Calories in corned beef

Brisket, cured, cooked. 251 kcal (1,050 kJ) per 100 g. Choose a portion below and every figure on the page updates.

Corned beef is beef brisket cured in brine and then cooked, the deli-style meat found in Reuben sandwiches. Cooked, it provides 251 kcal (1050 kJ) per 100 g, with fat (19 g) and protein (18 g) in almost equal weights, so fat supplies most of the energy. Curing makes it very salty: 973 mg of sodium per 100 g.

Where the energy comes from

Share of total energy contributed by each macronutrient, using the standard 4/4/9 kcal per gram factors:

Things worth knowing

• A 3 oz (85 g) serving has about 213 kcal (893 kJ) and 830 mg of sodium, over a third of the Daily Value; a 1 oz slice is about 71 kcal (298 kJ).
• In the UK, corned beef usually means the tinned product. Canned corned beef is similar in energy at 250 kcal per 100 g but leaner and higher in protein, about 27 g per 100 g.
• The pink colour comes from nitrite in the curing brine, not from undercooking; the name refers to the coarse "corns" of salt once used to cure it.
• 100 g of cooked corned beef supplies about 68% of the Daily Value for vitamin B12 and 60% for selenium.

Converting these figures

One 3 oz of corned beef is 213 kcal, which is 893 kJ. To convert any other figure, divide kilojoules by 4.184 for calories, or use the converter on the home page.

It takes 95 g of corned beef to reach 1,000 kJ (239 kcal). See how that compares with other foods on the 1000 kJ to calories page.