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 7,756 foods
| # | Food | Category | Per 100 g | % DV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fish oil, sardine | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% |
| 2 | Fish oil, cod liver | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% |
| 3 | Fish oil, salmon | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% |
| 4 | Fish oil, menhaden, fully hydrogenated | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% |
| 5 | Fish oil, menhaden | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% |
| 6 | Fish oil, herring | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% |
| 7 | Lard | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% |
| 8 | Fat, beef tallow | Fats and Oils | 902.00 kcal | 45% |
| 9 | Fat, goose | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% |
| 10 | Fat, turkey | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% |
| 11 | Shortening frying (heavy duty), beef tallow and cottonseed | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% |
| 12 | Shortening industrial, lard and vegetable oil | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% |
| 13 | Fat, chicken | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% |
| 14 | Shortening, household, lard and vegetable oil | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% |
| 15 | Oil, industrial, soy, low linolenic | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% |
| 16 | Butter, Clarified butter (ghee) | Dairy and Egg Products | 900.00 kcal | 45% |
| 17 | Oil, industrial, canola, high oleic | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% |
| 18 | Oil, corn, industrial and retail, all purpose salad or cooking | Fats and Oils | 900.00 kcal | 45% |
| 19 | Oil, beluga, whale (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 900.00 kcal | 45% |
| 20 | Oil, walrus (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 900.00 kcal | 45% |
| 21 | Oil, whale, bowhead (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 900.00 kcal | 45% |
| 22 | Oil, bearded seal (Oogruk) (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 899.00 kcal | 45% |
| 23 | Pork, bacon, rendered fat, cooked | Pork Products | 898.00 kcal | 45% |
| 24 | Animal fat, bacon grease | Fats and Oils | 897.00 kcal | 45% |
| 25 | Oil, spotted seal (Alaska Native) | American Indian/Alaska Native Foods | 894.00 kcal | 45% |
| 26 | Oil, coconut | Fats and Oils | 892.00 kcal | 45% |
| 27 | Shortening, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated ) for baking and confections | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 28 | Shortening, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated ) and corn for frying | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 29 | Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated ), palm, principal uses icings and fillings | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 30 | Oil, industrial, palm kernel (hydrogenated), filling fat | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 31 | Oil, industrial, palm kernel (hydrogenated), confection fat, intermediate grade product | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 32 | Oil, industrial, palm kernel (hydrogenated), confection fat, uses similar to 95 degree hard butter | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 33 | Oil, industrial, palm kernel, confection fat, uses similar to high quality cocoa butter | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 34 | Oil, industrial, soy, refined, for woks and light frying | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 35 | Shortening, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated), pourable liquid fry shortening | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 36 | Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated), principal uses popcorn and flavoring vegetables | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 37 | Oil, industrial, coconut, principal uses candy coatings, oil sprays, roasting nuts | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 38 | Shortening, vegetable, household, composite | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 39 | Shortening, multipurpose, soybean (hydrogenated) and palm (hydrogenated) | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 40 | Oil, oat | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 41 | Shortening, special purpose for baking, soybean (hydrogenated) palm and cottonseed | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 42 | Shortening, special purpose for cakes and frostings, soybean (hydrogenated) | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 43 | Oil, avocado | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 44 | Oil, ucuhuba butter | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 45 | Shortening industrial, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 46 | Shortening confectionery, coconut (hydrogenated) and or palm kernel (hydrogenated) | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 47 | Oil, soybean, salad or cooking, (partially hydrogenated) and cottonseed | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 48 | Oil, cupu assu | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 49 | Oil, vegetable, soybean, refined | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
| 50 | Oil, industrial, palm kernel (hydrogenated) , used for whipped toppings, non-dairy | Fats and Oils | 884.00 kcal | 44% |
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