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Calories in
fast foods, potato, french fried in vegetable oil

312 kcal per 100 g Fast foods, potato, french fried in vegetable oil contains 312 calories per 100 grams, or about 222 calories per serving small. Per 100 g it provides 3.4 g protein, 41.4 g carbohydrate and 14.7 g fat.

By calories that splits 53% carbohydrate, 4% protein, 42% fat — dissected below.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 170698·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Energy anatomy — per 100 g Plate 0766 of 1799
54%42% 0 78 156 234 312 kcal
Protein 3.4 g × 4 kcal/g 14 kcal · 4%
Carbohydrate 41.4 g × 4 kcal/g 166 kcal · 54%
Fat 14.7 g × 9 kcal/g 133 kcal · 42%
Shorthand total Atwater 4 · 4 · 9 312 kcal
As published by USDA food-specific factors 312 kcal

The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 312 kcal and USDA publishes 312 kcal. The arithmetic closes, so the axis above is simply that figure divided by the shares.

SourceUSDA FoodData Central, SR LegacyFDC 170698retrieved 2026-07

Per 100 g312kcal
Per serving small222kcal · 71.0 g
Protein3.4g per 100 g
Walk it off45minutes 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 serving small71.0 g 222 2.4 g29.4 g10.5 g
1 serving medium117.0 g 365 4.0 g48.5 g17.2 g
1 serving large154.0 g 480 5.3 g63.8 g22.7 g

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Full nutrition, per 100 g and per serving small

NutrientPer 100 gPer serving small
Energy312 kcal222 kcal
Protein3.4 g2.4 g
Total fat14.7 g10.5 g
Saturated fat2.3 g1.7 g
Carbohydrate41.4 g29.4 g
Fibre3.8 g2.7 g
Sugars0.3 g0.2 g
Sodium210.0 mg149.1 mg
Potassium579.0 mg411.1 mg
Calcium18.0 mg12.8 mg
Iron0.8 mg0.6 mg
Vitamin C4.7 mg3.3 mg
Vitamin A0.0 µg0.0 µg
Cholesterol0.0 mg0.0 mg
Water38.6 g27.4 g

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

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 170698·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How fast foods, potato, french fried in vegetable oil compares

Among the 79 fast foods items on this site, fast foods, potato, french fried in vegetable oil ranks 18 of 79 by calorie density, against a category average of 266 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 17% more calorie-dense than typical for its group.

It carries 1.1 g of protein per 100 calories, so it is not a meaningful protein source.

To burn off one serving small (222 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 45 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 fast foods, potato, french fried in vegetable oil. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.

Questions this entry settles

How many calories are in fast foods, potato, french fried in vegetable oil?

Fast foods, potato, french fried in vegetable oil contains 312 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 222 calories per serving small. It also provides 3.4 g of protein, 41.4 g of carbohydrate and 14.7 g of fat per 100 g.

What is the macro breakdown of fast foods, potato, french fried in vegetable oil?

By calories, fast foods, potato, french fried in vegetable oil is roughly 53% carbohydrate, 4% protein and 42% fat. That makes it a predominantly carbohydrate-based food.

How long does it take to burn off a serving small?

About 45 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 fast foods, potato, french fried in vegetable oil 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: "Fast foods, potato, french fried in vegetable oil". 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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