How many calories are in filet mignon?

200 calories per 100g broiled, with the outside fat trimmed. A 6 oz restaurant filet is 340 calories and an 8 oz is 454. Ribeye steak is 285 calories per 100g, so the same size ribeye is close to half again as much.

Is filet mignon lean?

It is the leanest of the premium cuts: 8.4g of fat per 100g and 3.2g of saturated fat per 100g. Ribeye steak carries 21.1g of fat per 100g. The tenderloin muscle does almost no work, so it has little marbling, which is also why it has less flavour and why restaurants wrap it in bacon.

Filet mignon vs sirloin?

Sirloin steak is 212 calories per 100g against filet at 200, and 8g of fat per 100g against 8.4g. They are far closer than the price gap suggests. What filet buys is tenderness, not leanness, and a good sirloin has more beef flavour.

Is filet mignon keto-friendly?

Yes: 0g of carbohydrate per 100g. It is a lean cut though, at 8.4g of fat per 100g, so on keto it is a protein source rather than a fat source. The butter or bearnaise almost everyone puts on it is doing that job.

How much protein is in filet mignon?

29g of protein per 100g, so a 6 oz filet gives about 49g and an 8 oz about 66g. That is more protein per gram than ribeye steak at 23.9g of protein per 100g, because there is less fat displacing muscle.

Why is filet mignon so expensive?

There are two tenderloins on a carcass and they weigh a few pounds between them, against a hundred pounds of chuck and round. It is scarcity, not nutrition: at 200 calories per 100g and 29g of protein per 100g, filet is a good steak and an unremarkable piece of meat on paper.

How should filet mignon be cooked?

Medium rare and no further. With 8.4g of fat per 100g there is nothing to keep it moist once the middle passes about 57C, and an overcooked filet is the most expensive dry meat you can buy. Sear both faces hard, finish it in the oven, rest it before slicing.

Is filet mignon good for weight loss?

Better than most steak. A 6 oz filet is 340 calories and about 49g of protein, where the same weight of ribeye steak is 485 calories. If steak is what you want on a calorie target, filet or sirloin is where it works out.

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Calories in Filet Mignon

USDA Verified · FDC 171811 · Sep 2026

170 calories

per 3 oz broiled (85g)

29g

Protein

Carbs

8.4g

Fat

Fiber

Per 100g cooked

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