Have you ever wondered what 100 Calories of certain foods look like?
You’re in luck because we’ve compiled a pictorial list of popular foods (and one drink) to give you a visual representation of 100 Calories.
Almonds
17grams = .60ounces
Green Apple
196grams = 6.9ounces
Butter
14grams = .49ounces
Chocolate Sprinkles
23grams = .81ounces
Dijon Mustard
63grams = 2.2ounces
Feta Cheese
39grams = 1.4ounces
Frosted Flakes
25grams = .88ounces
Ketchup
92grams = 3.3ounces
Mayonnaise
15grams = .53ounces
Melon
299grams = 10.6ounces
Milk (2%)
181grams = 6.4ounces
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
9grams = .32ounces
Peanut Butter
15grams = .53ounces
Rice Cakes
27grams = .95ounces
White Sugar
26grams = .92ounces
White Bread
41grams = 1.4ounces
Dry White Wine
141grams = 5ounces
A big thanks to Man van Twaalf who took the photos.
Check out the video he made called “The 100 Calorie Museum”.
I loved seeing the mayo verses ketchup! Most of the rest seemed reasonable to me, but that’s probably because I measured all my food anyway! Great visuals though!
~Ang
Anyone who looks at any amount of peanut butter and goes OH MY GOD CALORIES is dense. There is nothing wrong with eating 100 calories over your daily need, its how many and which type of macronutrients you are taking in. most of the food shown here is awesome because you can get tons of nutrients in a small serving size, but all of that food is “good” for you in some way.
As someone who’s been trying to eat right for several decades, I’d find it more helpful to see 100 cals worth of chicken breast, fish, salmon, pasta, a few dif. vegies and a few popular ‘downfalls like pizza,lasagna,pie or ice cream
is there a website i can use to calculate the calories of all foods so i can only consume an exact predetermined amount?
Tha wine scares me I’m in AA and it’s empty calories
I think the little additions really catch up with people.
Add of course they didn’t show any of the really bad foods like french fries or pizza or donuts. I bet those portions would be tiny to equal 100 calories.
some of these results are VERY surprising. I had no idea about peanut butter for example. We really need to watch what we eat…
Most people don’t realize how many calories food actually has. This is why as a country we tend to underestimate the calories we’re eating and wonder why we’re gaining weight when we only had “2,000″ calories.
Buy a digital scale and weigh your food. Then you don’t need to worry about how many calories are there. You’ll know.
Yeah, the PB one is a bit scary, but I still think it’s a healthier choice than the (much larger) portions of white bread or rice cakes. It would fill me up more too.
Eeeeeek, the peanut butter visualisation worried me, too. I imagined such to be half those calories! Nice to see how much ketchup one can get for the same calorific value of mayo, another reason I avoid the white stuff.
A good visualization of what foods to keep a way from. I found the mayo to be most daunting.
A tablespoon of PB is about 100 calories. I’m a calorie-counter and can “eyeball” the amount of many things pretty well.
That peanut butter has scared me too!
Good job I like rice cakes…
I would have loved to see them all next to the same item like a golf ball so you could really see how tiny the portions are…the scale and dishes don’t have nearly as much impact.
Those are cool pics. All I could think about was that I’d have to eat a LOT of chocolate sprinkles to get 100 calories’ worth!
wow that peanut butter one is scary! I put much more than that on my toast.
Very nice article. With the proliferation of “100 Calorie Packs” and other single serving foods, it is always intriguing to see what my favorite foods would look like in their very own 100 calorie package.