Foods High in Calories: Top 30 per 100 g & per Serving

Highest in calories per 100 g

30 of 379 ranked foods, most calories first. % = share of the FDA Daily Value. n/r = not reported.

Most calories per typical serving

The same foods ranked by what one typical USDA portion gives, which is what you eat.

Best by food group

The top three of each group per 100 g (rank within the group).

• Fruits

  1. 1. Blueberries (dried, sweetened): 317 kcal
  2. 2. Golden raisins (seedless): 301 kcal
  3. 3. Dark raisins (seedless): 299 kcal

• Vegetables

  1. 1. Sun-dried tomatoes: 258 kcal
  2. 2. Potato puffs (frozen, oven-heated): 192 kcal
  3. 3. Garlic (raw): 149 kcal

• Legumes

  1. 1. Peanut butter with omega-3 (creamy): 608 kcal
  2. 2. Peanut butter (smooth style, without salt): 598 kcal
  3. 3. Peanut butter (reduced sodium): 590 kcal

• Nuts and Seeds

  1. 1. Pecans: 691 kcal
  2. 2. Walnuts (English): 654 kcal
  3. 3. Sunflower seed butter (without salt): 617 kcal

• Grains

  1. 1. Flat noodles (crunchy, Chinese restaurant): 521 kcal
  2. 2. Taco shells (baked): 476 kcal
  3. 3. Chow mein noodles (Chinese): 471 kcal

• Dairy Foods

  1. 1. Ghee (clarified butter): 900 kcal
  2. 2. Butter oil (anhydrous): 876 kcal
  3. 3. Whipped butter (with salt): 731 kcal

• Meats

  1. 1. Pork (cured, salt pork, raw): 748 kcal
  2. 2. Pork belly (raw): 518 kcal
  3. 3. Lamb seam fat (Australian, imported, raw): 459 kcal

• Fish and Seafood

  1. 1. Tuna (white, canned in oil, without salt, drained solids): 186 kcal
  2. 2. Salmon (Atlantic, wild, cooked, dry heat): 182 kcal
  3. 3. Salmon (pink, cooked, dry heat): 153 kcal

• Oils and Fats

  1. 1. Fish oil (cod liver): 902 kcal
  2. 1. Fish oil (sardine): 902 kcal
  3. 3. Avocado oil: 884 kcal

Plant-based (vegan) sources

Fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds, grains and oils with no animal ingredient, ranked among themselves per 100 g.

Concentrated forms (not ranked)

Flours, powders, concentrates, sugars and fortified foods with calories, listed by value per 100 g but left out of the rankings above.

Which foods are ranked

• The 379 foods on CalorieExplorer with a reported calories value. They are generic USDA FoodData Central rows (Foundation Foods and SR Legacy) with a plain name: no branded products, restaurant items, survey mixed dishes, baby foods or regional specialty rows.
• Only foods with more than 0 kcal are ranked (379 foods); a food with no reported value is left out, never counted as 0.
• Flours, crude brans, powders and dehydrated foods, juice concentrates, mixes, sugars and fortified foods are not ranked: per 100 g they beat every food eaten as is. They are listed separately below.
• Ties share a rank: foods with the same value per 100 g get the same number, and the next number is skipped.
• Typical portion = USDA's own serving weight for that food (a medium fruit, 1 cup, 1 oz…), as on its food page. Per 200 kcal shows how much you get for the same calories; foods under 5 kcal per 100 g are not ranked that way (–).
• % DV = share of the FDA Daily Value for calories, 2,000 kcal a day for adults and children 4 and older.

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