Calories Per Gram in Common Foods

It's handy to have a list of often eaten foods in "calories-per-gram."  Use a list like this in conjunction with a kitchen food scale and calculator to quickly determine the calories in a serving. I keep my list on the inside cover of my calorie guide book.

Food                      Calories Per Gram
Apple                               .62
Banana (w/out skin)          .88
Beef, ground chuck           2.7
Beef Stew                         .67
Bread                                2.5
Butter                                7
Candy, Jelly Belly             3.7
Carrot                              .36
cheese, cheddar                3.9
chicken breast                   2
chicken soup                     .71
chicken nuggets                  2.6                      
Chips, tortilla                     4.6
Chili                                  1.2
chocolate                          5.4
Cookie, chocolate chip      3.9
Corn,frozen                      .84
french fries                        3.1                          Calorie Counting
Grapefruit                         .14
Ham, whole                       2.5
Juice, tomato                     .23
Milk, 1%                          .43
Milk, skim                        .36
Nuts                                6.43
Oil. olive                            10
Orange, flesh only             .48
Pancakes                          2.4
Pasta                                 1.4
Peas, frozen                      .78
Peanuts                             5.7
Pizza ,average                  2.38
Potatoes, mashed                1
Raisins                              4.6
Rice, brown                      .88
Rice, Minute                   1.45
Steak, lean                      3.36
Syrup, maple                    3.7
Yogurt                              .93