Beef Salami - How Many Calories?

Calories per slice of cooked beef salami

The USDA cooked beef-salami reference provides 261 kcal and 12.6 g protein per 100 g. A weighed 30 g amount has 78 kcal; 50 g has 131 kcal. The source lists a 26 g slice at 68 kcal, but that is not a standard weight for every deli slice.

How much sodium is in salami?

A 30 g portion contains 342 mg sodium, equivalent to about 0.86 g salt, and 2.96 g saturated fat. Cheese, pickles and sauces add their own sodium when included in a sandwich. Compare salt or sodium and saturated fat alongside protein on the label.

Recipes vary between brands. Use your package’s nutrition panel and stated slice weight when available. The word “beef” identifies the meat species; it does not establish a low-sodium product, low fat content or a particular dietary certification.

For comparison, 30 g of the reviewed Pınar Aç Bitir turkey-salami label gives about 56 kcal, 0.48 g salt and 2.1 g saturated fat. The beef-salami reference here gives 78 kcal, about 0.86 g salt and 2.96 g saturated fat at the same weight. The comparison applies to these two identified examples, not every turkey and beef product.

Cooked salami is different from dry salami

The entry describes cooked beef salami. Dry or fermented salami can have a different moisture level and recipe. Turkey, chicken and beef-and-pork products are separate foods too. Compare equal gram weights rather than treating one thick slice and one thin slice as equivalent portions.

Thirty grams provides 3.78 g protein. Bread, cheese and vegetables in a sandwich need their own quantities; the whole sandwich cannot be represented by the salami entry alone. Weighing the slices makes the calculation easier to repeat when their number or thickness changes.

A total of 50 g wheat bran bread and 30 g beef salami gives about 202 kcal before cheese or sauces. Use the actual weights of both foods rather than inferring them from a count of thin slices.

Reference

USDA SR28 entry 07068, salami, cooked, beef is a US generic reference, not a shared label for every brand. It reports 9.865 g saturated fat and 1.5 g sugar per 100 g. Salt equivalent is calculated from sodium using a factor of 2.5, not taken from a separate salt measurement.