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Calories in
salad dressing, coleslaw

404 kcal per 100 g Salad dressing, coleslaw contains 404 calories per 100 grams, or about 77 calories per tbsp. Per 100 g it provides 0.9 g protein, 22.4 g carbohydrate and 34.5 g fat.

By calories that splits 22% carbohydrate, 1% protein, 77% fat — dissected below.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 169056·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Energy anatomy — per 100 g Plate 1475 of 1799
22%77% 0 101 202 303 404 kcal
Protein 0.9 g × 4 kcal/g 3 kcal · 1%
Carbohydrate 22.4 g × 4 kcal/g 90 kcal · 22%
Fat 34.5 g × 9 kcal/g 311 kcal · 77%
Shorthand total Atwater 4 · 4 · 9 404 kcal
As published by USDA food-specific factors 404 kcal

The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 404 kcal and USDA publishes 404 kcal. The arithmetic closes, so the axis above is simply that figure divided by the shares.

SourceUSDA FoodData Central, SR LegacyFDC 169056retrieved 2026-07

Per 100 g404kcal
Per tbsp77kcal · 19.0 g
Protein0.9g per 100 g
Walk it off16minutes 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 tbsp19.0 g 77 0.2 g4.3 g6.6 g
1 cup289.0 g 1,168 2.5 g64.7 g99.8 g

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Full nutrition, per 100 g and per tbsp

NutrientPer 100 gPer tbsp
Energy404 kcal77 kcal
Protein0.9 g0.2 g
Total fat34.5 g6.6 g
Saturated fat5.3 g1.0 g
Carbohydrate22.4 g4.3 g
Fibre0.0 g0.0 g
Sugars21.2 g4.0 g
Sodium850.0 mg161.5 mg
Potassium35.0 mg6.7 mg
Calcium9.0 mg1.7 mg
Iron0.3 mg0.1 mg
Vitamin C0.6 mg0.1 mg
Vitamin A17.0 µg3.2 µg
Cholesterol41.0 mg7.8 mg
Water39.9 g7.6 g

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

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 169056·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How salad dressing, coleslaw compares

Among the 55 fats and oils items on this site, salad dressing, coleslaw ranks 46 of 55 by calorie density, against a category average of 762 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 47% less calorie-dense than typical for its group.

It carries 0.2 g of protein per 100 calories, so it is not a meaningful protein source.

To burn off one tbsp (77 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 16 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 salad dressing, coleslaw. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.

Questions this entry settles

How many calories are in salad dressing, coleslaw?

Salad dressing, coleslaw contains 404 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 77 calories per tbsp. It also provides 0.9 g of protein, 22.4 g of carbohydrate and 34.5 g of fat per 100 g.

What is the macro breakdown of salad dressing, coleslaw?

By calories, salad dressing, coleslaw is roughly 22% carbohydrate, 1% protein and 77% fat. That makes it a predominantly fat-based food.

How long does it take to burn off a tbsp?

About 16 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 salad dressing, coleslaw 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: "Salad dressing, coleslaw". 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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