Calories in Spanish meatballs in sauce
Serving: a plate of homemade meatballs in sauce (120 g raw mixed minced meat, about 6 meatballs) · 282 g
523kcal per serving
186kcal per 100 g
- Protein
- 24.9 g
- Carbs
- 18.3 g
- Fat
- 37.5 g
- Fiber
- 2.5 g
- Salt
- 1.4 g
Available carbs, without fiber (as on European labels).
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| Ingredient | Raw | On the plate | kcal | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| minced beef (80/20) | 60 g | 38 g | 152 | USDA |
| minced pork | 60 g | 39 g | 158 | USDA |
| egg | 10 g | 10 g | 14 | USDA |
| breadcrumbs | 10 g | 10 g | 40 | USDA |
| garlic and parsley | 4 g | 4 g | 1 | USDA |
| flour for dusting | 5 g | 5 g | 18 | USDA |
| oil absorbed when frying the meatballs * | 6 g | 6 g | 53 | USDA |
| onion (sauce) | 40 g | 40 g | 16 | USDA |
| carrot (sauce) | 20 g | 20 g | 8 | USDA |
| tomato (sauce) | 40 g | 40 g | 7 | USDA |
| flour (sauce) | 3 g | 3 g | 11 | USDA |
| olive oil (sauce) | 5 g | 5 g | 44 | USDA |
| salt | 1 g | 1 g | 0 | USDA |
| sauce liquid left in the plate (Renzy estimate) * | 60 g | 60 g | 0 | — |
| Total | 282 g | 523 |
Amounts follow the Spanish Nutrition Society (SENC) serving sizes; the rest is Renzy’s standard recipe. * Amount or cooking estimated by Renzy (no official figure).
Compared with ready-made dish entries
To check the recipe, we compare it with entries for the finished dish in other databases (0% = same).
USDA FNDDS: Meatballs, NS as to type of meat, with sauce · 186 kcal per 100 g · 0% per 100 g
USDA FNDDS “Meatballs, with sauce”.
BEDCA: Albondigas en conserva · 141 kcal per 100 g · +32% per 100 g
BEDCA “Albóndigas en conserva”: canned, not homemade.
Good to know
- The fat the meat releases when frying/stewing stays in the sauce (raw basis); the meat weight uses the USDA raw/cooked pair.
- Renzy estimate (no source to back it up): oil absorbed when frying the meatballs.
FAQ
How many calories are in a plate of meatballs in sauce?
A plate of homemade meatballs in sauce (120 g raw mixed minced meat, about 6 meatballs): about 282 g as served and 523 kcal, with 24.9 g protein, 18.3 g carbs, 37.5 g fat and 1.4 g salt.
How many calories are in one homemade meatball?
Including the sauce, about 87 kcal per meatball (6 per plate).
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Data: USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy), BEDCA (Spanish food composition database, AESAN) and Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel 4.0 (Max Rubner-Institut, CC BY 4.0). Cooked weight comes from raw/cooked pairs in the same database.