Cooked beef spleen nutrition, iron and serving size

Cooked Beef Spleen

50 g

Calculation basis: USDA SR28 NDB13334 beef spleen cooked braised145kcal100g. Iron39.36mg source value, not anaemia treatment or universal organ assay. Calf/lamb and raw forms separate. Sugar unreported, A genuine0 preserved.

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

73kcal

Carbohydrate0 g 0%

Protein12.6 g 69%

Fat2.1 g 26%

Cooked Beef Spleen Nutrition Values

Nutrients	100 g	1 50 g weighed amount
Calories(kcal)	145	73
Carbohydrate (g)	0	0
Protein (g)	25.1	12.55
Fat (g)	4.2	2.1
Fiber (g)	0	0
Cholesterol (mg)	347	173.5
Sodium (mg)	57	28.5
Potassium (mg)	284	142
Calcium (mg)	12	6
Iron (mg)	39.36	19.68
Vitamin A (µg RAE)	0	0
Vitamin C (mg)	50.3	25.15

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.

Nutrition in cooked beef spleen

Braised beef spleen contains 145 kcal, 25.1 g protein and 4.2 g fat per 100 g. A weighed 50 g amount provides 73 kcal and 12.55 g protein. The calculation describes the cooked edible portion, not the purchase weight of a whole raw organ.

Does its iron content make it an anaemia treatment?

The source reports 39.36 mg iron per 100 g of cooked beef spleen, or 19.68 mg in 50 g. That is not a claim that all the iron will be absorbed or that one meal will correct anaemia. The cause of deficiency needs assessment; treatment cannot be chosen from a food table alone. NHS guidance also stresses blood testing and treatment based on the cause.

Spleen and liver are different organs. Pan-fried beef liver contains 7,744 µg RAE vitamin A per 100 g, whereas the spleen record reports zero. Similar protein-rich food categories do not establish the same vitamin profile. The beef-spleen reference contains 347 mg cholesterol per 100 g, another reason not to judge the food by its iron figure alone.

The same 50 g cooked lung amount contains 2.7 mg iron, not the spleen’s 19.68 mg. Compare the animal species and cooked edible weight as well as the organ name.

Preparation and plate weight

Weigh the edible amount after cooking. Plain braised spleen differs from a dish with added oil, flour or sauce. When the weight entered is for a mixed dish, its ingredients must be included on the same basis; 150 g of a mixed meal should not be entered as 150 g of spleen alone.

The source’s 85 g measure is a 3 oz example. Whole organs vary in size, so “one spleen” cannot be assigned a universal serving weight. Lamb and calf spleen also require their own records.

Reference used

Values follow USDA SR28 food 13334, beef spleen, cooked, braised. It is a general reference, not a new analysis of every Turkish product. Unreported sugars remain unknown, while the source’s explicit zero for vitamin A is retained. The anaemia discussion follows NHS guidance on iron deficiency anaemia.