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vegetable oil-butter spread, reduced calorie

465 kcal per 100 g Vegetable oil-butter spread, reduced calorie contains 465 calories per 100 grams, or about 60 calories per tbsp. Per 100 g it provides 0.0 g protein, 0.0 g carbohydrate and 53.0 g fat.

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

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 167691·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Energy anatomy — per 100 g Plate 1755 of 1799
100% 0 116 233 349 465 kcal
Fat 53.0 g × 9 kcal/g 477 kcal · 100%
Shorthand total Atwater 4 · 4 · 9 477 kcal
As published by USDA food-specific factors 465 kcal

The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 477 kcal; USDA publishes 465 kcal+12 kcal, 2.6% 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 167691retrieved 2026-07

Per 100 g465kcal
Per tbsp60kcal · 13.0 g
Protein0.0g per 100 g
Walk it off12minutes 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)

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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 tbsp13.0 g 60 0.0 g0.0 g6.9 g
1 cup207.0 g 963 0.0 g0.0 g109.7 g

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Full nutrition, per 100 g and per tbsp

NutrientPer 100 gPer tbsp
Energy465 kcal60 kcal
Protein0.0 g0.0 g
Total fat53.0 g6.9 g
Saturated fat17.9 g2.3 g
Carbohydrate0.0 g0.0 g
Fibre0.0 g0.0 g
Sugars0.0 g0.0 g
Sodium581.0 mg75.5 mg
Potassium6.0 mg0.8 mg
Calcium6.0 mg0.8 mg
Iron0.0 mg0.0 mg
Vitamin C0.0 mg0.0 mg
Vitamin A819.0 µg106.5 µg
Cholesterol54.0 mg7.0 mg
Water44.7 g5.8 g

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

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 167691·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How vegetable oil-butter spread, reduced calorie compares

Among the 55 fats and oils items on this site, vegetable oil-butter spread, reduced calorie ranks 45 of 55 by calorie density, against a category average of 762 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 39% less calorie-dense than typical for its group.

It carries 0 g of protein per 100 calories, so it is not a meaningful protein source.

To burn off one tbsp (60 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 12 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 vegetable oil-butter spread, reduced calorie. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.

Questions this entry settles

How many calories are in vegetable oil-butter spread, reduced calorie?

Vegetable oil-butter spread, reduced calorie contains 465 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 60 calories per tbsp. It also provides 0.0 g of protein, 0.0 g of carbohydrate and 53.0 g of fat per 100 g.

What is the macro breakdown of vegetable oil-butter spread, reduced calorie?

By calories, vegetable oil-butter spread, reduced calorie is roughly 0% carbohydrate, 0% protein and 100% fat. That makes it a predominantly fat-based food.

How long does it take to burn off a tbsp?

About 12 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 vegetable oil-butter spread, reduced calorie 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: "Vegetable oil-butter spread, reduced calorie". 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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