Most people think calories are bad. They are not. A calorie is simply the amount of energy a food contains, and your body needs energy to move, think, and maintain itself. The question is not whether to eat calories, but how many, and which foods deliver them alongside nutrients your body actually uses.
Calorie density varies wildly across foods. Fats pack nine calories per gram; proteins and carbohydrates pack four. A ranking by calories per 100 g shows you which foods are energy-dense and which are sparse. This is useful when you need to know whether a serving will satisfy hunger or slip past it unnoticed. Bear in mind that calorie counts on labels assume standard moisture content, so the actual density of fresh produce can shift with season and storage.
FDA daily value: 2000 kcal
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Showing 1–50 of 13,574 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fish oil, sardine | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 2 | Fish oil, cod liver | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 3 | Fish oil, salmon | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 4 | Fish oil, menhaden, fully hydrogenated | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 5 | Fish oil, menhaden | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 6 | Fish oil, herring | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 7 | Lard | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 8 | Fat, beef tallow | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 9 | Animal fat, lard (pork) | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 10 | Fish oil, sardine | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 11 | Fish oil, salmon | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 12 | Fish oil, menhaden, fully hydrogenated | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 13 | Fish oil, menhaden | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 14 | Fish oil, herring | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 15 | Fish oil, cod liver | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 16 | Animal fat, mutton tallow | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 17 | Animal fat, beef tallow | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 18 | Animal fat, native, bowhead, oil | Fats and Oils | 901.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 19 | Animal fat, native, walrus, oil | Fats and Oils | 901.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 20 | Animal fat, goose | Fats and Oils | 901.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 21 | Animal fat, turkey | Fats and Oils | 901.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 22 | Animal fat, chicken | Fats and Oils | 901.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 23 | Fat, goose | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 24 | Fat, turkey | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 25 | Shortening frying (heavy duty), beef tallow and cottonseed | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 26 | Shortening industrial, lard and vegetable oil | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 27 | Fat, chicken | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 28 | Shortening, household, lard and vegetable oil | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 29 | Oil, industrial, soy, low linolenic | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 30 | Butter, Clarified butter (ghee) | Dairy and Egg Products | 900.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 31 | Oil, industrial, canola, high oleic | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 32 | Oil, corn, industrial and retail, all purpose salad or cooking | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 33 | Oil, beluga, whale (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 900.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 34 | Oil, walrus (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 900.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 35 | Oil, whale, bowhead (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 900.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 36 | Vegetable oil, corn | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 37 | Oil, bearded seal (Oogruk) (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 899.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 38 | Animal fat, native, bearded seal, oil (oogruk oil) | Fats and Oils | 899.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 39 | Pork, bacon, rendered fat, cooked | Pork Products | 898.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 40 | Pork, cured, bacon, rendered fat, cooked | Pork Products | 898.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 41 | Animal fat, bacon grease | Fats and Oils | 897.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 42 | Animal fat, bacon grease | Fats and Oils | 897.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 43 | Game meat, native, ringed seal, blubber, aged, liquid | Lamb, Veal and Game | 895.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 44 | Oil, spotted seal (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 894.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 45 | Oil, coconut | Fats and Oils | 892.00 kcal | 45% | USDA_SR |
| 46 | Animal fat, native, moose, fat, dried | Fats and Oils | 892.00 kcal | 45% | CNF |
| 47 | Animal fat, native, beluga oil | Fats and Oils | 890.00 kcal | 44% | CNF |
| 48 | Meat drippings (lard, beef tallow, mutton tallow) | Fats and Oils | 890.00 kcal | 44% | CNF |
| 49 | Vegetable oil, corn, peanut and olive | Fats and Oils | 885.00 kcal | 44% | CNF |
| 50 | Vegetable oil, corn and canola | Fats and Oils | 885.00 kcal | 44% | CNF |
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