Foods high in Energy

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Energy content per 100 g, drawn live from 1,992 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Energy

Ranked by Energy per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (KCAL)
1	Fat, beef tallow	FNDDS ingredient	902
2	Lard	FNDDS ingredient	902
3	Oil, peanut	FNDDS ingredient	900
4	Oil, soybean	FNDDS ingredient	900
5	Oil, industrial, canola, high oleic	FNDDS ingredient	900
6	Oil, olive, extra virgin	FNDDS ingredient	900
7	Oil, industrial, soy, low linolenic	FNDDS ingredient	900
8	Oil, safflower	FNDDS ingredient	900
9	Oil, corn	FNDDS ingredient	900
10	Oil, canola	FNDDS ingredient	900
11	Fat, chicken	FNDDS ingredient	900
12	Fat, turkey	FNDDS ingredient	900
13	Oil, olive, extra light	FNDDS ingredient	900
14	Animal fat, bacon grease	FNDDS ingredient	897
15	Oil, coconut	FNDDS ingredient	895
16	Oil, industrial, coconut, confection fat, typical basis for ice cream coatings	FNDDS ingredient	884
17	Oil, industrial, soy, fully hydrogenated	FNDDS ingredient	884
18	Oil, wheat germ	FNDDS ingredient	884
19	Oil, sesame, salad or cooking	FNDDS ingredient	884
20	Shortening, vegetable, household, composite	FNDDS ingredient	884
21	Oil, industrial, soy, ultra low linolenic	FNDDS ingredient	884
22	Oil, cottonseed, salad or cooking	FNDDS ingredient	884
23	Oil, flaxseed, cold pressed	FNDDS ingredient	884
24	Oil, sunflower, linoleic, (approx. 65%)	FNDDS ingredient	884
25	Oil, walnut	FNDDS ingredient	884

Lowest in Energy

For contrast — the 10 lowest non-zero values on record, per 100g.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (KCAL)
1983	Beverages, tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water, decaffeinated	FNDDS ingredient	1
1984	Beverages, tea, herb, other than chamomile, brewed	FNDDS ingredient	1
1985	Beverages, tea, green, brewed, regular	FNDDS ingredient	1
1986	Beverages, Energy drink, VAULT Zero, sugar-free, citrus flavor	FNDDS ingredient	1
1987	Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water	FNDDS ingredient	1
1988	Beverages, tea, herb, brewed, chamomile	FNDDS ingredient	1
1989	Beverages, carbonated, low calorie, cola or pepper-type, with aspartame, without caffeine	FNDDS ingredient	1
1990	Beverages, tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water	FNDDS ingredient	1
1991	Beverages, tea, black, ready-to-drink, lemon, diet	FNDDS ingredient	1
1992	Beverages, tea, Oolong, brewed	FNDDS ingredient	1

More on Energy

What Energy is, how it is measured, and where these values come from.

Energy nutrient reference →

Sourced from USDA FoodData Central — Foundation Foods; not yet through an editorial verification pass.

USDA release 2026-04-30. All values are per 100 g unless stated otherwise.