% protein and 30% fat. That makes it a predominantly protein-based food.

How long does it take to burn off a oz?

About 6 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 veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys 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: "Veal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, raw". 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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