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Highest calorie foods

The most calorie-dense foods, per 100 g. Topped by fat, beef tallow at 902.0 kcal.

Highest calorie foods, top 50

#FoodcalorieCaloriesProtein
1 Fat, beef tallow 902.0 kcal9020.0 g
2 Fish oil, cod liver 902.0 kcal9020.0 g
3 Fish oil, herring 902.0 kcal9020.0 g
4 Fish oil, menhaden 902.0 kcal9020.0 g
5 Fish oil, salmon 902.0 kcal9020.0 g
6 Fish oil, sardine 902.0 kcal9020.0 g
7 Lard 902.0 kcal9020.0 g
8 Butter, Clarified butter (ghee) 900.0 kcal9000.0 g
9 Fat, chicken 900.0 kcal9000.0 g
10 Fat, goose 900.0 kcal9000.0 g
11 Fat, turkey 900.0 kcal9000.0 g
12 Shortening frying (heavy duty), beef tallow and cottonseed 900.0 kcal9000.0 g
13 Shortening industrial, lard and vegetable oil 900.0 kcal9000.0 g
14 Pork, bacon, rendered fat 898.0 kcal8980.1 g
15 Animal fat, bacon grease 897.0 kcal8970.0 g
16 Oil, coconut 892.0 kcal8920.0 g
17 Oil, almond 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
18 Oil, apricot kernel 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
19 Oil, avocado 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
20 Oil, babassu 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
21 Oil, canola 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
22 Oil, cocoa butter 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
23 Oil, corn and canola 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
24 Oil, cupu assu 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
25 Oil, grapeseed 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
26 Oil, hazelnut 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
27 Oil, mustard 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
28 Oil, nutmeg butter 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
29 Oil, oat 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
30 Oil, palm 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
31 Oil, poppyseed 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
32 Oil, rice bran 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
33 Oil, sheanut 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
34 Oil, teaseed 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
35 Oil, tomatoseed 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
36 Oil, ucuhuba butter 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
37 Oil, walnut 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
38 Oil, wheat germ 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
39 Shortening bread, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
40 Shortening cake mix, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed (hydrogenated) 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
41 Shortening frying (heavy duty), palm (hydrogenated) 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
42 Shortening household soybean (hydrogenated) and palm 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
43 Shortening industrial, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed 884.0 kcal8840.0 g
44 Butter oil, anhydrous 876.0 kcal8760.3 g
45 Vegetable oil, palm kernel 862.0 kcal8620.0 g
46 Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products 857.0 kcal8571.8 g
47 Beef, variety meats and by-products, suet 854.0 kcal8541.5 g
48 Pork, fresh, backfat 812.0 kcal8122.9 g
49 Oil, soybean lecithin 763.0 kcal7630.0 g
50 Pork, cured, salt pork 748.0 kcal7485.1 g

Ranking by weight favours dry and concentrated foods — fat, beef tallow tops this list partly because it contains little water.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

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