Brown Rice Calories and Nutrition Facts

Rice, brown, long grain, unenriched, raw nutrition facts

The table below shows the complete nutritional profile for rice, brown, long grain, unenriched, 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 carbohydrate, and it is a source of fibre.

*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.

Brown Rice 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 3.66 kcal per gram (medium energy density), medium energy density — portion size starts to matter, so weigh it if you are tracking closely.

How brown rice compares to other grains & pasta

Against the 41 grains & pasta in this database, brown rice ranks 19th lowest in calories and 35th highest in protein. The category averages 372 kcal per 100 g, so this one is 2% below it. The lightest option in the category is buckwheat, whole grain at 356 kcal per 100 g, and the protein leader is chia seeds, dry, raw at 17 g per 100 g.

Portion planning with brown rice

• 100 calories comes to about 27 g (1 oz).
• 20 g of protein takes about 274 g, bringing 1003 kcal with it — that is 2 g of protein per 100 calories.
• Fibre density is 0.8 g per 100 calories, covering 11% of the daily fibre target per 100 g.
• Macro split by calories: 84% carbs, 8% protein, 8% 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:

• Good source of protein — 7.3 g per 100 g (≥ 10% DV)
• Good source of fibre — 3 g per 100 g (≥ 10% DV)
• Low saturated fat — 0 g per 100 g (≤ 1 g)
• Sodium free — 0 mg per 100 g (< 5 mg)
• Sugar free — 0 g total sugars per 100 g (< 0.5 g)

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