Ground beef

Also called mince beef meat

Ground beef is beef that has been ground. Cooks can use it raw.

Meat

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Meat & poultry
Made from: Beef
Cooked most in: Africa
Dishes: 3 in the catalogue
Energy: 243 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use ground beef

Typical ways to cook or use it

Cooking with it

Ground beef cooks quickly. Browning alone does not show that the meat has reached the required temperature.

Nutrition

What 100 g of ground beef holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 47%Fat 53%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of ground beef, raw
Energy	243 kcal · 1,062 kJ
Protein	18 g
Fat	19 g
of which saturated	6.8 g
Carbohydrate	0 g
of which sugars	0 g
Fibre	0 g
Sodium	55 mg
Cholesterol	68 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of ground beef, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	273 mg
Calcium	6.9 mg
Iron	2 mg
Magnesium	16 mg
Zinc	3.8 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	4 µg
Folate	7 µg
Vitamin B12	2.1 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 174036, 2514744), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where ground beef is cooked

3 dishes in the catalogue use ground beef. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Africa1

Countries whose dishes use it most

DR Congo 1

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list ground beef among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with ground beef

3 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Babute
DR Congo
Austrian Meatloaf
Porcupine meatballs

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include ground beef.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: ground beef in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Animal origin: From: meatChecked and not found: egg, fish, dairy, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine: None

Family

Related forms

Made from: beef (ground)
A kind of: beef

Around the world

What ground beef is called

Names in 16 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
carne picada de res
French
bœuf haché · Bœuf hache · Bœuf moutarde
Italian
carne macinata di manzo · carne trita di manzo
Portuguese
carne moída
German
Rinderhackfleisch · Rinderhack
Dutch
rundergehakt
Hebrew
בשר טחון
Chinese
牛絞肉
Japanese
牛ひき肉
Brazilian Portuguese
carne moída
Cantonese
免治牛肉
Danish
Hakket oksekød

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Egyptian Arabic
لحمه مفرومه
Esperanto
bovhaketaĵo
Javanese
Daging sapi giling
Romanian
carne de vită tocată
Ukrainian
Яловичий фарш

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q3408258

Photos

Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons