Thigh Chicken Calories and Nutrition Facts

Chicken, thigh, meat and skin, raw nutrition facts

The table below shows the complete nutritional profile for chicken, thigh, meat and skin, raw per 100 g (the laboratory analytical standard), alongside the share of the FDA Daily Value each nutrient covers. Most of its calories come from fat, and it is high in protein (17.1 g per 100 g).

*Percent Daily Value per 100 g, against the FDA reference intakes for adults and children 4+ years (50 g protein, 275 g carbohydrate, 28 g fibre, 78 g fat, 20 g saturated fat, 2300 mg sodium). Total sugars has no Daily Value — the 50 g reference applies to added sugars only, and USDA reports total sugars here.

Thigh Chicken calories by weight: ounces, pounds and grams

USDA publishes this food per 100 g, so here is the same profile converted to the weights a kitchen scale and a US recipe actually use. At 1.88 kcal per gram (medium energy density), medium energy density — portion size starts to matter, so weigh it if you are tracking closely.

How thigh chicken compares to other poultry

Against the 11 poultry in this database, thigh chicken ranks 10th lowest in calories and 11th highest in protein. The category averages 153 kcal per 100 g, so this one is 23% above it. The lightest option in the category is chicken, breast, boneless, skinless, raw at 106 kcal per 100 g, and the protein leader is chicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, cooked, braised at 32.1 g per 100 g.

Portion planning with thigh chicken

• 100 calories comes to about 53 g (1.9 oz).
• 20 g of protein takes about 117 g, bringing 220 kcal with it — that is 9.1 g of protein per 100 calories.
• Macro split by calories: 0% carbs, 36% protein, 64% fat.

Nutrient screening detail

The badges near the top of this page come from screening the per-100 g values against the FDA nutrient-content thresholds in 21 CFR 101.54–101.62. The regulations define those claims per reference serving rather than per 100 g, so treat these as a like-for-like comparison between foods, not as a statement about a product label:

• High protein — 17.1 g per 100 g (≥ 20% DV)
• Low saturated fat — 0 g per 100 g (≤ 1 g)
• Low sodium — 64 mg per 100 g (≤ 140 mg)
• Sugar free — 0 g total sugars per 100 g (< 0.5 g)
• Keto-friendly — 0 g net carbs per 100 g (≤ 5 g)

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