Calorie Counter - Food Calories List, Caloric value in Common Foods

 
A calorie is a unit of measurement of energy. In the context of diet a calorie is the unit of energy that is derived from food.
The small calorie or gram calorie approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 g of water by 1 °C. This is about 4.185 J.
The large calorie or kilogram calorie(Kcal) approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 °C. This is about 4.185 kJ, and so is exactly 1000 small calories.

Caloric value of Common Foods

 

 

Food	Weight (g)	Amount	kcal
Bread	100	2 slices	60
Chapati flour	40 g	1	100
Puri flour	15 g	1	100
Plain rice	50 g	1cupful	150
Sambar	-	½ cup	105
Buttermilk	-	1 glass	25
Curd	100 g	½ cup	-
Chicken roast	50 g	2 small pieces	100
Egg boiled	35-40 g	1	55
Fish fried	70 g	2 small pieces	100
Samosa	100 g	1 piece	400
Idli	100g	3 big	130
Dosa (plain)	100 g	3 medium	360
Uthappam	100 g	2 big	330
Adai	100 g	2 medium	550
Cheese pizza	100 g	5 '' dia	270
Murruku	100 g	7 - 8 medium	529

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