Cooked beef head meat: calories and edible portions

Cooked Beef Head

90 g

Calculation basis: Values are a general reference for cooked edible beef head meat removed from the bone. Weigh the meat you eat, not the whole head; trimming and tissue composition can change the result.

Calculated from the 100 g values. — means unknown, not zero. ~ indicates an estimated serving weight.

121kcal

Carbohydrate0 g 0%

Protein17.1 g 57%

Fat5.8 g 43%

Cooked Beef Head Nutrition Values

Nutrients	100 g	1 90 g weighed amount
Calories(kcal)	134	121
Carbohydrate (g)	0	0
Protein (g)	19.03	17.12
Fat (g)	6.44	5.8
Fiber (g)	0	0
Cholesterol (mg)	75	67.5
Sodium (mg)	83	74.7
Potassium (mg)	303	272.7
Calcium (mg)	14	12.6
Iron (mg)	3.13	2.82
Vitamin C (mg)	0	0

Values are calculated from a 100 g basis. The product, recipe and serving amount can change the result. See the food-specific notes below for the reference used.

Calories in cooked beef head meat

The generic cooked beef-head reference supplies 134 kcal and 19.03 g protein per 100 g of edible food. Its 90 g portion provides 121 kcal; a weighed 150 g amount provides 201 kcal. Weigh the food you will eat after removing bone rather than using the weight of a whole head.

Head meat, tongue and brain need different entries

Bone and discarded tissue do not belong in the edible weight. Use the cooked beef-tongue or cooked-brain entry when either tissue is served separately. Treating all the tissues as one meat can distort the fat and cholesterol calculation. A whole head also has no single dependable edible yield that can be applied to every purchase.

Each 100 g of the cooked reference contains 6.44 g fat, 75 mg cholesterol and 3.13 mg iron. Trimming fatty tissue changes the portion actually eaten. The generic figures are not a laboratory analysis of a particular restaurant’s cold meat platter.

A meat portion is different from a bowl of soup

Include an added oily dressing, bread and other organ meats in the meal calculation. Kelle paça soup contains liquid and may also include a thickening mixture or added fat, so 150 g of soup is not 150 g of head meat. Keep the meat’s own fat separate from oil added during serving.

For a homemade soup, record the thickener and added fat alongside the meat, then calculate the serving from the weighed finished batch. Counting the liquid as meat would overstate the protein contribution.

Source and limits

Diyetkolik’s cooked beef-head entry gives 120.6 kcal for 90 g. It does not specify the exact trimming, tissue proportions or cooking duration. USDA cut descriptions distinguish whole head, head meat and brain; that document supplies identity context, not the nutrient numbers. Total sugar and saturated fat in a reliable unit are unavailable. Vitamin A in IU has not been relabelled as µg RAE.