40 %
Vitamin B12 contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism, to the normal function of the immune system and to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
How many calories are in steamed luncheon meat?
288kcal
in a 100 g portion
288 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 19-136, 10 analysed samples. Checked 5 October 2026.
22.3 gFat
11.9 gProtein
10.5 gCarbohydrate
40 %Daily vitamin B12
What’s in a 100 g portion
More than half of a portion is water. The rest is 22.3 g fat and 11.9 g protein.
- 22.3 gFat
- 11.9 gProtein
- 10.5 gCarbohydrate
- 57.1 gWater
Above average for meat
Luncheon meat is 288 kcal per 100 g. The 253 meat in this database average 241.
Luncheon meat288
Meat average241
High in salt
1.7 g of salt per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 1.5 g).
Salt, per portion1.7 g
Vitamins and minerals in luncheon meat
One of the 10 recorded reach the “high in” level. Vitamin B12 leads.
Only a trace
- Fibre
Show all 10 with amounts
Vitamin B120.001 mg, 40 %
Zinc2 mg, 20 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.14 mg, 13 %
Copper0.1 mg, 10 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.13 mg, 9.3 %
Potassium180 mg, 9 %
Iron1.2 mg, 8.6 %
Magnesium13 mg, 3.5 %
Calcium8 mg, 1 %
Folate0.001 mg, 0.5 %
Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”. A trace is shown as “trace” and never counts.
What luncheon meat doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
Only 0.5 % of the folate reference intake, 3.5 % of the magnesium reference intake and 8.6 % of the iron reference intake per 100 g.
Folate
0.5%in luncheon meat, per 100 g
Find it inLiver, chicken, fried675 % per 100 g
Magnesium
3.5%in luncheon meat, per 100 g
Find it inCoriander leaves, dried184 % per 100 g
Iron
8.6%in luncheon meat, per 100 g
Find it inThyme, dried, ground883 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Luncheon meat against other meat
Per 100 g, luncheon meat has the most vitamin B12 of the 6 here, ahead of ham (gammon rashers, grilled).
0.001mg
0.001mg
0.001mg
0.0009mg
0.0006mg
0.0004mg
Luncheon meat, Chinese, steamedthis page
Sausages, beef, grilled−0.0001 mg
Pork, fillet strips, stir-fried, lean−0.0004 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against luncheon meat.
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Questions about luncheon meat
The questions people ask about luncheon meat, answered from the dataset.
How many calories are in a portion of luncheon meat?
A typical portion (100 g cooked) gives 288 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 288 kcal.
Is luncheon meat high in vitamin B12?
Yes. Luncheon meat, Chinese, steamed has 0.001 mg vitamin B12 per 100 g, 40 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Which vitamins and minerals does luncheon meat have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: vitamin B12 (0.001 mg, 40 %), zinc (2 mg, 20 %) and thiamin (0.14 mg, 13 %) per 100 g.
Is luncheon meat a good source of protein?
Luncheon meat, Chinese, steamed has 11.9 g protein per 100 g, 17 % of the energy, which meets the UK threshold for “source of protein”.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 19-136, Luncheon meat, Chinese, steamed, 10 analysed samples, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: Meat Products and Dishes Supplement, 1996. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a portion is 100 g, 100 g cooked, the usual UK portion for meat. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g. Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 253 meat kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample, and where no illustration of the exact food exists the nearest one is shown (here: Beef). Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More meat
From the same group, with calories per 100 g, and the foods with the most vitamin B12.
More meat
- Lamb, New Zealand, loin chops, frozen, grilled, lean and fat364 kcal
- Pork, belly joint/slices, grilled, lean and fat320 kcal
- Pork, shoulder steaks (collar), raw, lean and fat168 kcal
- Veal, escalope, raw106 kcal
- Beef, flank, raw, lean and fat266 kcal
- Beef, topside, roasted well-done, lean and fat244 kcal
- All 253 meat
Most vitamin B12
- Liver, ox, raw0.11 mg
- Liver, ox, stewed0.11 mg
- Liver, lamb, fried0.083 mg
- Liver, calf, raw0.068 mg
- Liver and bacon, fried0.0666 mg
- Liver, calf, fried0.058 mg
- Vitamin B12 guide