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Beef broth

Beef broth is a savory liquid used in soups, stews, sauces, and braises.

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About Beef broth

Beef broth is a savoury liquid made by cooking beef, bones, meat trimmings, or combinations of these with water and commonly aromatic vegetables or seasonings. It is generally thinner and more pourable than a concentrated stock or reduced sauce, although commercial products vary in strength and formulation.

It is used as a base or cooking liquid for soups, stews, sauces, gravies, braises, and grains. Broth may be sold ready to use, concentrated, powdered, or as a cube that is reconstituted with water.

Appearance ranges from clear and lightly coloured to darker and opaque, depending on ingredients and concentration. Ready-to-use, concentrated, powdered, and cubed forms are not interchangeable without preparation, and broth and stock terminology overlaps across languages and product labels.

Ingredient type
compound ingredient

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Beef broth

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Beef broth nutrition & diet

Beef broth nutritional value

Soup, beef broth or bouillon canned, ready-to-serve

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.

Calories
7kcal
Protein
1.1g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
0.2g

Per 100 g of the named reference food. Preparation, cultivar and product formulation can change these values; use the stated form when comparing.

Portions & preparation

Assess beef broth as the finished liquid and specify whether it is homemade, concentrated, canned, powdered, or ready-to-serve. Straining, dilution, added fat, vegetables, grains, noodles, seasonings, and retained meat change the portion and formulation.

Compare the right form: Match references to homemade or commercial beef broth in its concentrated, diluted, canned, powdered, or ready-to-serve form, including retained solids.

Diet considerations

Beef broth is animal-derived when made from cattle ingredients, but the recipe must establish whether meat, bones, extracts, or flavorings were used. Compatibility can change with dairy, cereal thickeners, noodles, vegetables, additives, or animal fats. The broth’s carbohydrate pattern is portion- and formulation-dependent.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet.
Pescatarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Soup, beef broth or bouillon canned, ready-to-serve ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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