Vegetarian foods high in Calories (USDA Foundation)

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 100 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV
1	Oil, coconut	Fats and Oils	833.00 kcal	42%
2	Egg, yolk, dried	Dairy and Egg Products	654.00 kcal	33%
3	Nuts, almonds, dry roasted, with salt added	Nut and Seed Products	620.00 kcal	31%
4	Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, with salt added	Nut and Seed Products	612.00 kcal	31%
5	Peanut butter, smooth style, with salt	Legumes and Legume Products	597.00 kcal	30%
6	Egg, whole, dried	Dairy and Egg Products	575.00 kcal	29%
7	Flour, soy, full-fat	Legumes and Legume Products	452.00 kcal	23%
8	Cookies, oatmeal, soft, with raisins	Baked Products	430.00 kcal	22%
9	Cheese, parmesan, grated	Dairy and Egg Products	421.00 kcal	21%
10	Cheese, cheddar	Dairy and Egg Products	408.00 kcal	20%
11	Cheese, swiss	Dairy and Egg Products	393.00 kcal	20%
12	Cheese, swiss	Dairy and Egg Products	393.00 kcal	20%
13	Sugars, granulated	Sweets	385.00 kcal	19%
14	Sugars, granulated	Sweets	385.00 kcal	19%
15	Egg, white, dried	Dairy and Egg Products	376.00 kcal	19%
16	Cheese, American, restaurant	Dairy and Egg Products	375.00 kcal	19%
17	Flour, whole wheat, unenriched	Cereal Grains and Pasta	370.00 kcal	18%
18	Flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, bleached	Cereal Grains and Pasta	366.00 kcal	18%
19	Flour, soy, defatted	Legumes and Legume Products	366.00 kcal	18%
20	Cheese, pasteurized process, American, vitamin D fortified	Dairy and Egg Products	366.00 kcal	18%
21	Flour, rice, brown	Cereal Grains and Pasta	365.25 kcal	18%
22	Flour, corn, yellow, fine meal, enriched	Cereal Grains and Pasta	364.00 kcal	18%
23	Flour, bread, white, enriched, unbleached	Cereal Grains and Pasta	363.00 kcal	18%
24	Flour, wheat, all-purpose, unenriched, unbleached	Cereal Grains and Pasta	362.00 kcal	18%
25	Flour, rice, white, unenriched	Cereal Grains and Pasta	359.00 kcal	18%
26	Flour, pastry, unenriched, unbleached	Cereal Grains and Pasta	358.00 kcal	18%
27	Flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, unbleached	Cereal Grains and Pasta	358.00 kcal	18%
28	Flour, rice, glutinous	Cereal Grains and Pasta	358.00 kcal	18%
29	Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg yolk	Dairy and Egg Products	334.00 kcal	17%
30	Cheese, dry white, queso seco	Dairy and Egg Products	326.00 kcal	16%
31	Cheese, dry white, queso seco	Dairy and Egg Products	326.00 kcal	16%
32	Cheese, mozzarella, low moisture, part-skim	Dairy and Egg Products	298.00 kcal	15%
33	Egg, yolk, raw, frozen, pasteurized	Dairy and Egg Products	296.00 kcal	15%
34	Onion rings, breaded, par fried, frozen, prepared, heated in oven	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	288.00 kcal	14%
35	Bread, white, commercially prepared	Baked Products	270.00 kcal	14%
36	Bread, whole-wheat, commercially prepared	Baked Products	254.00 kcal	13%
37	Figs, dried, uncooked	Fruits and Fruit Juices	249.00 kcal	12%
38	Figs, dried, uncooked	Fruits and Fruit Juices	249.00 kcal	12%
39	Restaurant, Latino, pupusas con frijoles (pupusas, bean)	Restaurant Foods	229.00 kcal	11%
40	Hummus, commercial	Legumes and Legume Products	229.00 kcal	11%
41	Cheese, ricotta, whole milk	Dairy and Egg Products	157.00 kcal	8%
42	Cheese, ricotta, whole milk	Dairy and Egg Products	157.00 kcal	8%
43	Egg, whole, raw, frozen, pasteurized	Dairy and Egg Products	150.00 kcal	8%
44	Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole	Dairy and Egg Products	148.00 kcal	7%
45	Garlic, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	143.00 kcal	7%
46	Olives, green, Manzanilla, stuffed with pimiento	Fruits and Fruit Juices	130.00 kcal	6%
47	Ketchup, restaurant	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	117.00 kcal	6%
48	Bananas, ripe and slightly ripe, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	97.00 kcal	5%
49	Bananas, ripe and slightly ripe, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	97.00 kcal	5%
50	Bananas, overripe, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	85.00 kcal	4%

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