Food database · Meat & poultry
Protein content
A 3 oz cooked serving of eye of round roast contains 25.3 g of protein - an excellent source of protein, about 51% of the 50 g Daily Value.
Share of this food's calories that come from protein - it is extremely protein-dense.
| Serving | 3 oz cooked (85 g) |
|---|---|
| Protein per serving | 25.3 g |
| Protein per 100 g | 29.8 g |
| Calories per serving | 139 kcal |
| Protein density | 73% of calories |
| Share of 50 g Daily Value | 51% |
| Protein quality | Complete protein |
| Category | Meat & poultry |
| Food type | Whole food |
| USDA record | FoodData Central #170633 |
A typical 3 oz cooked serving of eye of round roast contains 25.3 grams of protein (29.8 g per 100 g), which makes it an excellent source of protein. That covers roughly 51% of the 50 g reference Daily Value, so it can anchor a high-protein meal for the day.
About 73% of the calories in eye of round roast come from protein, which makes it extremely protein-dense - close to the practical ceiling for a whole food. Foods in this band are the ones that let you raise your protein intake without raising your calorie intake much at all.
Among the 133 meats in the database, eye of round roast ranks 25th by protein per serving, and 36th out of all 796 foods on the site. Set against chicken gizzards, another meat entry in the database, a serving carries about 0.5 g less protein (chicken gizzards has 25.8 g per 3 oz cooked).
It is a complete protein - it supplies all nine essential amino acids in adequate amounts, so it can carry a meal's protein on its own. The serving above is measured by weight at 85 g. The per-100 g figure lets you compare it directly against any other food here, whatever its serving.
Source: USDA FoodData Central #170633 - "Beef, round, eye of round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, roasted" (SR Legacy, published 4/1/2019). Values are the published reference figures for that record, not lab measurements for a specific brand or batch.
Quick answers
Eye of round roast has 29.8 g of protein per 100 g. A typical 3 oz cooked serving (85 g) provides 25.3 g.
Yes. Eye of round roast is a complete protein - it supplies all nine essential amino acids in adequate amounts, so it can carry a meal's protein on its own.
A 3 oz cooked serving of eye of round roast contains 25.3 g of protein, about 51% of the 50 g reference Daily Value.
Eye of round roast is an excellent source of protein, and about 73% of its calories come from protein, which makes it extremely protein-dense. Set against chicken gizzards, another meat entry in the database, a serving carries about 0.5 g less protein (chicken gizzards has 25.8 g per 3 oz cooked).
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