Beef Jerky comes in around 410 calories per 100g, with 33g of protein and 26g of fat. It's a balanced protein source — solid protein with meaningful fat content. Best to portion deliberately when tracking macros.
Calories scale with portion. Here's how a typical beef jerky serving translates in your tracker:
Point your iPhone camera at beef jerky and SpotWell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StoreBeef Jerky has approximately 410 calories per 100g. A typical serving — 3 oz (85g) — comes in at 349 calories.
33g of protein per 100g. That puts beef jerky at roughly 8.0g of protein per 100 calories — a useful lens when comparing to other protein sources.
The simplest method: weigh it on a kitchen scale, then enter grams in your tracker. With SpotWell, you can skip the scale — point the camera at the plate and the AI estimates the portion in under a second. Adjust the value if it looks off.
It depends on your overall calorie target. Beef Jerky is calorie-dense at 410 kcal per 100g, so portion control matters more than with low-cal foods.