Foods high in Energy (Atwater General Factors)

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Energy (Atwater General Factors) content per 100 g, drawn live from 252 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Energy (Atwater General Factors)

Ranked by Energy (Atwater General Factors) per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (KCAL)
1	Nuts, pecans, halves, raw	Foundation Food	750
2	Nuts, walnuts, English, halves, raw	Foundation Food	730
3	Nuts, macadamia nuts, raw	Foundation Food	712
4	Sesame butter, creamy	Foundation Food	697
5	Nuts, pine nuts, raw	Foundation Food	689
6	Nuts, brazilnuts, raw	Foundation Food	664
7	Almond butter, creamy	Foundation Food	645
8	Nuts, hazelnuts or filberts, raw	Foundation Food	641
9	Peanut butter, smooth style, with salt	Foundation Food	639
10	Peanut butter, creamy	Foundation Food	632
11	Nuts, almonds, whole, raw	Foundation Food	626
12	Flour, almond	Foundation Food	622
13	Seeds, sunflower seed, kernel, raw	Foundation Food	609
14	Nuts, pistachio nuts, raw	Foundation Food	598
15	Peanuts, raw	Foundation Food	588
16	Nuts, cashew nuts, raw	Foundation Food	565
17	Seeds, pumpkin seeds (pepitas), raw	Foundation Food	555
18	Flaxseed, ground	Foundation Food	545
19	Chia seeds, dry, raw	Foundation Food	517
20	Flour, coconut	Foundation Food	438
21	Cheese, parmesan, grated, refrigerated	Foundation Food	403
22	Sorghum bran, white, unenriched, dry, raw	Foundation Food	403
23	Cheese, monterey jack, solid	Foundation Food	392
24	Flour, oat, whole grain	Foundation Food	389
25	Flour, quinoa	Foundation Food	385

Lowest in Energy (Atwater General Factors)

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (KCAL)
243	Almond milk, unsweetened, plain, shelf stable	Foundation Food	14.56
244	Cucumber, with peel, raw	Foundation Food	15.9
245	Celery, raw	Foundation Food	16.7
246	Lettuce, iceberg, raw	Foundation Food	17.1
247	Lettuce, leaf, red, raw	Foundation Food	17.5
248	Squash, summer, green, zucchini, includes skin, raw	Foundation Food	19
249	Almond milk, unsweetened, plain, refrigerated	Foundation Food	19.3
250	Watermelon, seedless, rind only, raw	Foundation Food	19.4
251	Radishes, red, raw	Foundation Food	19.6
252	Cabbage, bok choy, raw	Foundation Food	20.3

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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.