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Calories in
beverages, malt liquor beverage

40 kcal per 100 g Beverages, Malt liquor beverage contains 40 calories per 100 grams, or about 474 calories per bottle. Per 100 g it provides 0.4 g protein, 0.0 g carbohydrate and 0.0 g fat.

By calories that splits 0% carbohydrate, 100% protein, 0% fat — dissected below.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 171907·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Energy anatomy — per 100 g Plate 0305 of 1799
100% 0 10 20 30 40 kcal
Protein 0.4 g × 4 kcal/g 1 kcal · 100%
Shorthand total Atwater 4 · 4 · 9 1 kcal
As published by USDA food-specific factors 40 kcal

The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 1 kcal; USDA publishes 40 kcal−39 kcal, 97.5% apart. That gap is expected, not an error: USDA derives energy with food-specific factors and, for many items, discounts the fibre that the shorthand still counts at four. The published figure is the better one, so the axis above is scaled to it and the shares are what the shorthand is genuinely good at.

SourceUSDA FoodData Central, SR LegacyFDC 171907retrieved 2026-07

Per 100 g40kcal
Per bottle474kcal · 1,184.0 g
Protein0.4g per 100 g
Walk it off97minutes walking
Proteingrams
Carbsgrams
Fatgrams
Walk it offmin at 70 kg

How this is worked out

  1. USDA measures every nutrient per 100 g of edible portion. That row is published here unchanged — nothing is rounded up, smoothed or "adjusted".
  2. The energy figure is USDA's own, derived with food-specific factors. This site never computes the calorie count it publishes.
  3. The Atwater shorthand 4 · 4 · 9 is applied to the protein, carbohydrate and fat grams only to split that energy into shares — and where the shorthand disagrees with the published figure, the gap is printed rather than hidden.
  4. A serving is a straight proportional conversion of the per-100 g row, using USDA's own household measures for the grams.
  5. The walking figure uses MET 4.0 at 70 kg, the same equation the sister site publishes.
per serving   = per 100 g × serving grams ÷ 100
energy shares = 4·P + 4·C + 9·F      (P, C, F in grams)
walk minutes  = kcal ÷ (4.0 × 3.5 × 70 ÷ 200)

Full data & method →

Calories in a typical serving

Per-100 g figures are useful for comparison but nobody eats 100 g of anything on purpose. These are the USDA's own household measures.

ServingGramsCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
1 bottle1,184.0 g 474 4.1 g0.0 g0.0 g

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Full nutrition, per 100 g and per bottle

NutrientPer 100 gPer bottle
Energy40 kcal474 kcal
Protein0.4 g4.1 g
Total fat0.0 g0.0 g
Saturated fat0.0 g0.0 g
Carbohydrate0.0 g0.0 g
Fibre0.0 g0.0 g
Sugars0.0 g0.0 g
Sodium3.0 mg35.5 mg
Potassium33.0 mg390.7 mg
Calcium3.0 mg35.5 mg
Iron0.0 mg0.4 mg
Vitamin C0.0 mg0.0 mg
Vitamin A0.0 µg0.0 µg
Cholesterol0.0 mg0.0 mg
Water94.5 g1,118.9 g

A dash means the nutrient was not measured for this item, which is not the same as zero.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 171907·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How beverages, malt liquor beverage compares

Among the 86 beverages items on this site, beverages, malt liquor beverage ranks 71 of 86 by calorie density, against a category average of 116 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 66% less calorie-dense than typical for its group.

It carries 0.9 g of protein per 100 calories, so it is not a meaningful protein source.

To burn off one bottle (474 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 97 minutes — see the walking calculation on our sister site, or pick a different activity. Treat that as a sense of scale rather than a rule: eating and moving are not a simple ledger.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

A reference table describes the average beverages, malt liquor beverage. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.

Questions this entry settles

How many calories are in beverages, malt liquor beverage?

Beverages, Malt liquor beverage contains 40 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 474 calories per bottle. It also provides 0.4 g of protein, 0.0 g of carbohydrate and 0.0 g of fat per 100 g.

What is the macro breakdown of beverages, malt liquor beverage?

By calories, beverages, malt liquor beverage is roughly 0% carbohydrate, 100% protein and 0% fat. That makes it a predominantly protein-based food.

How long does it take to burn off a bottle?

About 97 minutes of ordinary walking for a 70 kg adult (MET 4.0). That is a rough guide for scale, not a prescription — appetite and activity interact in ways a simple subtraction does not capture.

Is this figure exact for the beverages, malt liquor beverage I bought?

No. These are USDA reference values, averaged across samples. Real foods vary with variety, ripeness, growing conditions, cut, brand and how they were cooked — 10–20% either way is normal. Use them for planning, not precision.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy — public domain, reviewed JUL 2026. Full USDA description: "Beverages, Malt liquor beverage". General information only — not medical or nutrition advice. Values are averages for a food type and vary by brand, ripeness and preparation.

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