Nutrition for Lamb (ground)
Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More
Lamb Nutrition Summary
One pound of cooked ground lamb (453.3 grams) contains 1283 calories and 112.2 grams of protein. Lamb consist of 55% water, 25% protein, 20% fat, and less than 1% of carbohydrates.Lamb is an excellent source of many nutrients, including protein, calcium, iron, potassium, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, Vitamin B6, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B12. It also contains significant amounts of magnesium, copper, phosphorus, zinc, selenium and choline.
In one pound of cooked ground lamb:
- Calories: 1283
- Protein: 112.2 g
- Fat: 89.1 g, (Saturated: 36.8 g)
- Cholesterol: 439.7 mg
- Sodium: 367.2 mg
See the Lamb Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Lamb, ground, cooked, broiled.
Calories in Lamb
Lamb has 1283 calories per pound or 283 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from fat and protein.64% of calories in lamb are from fat and 36% of calories are from protein.
Calories from Fat
The majority, or 64% of the calories in ground Lamb are from fat. Lamb is high in total fat, with 89.1 grams or 139% of recommended daily values per pound. Most of the fat in lamb are healthier unsaturated fats but it also contains a high amount of saturated fat, about 200% of recommended daily values.
Lamb contains 439.7 mg of cholesterol and no trans-fat.
Lamb contains 439.7 mg of cholesterol and no trans-fat.
- Total fat: 89.1 g
- Cholesterol: 439.7 mg
- Saturated fat: 36.8 g
- Monounsaturated fat: 37.7 g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 6.3 g
Omega-3 and Omega-6 in Lamb
Lamb is a source of healthy omega-3 fatty acids, containing a total of 1.18 grams for every pound. It contains significant amounts of alpha linoleic acid.
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- alpha linoleic acid: 1.18 g
Also a good source of omega-6 fatty acids, every pound of lamb contains a total of 5.2 grams of omega-6. In addition, a large portion of the omega-6 in lamb comes from linolenic acid - the only essential omega-6 fatty acid.
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- linoleic acid: 4.85 g
- other omega 6: 0.32 g
Calories Similar to Lamb
Some other proteins with similar calories to lamb by weight:Protein in Lamb
An excellent source of protein, a single pound of Lamb contains 224% of recommended daily values or 112.2 grams of protein. In addition, lamb is also a source of complete protein, meaning it abundantly contains all 9 essential amino acids.- Protein: 112.19 g
- Tryptophan: 1.31 g
- Threonine: 4.8 g
- Isoleucine: 5.41 g
- Leucine: 8.73 g
- Lysine: 9.91 g
- Methionine: 2.88 g
- Phenylalanine: 4.57 g
- Valine: 6.05 g
- Histidine: 3.55 g
Protein Similar to Lamb
Some other proteins with similar amounts of protein to lamb by weight:- Beef: +2.9 grams
- Pork: +4.3 grams
- Chicken: -6.7 grams
- Prosciutto: +14 grams
Vitamins and Minerals in Lamb
An good source of many nutrients, ground lamb contains abundant amounts of calcium, iron, potassium, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12. In fact, a single pound of lamb contains 493% of recommended daily values or 11.8 ug of Vitamin B12. Also an excellent source of niacin, a single pound of lamb contains 217% of recommended daily values or 30.4 milligrams of niacin.Vitamins in lamb (1 pound):
- Thiamin: 0.5 mg
- Riboflavin: 1.1 mg
- Niacin: 30.4 mg
- Vitamin b6: 0.6 mg
- Vitamin e: 0.6 mg
- Folate: 86.1 ug
- Vitamin b12: 11.8 ug
- Vitamin k: 24 ug
- Calcium: 99.7 mg
- Potassium: 1536.6 mg
- Iron: 8.1 mg
- Magnesium: 108.8 mg
- Zinc: 21.2 mg
- Selenium: 125.6 ug
- Phosphorus: 911.1 mg
- Copper: 0.6 mg
- Manganese: 0.1 mg
- Choline: 423.4 mg
Similar to Lamb for Vitamin B12
Here are some other proteins with similarly abundant amounts of Vitamin B12 to lamb:Lamb Nutrition Chart
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