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What does 200 Calories Look Like? Category:  Food ▼

Some foods have significantly more Calories than others but what does the difference actually look like. Each of the photographs below
represents 200 Calories of the particular type of food; the images are sorted from low to high calorie density. When you consider that an entire
plate of broccoli contains the same number of Calories as a small spoonful of peanut butter, you might think twice the next time you decide what to eat.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the average adult needs to consume about 2000 - 2500 Calories to maintain their weight. In other words,
you have a fixed amount of Calories to "spend" each day; based on the following pictures, which would you eat?

Pictures of 200 Calories of Various Foods

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Celery Mini Peppers Broccoli

1425 grams = 200 Calories 740 grams = 200 Calories 588 grams = 200 Calories

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Baby Carrots Honeydew Melon Coca Cola

570 grams = 200 Calories 553 grams = 200 Calories 496 ml = 200 Calories

Red Onions Apples Canned Green Peas

475 grams = 200 Calories 385 grams = 200 Calories 357 grams = 200 Calories

Whole Milk Kiwi Fruit Canned Sweet Corn

333 ml = 200 Calories 328 grams = 200 Calories 308 grams = 200 Calories

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Grapes Ketchup Sliced Smoked Turkey

290 grams = 200 Calories 226 grams = 200 Calories 204 grams = 200 Calories

Balsamic Vinegar Lowfat Strawberry Yogurt Canned Chili con Carne

200 ml = 200 Calories 196 grams = 200 Calories 189 grams = 200 Calories

Canned Black Beans Canned Pork and Beans Eggs

186 grams = 200 Calories 186 grams = 200 Calories 150 grams = 200 Calories

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Cooked Pasta Avocado Canned Tuna Packed in Oil

145 grams = 200 Calories 125 grams = 200 Calories 102 grams = 200 Calories

Fiber One Cereal Flax Bread Dried Apricots

100 grams = 200 Calories 90 grams = 200 Calories 83 grams = 200 Calories

Jack in the Box Cheeseburger Jack in the Box French Fries Jack in the Box Chicken Sandwich
75 grams = 200 Calories 73 grams = 200 Calories 72 grams = 200 Calories

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French Sandwich Roll Blueberry Muffin Sesame Seed Bagel

72 grams = 200 Calories 72 grams = 200 Calories 70 grams = 200 Calories

Tootsie Pops Hot Dogs Wheat Dinner Rolls

68 grams = 200 Calories 66 grams = 200 Calories 66 grams = 200 Calories

Corn Bran Cereal Bailey's Irish Cream Smarties Candy

60 grams = 200 Calories 60 ml = 200 Calories 57 grams = 200 Calories

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Uncooked Pasta Blackberry Pie Cranberry Vanilla Crunch Cereal

56 grams = 200 Calories 56 grams = 200 Calories 55 grams = 200 Calories

Cornmeal Wheat Flour Peanut Butter Power Bar

55 grams = 200 Calories 55 grams = 200 Calories 54 grams = 200 Calories

Puffed Rice Cereal Jelly Belly Jelly Beans Puffed Wheat Cereal
54 grams = 200 Calories 54 grams = 200 Calories 53 grams = 200 Calories

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Brown Sugar Glazed Doughnut Salted Pretzels

53 grams = 200 Calories 52 grams = 200 Calories 52 grams = 200 Calories

Medium Cheddar Cheese Fruit Loops Cereal Gummy Bears

51 grams = 200 Calories 51 grams = 200 Calories 51 grams = 200 Calories

Splenda Artificial Sweetener Salted Saltines Crackers Werther's Originals Candy

50 grams = 200 Calories 50 grams = 200 Calories 50 grams = 200 Calories

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Snickers Chocolate Bar Doritos Marshmallow Treat

41 grams = 200 Calories 41 grams = 200 Calories 40 grams = 200 Calories

M&M Candy Peanut Butter Crackers Cheetos

40 grams = 200 Calories 39 grams = 200 Calories 38 grams = 200 Calories

Potato Chips Hershey Kisses Sliced and Toasted Almonds

37 grams = 200 Calories 36 grams = 200 Calories 35 grams = 200 Calories

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Fried Bacon Peanut Butter Salted Mixed Nuts

34 grams = 200 Calories 34 grams = 200 Calories 33 grams = 200 Calories

Butter Canola Oil

28 grams = 200 Calories 23 grams = 200 Calories

Answers to some questions and other notes:

Why 200 Calories? We could have chosen any amount of Calories for this project, but we wanted something that gave tangible volumes for the
entire range of items. We felt that 100 Calories of butter or oil would have yielded diminutive portion sizes; on the other hand 500 Calories of
celery would have been virtually incomprehensible.

How did you choose which foods to include in the project? Many of the items we chose just happened to be in the wiseGEEK pantry; we chose the others
because we wanted to display foods in a wide variety of categories. We stayed away from prepared foods such as funnel cake and spanakopita because
their Caloric content is closely tied to the particular recipe used; we also avoided some more obscure foods such as mangosteen and jackfruit.

The sorting can be misleading because items with liquid tend to appear less Calorie dense; that's why you will find coke amongst the vegetables and
cooked pasta significantly higher than uncooked pasta.

All pictures were taken with the same camera (Nikon D70 digital camera) and with the same setup; in other words, the portion sizes displayed are all

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relative to each other.

The plate is 10.25" (26cm) in diameter and the bowl is 6.25" (16cm)

This article deals with Calories only. Don't forget that there are other considerations when choosing which foods to eat, such as nutritive value and diversity
of your food choices.

The capital "C" in "Calories" throughout this article denotes dietary as opposed to physics calories.

Written by L. S. Wynn

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