Calories in stewed oxtail: 243 kcal per 100 g

What’s in a 100 g portion

More than half of a portion is water, which is why the calories stay low. What is left is mostly protein.

13.4 gFat

30.5 gProtein

53.9 gWater

2.2 gMinerals and the rest

13.4 gFat
30.5 gProtein
53.9 gWater
2.2 gMinerals and the rest

About average for meat

Oxtail is 243 kcal per 100 g. The 253 meat in this database average 241.

Oxtail243

Meat average241

Low in sugar

0 g of sugars per 100 g; the UK “low sugars” line is 5 g.

Sugars, per portion0 g

Salt, per portion0.48 g

Vitamins and minerals in oxtail

Four of the 18 reach the “high in” level, led by zinc.

88 %

Zinc

8.8 mg in a 100 g portion

3rd of 250 meat

Zinc contributes to the normal function of the immune system and to the maintenance of normal skin, hair and nails.

Vitamin B120.002 mg80 %

Niacin (vitamin B3)9.8 mg61 %

Chloride270 mg34 %

Iron3.8 mg27 %

Copper0.27 mg27 %

A source of

Only a trace

Vitamin A
Vitamin D

None recorded

Vitamin C

Show all 18 with amounts

Zinc8.8 mg, 88 %

Vitamin B120.002 mg, 80 %

Niacin (vitamin B3)9.8 mg, 61 %

Chloride270 mg, 34 %

Iron3.8 mg, 27 %

Copper0.27 mg, 27 %

Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.28 mg, 20 %

Phosphorus140 mg, 20 %

Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.9 mg, 15 %

Vitamin B60.14 mg, 10 %

Potassium170 mg, 8.5 %

Magnesium18 mg, 4.8 %

Folate0.009 mg, 4.5 %

Biotin0.002 mg, 4 %

Vitamin E0.45 mg, 3.8 %

Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.02 mg, 1.8 %

Calcium14 mg, 1.8 %

Vitamin Cnone recorded

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 oxtail doesn’t give you. And where to find it.

No recorded vitamin D, vitamin C or vitamin A.

Vitamin D

Tracein oxtail

Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g

Vitamin C

0mgin oxtail

Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g

Vitamin A

Tracein oxtail

Find it inLiver, calf, fried3152 % per 100 g

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Oxtail against other meat

Per 100 g, oxtail has the most zinc of the 6 here, ahead of lamb (shoulder, diced, kebabs, grilled, lean and fat).

8.8mg

5.6mg

4.8mg

2.7mg

2.4mg

Oxtail, meat only, stewed with added saltthis page

Lamb, shoulder, diced, kebabs, grilled, lean and fat−3.2 mg

Lamb, New Zealand, leg, whole, frozen, roasted, lean and fat−4 mg

Pate, meat, reduced fat−6.1 mg

Pork, trotters and tails, boiled with added salt−6.4 mg

Pork, mince, raw−6.4 mg

All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against oxtail.

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Questions about oxtail

What the numbers say to the questions people actually search.

How many calories are in a portion of oxtail?

A typical portion (100 g cooked) gives 243 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 243 kcal.

Is oxtail high in zinc?

Yes. Oxtail, meat only, stewed with added salt has 8.8 mg zinc per 100 g, 88 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.

Which vitamins and minerals does oxtail have most of?

By share of the daily reference intake: zinc (8.8 mg, 88 %), vitamin B12 (0.002 mg, 80 %) and niacin (9.8 mg, 61 %) per 100 g.

Is oxtail a good source of protein?

Oxtail, meat only, stewed with added salt has 30.5 g protein per 100 g, 50 % of the energy, which meets the UK threshold for “high protein”.

How these numbers were made

Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 18-420, Oxtail, meat only, stewed with added salt, 12 analysed samples, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: MW4, 1978. Values reviewed for Meat, Poultry and Game Supplement, 1995.. 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: Oxtail). Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.