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Meat and Poultry, Prepared

USDA's branded food database lists 2,218 meat and poultry, prepared products; the median has 236 calories, 0.3 g of sugars, 17.5 g of protein and 598 mg of sodium per 100 g.

Products as manufacturers categorize them when they submit to USDA.

How meat and poultry, prepared products are spread

Half of all meat and poultry, prepared products have between 0 g and 1.8 g of sugars per 100 g

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Each dot is one of 39 evenly spaced points across the middle 95% of the category. USDA FoodData Central.
Per 100 gLowest quarter up toMedianHighest quarter from
Calories175236353
Sugars0 g0.3 g1.8 g
Protein14.1 g17.5 g22.1 g
Sodium376 mg598 mg1,365 mg
Fiber0 g0 g1.2 g
Saturated fat2.2 g4.5 g10.0 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; quartiles computed by GetFoodFacts.

How many are at or under FDA's claim lines, per labeled serving

FDA threshold (per labeled serving)ProductsShare
"Low calorie": 40 calories or less per serving*4 of 2,2180%
"High in fiber": 5.6 g or more per serving17 of 2,1741%
"High in protein": 10 g or more per serving1,538 of 2,21869%
"Low sodium": 140 mg or less per serving*190 of 2,2189%
"Sugar free": less than 0.5 g per serving1,189 of 2,15255%

Source: 21 CFR 101.54, 101.60 and 101.61 (ecfr.gov). * Also per 50 g when a serving is 30 g or less; a product in a meal or entree category with a serving of 6 oz or more stands in for FDA's meal and main-dish products and is tested per 100 g: 140 mg of sodium, 120 calories (101.61(b)(5), 101.60(b)(3)). Counted per labeled serving, which since 2016 follows FDA's reference amounts for most products; the counts are not findings that any label complies; the protein line is before FDA's protein-quality correction (fda.gov).

Brands with the most meat and poultry, prepared products

BrandProducts
Tyson317
Daily's227
Brakebush157
Slim Jim132
Advance Pierre96
JTM Food Group77
Steak-Eze70
Farmland70

Every meat and poultry, prepared product, A to Z

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release.

Sources for this page
USDA FoodData Central
the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
FoodData Central documentation
what each data type is and how branded records are submitted. fdc.nal.usda.gov
21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
the thresholds for "low sodium", "sugar free", "high in". ecfr.gov
FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov