Low and High Calorie Food Density

Food Calorie Density is the number of calories in a given weight of food. All foods have calories and they vary from low to high calorie levels. Food calorie density does not tell you how much of a particular food to eat in order to determine which foods are fattening, it makes you aware of the number of calories you are consuming.

Food calorie density will also show you how easy it is to over-eat a particular food. In other words, foods that are high in calories are not necessarily healthy to eat. For example, if we eat approximately 3 ½ ozs (100 grams) of the following items you can see the amount of calories you will consume: (28.3 grams = 1 oz., 100 grams = 3.53 ozs.)