USDA FoodData Central · 2,013,644 foods · 4 FDC data types
Nutrition facts for every food
According to USDA FoodData Central (refreshed July 2026), search 2,013,644 foods for verbatim FDA nutrition labels, macro bars, side-by-side comparisons, and nutrient rankings, with every page traced to its official USDA FDC ID.
- 2,013,644
- USDA foods
- 98.3%
- Branded coverage
- 25
- Food categories
- 100%
- Sourced to FDC ID
The national picture
Across 2.0 million US foods, packaged products run about 27% more calorie-dense than the 8,262 whole reference foods, and lighter on protein.
- 2.0 million
- US foods catalogued
- 279
- avg calories / 100g, packaged
- 12.4g
- avg protein / 100g, whole foods
- 28
- USDA food groups
Every figure is computed live from USDA FoodData Central, nothing hardcoded, nothing estimated.
Coverage of USDA Branded Foods
Share of our database from USDA FoodData Central's Branded Foods dataset (manufacturer labels) - the largest of the four FDC data types.
98.3% of 2,013,644 entries are USDA Branded Foods. USDA FoodData Central, refreshed July 2026.
Packaged foods run denser
Average calories per 100 g across the database - packaged products average about 27% more than whole foods.
Per 100 g, USDA FoodData Central · refreshed July 2026
Highest-protein whole foods
The food groups landscape
All 25 USDA food groups plotted by average protein and average calories per 100g -- the highest-protein group isn't always the leanest.
Highest-protein group: Beef Products (24.4g protein, 211 kcal per 100g). USDA FoodData Central, refreshed July 2026.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Avg protein / 100g 13.9, Avg calories / 100g 218
- Point 2: Avg protein / 100g 10.6, Avg calories / 100g 254
- Point 3: Avg protein / 100g 4.2, Avg calories / 100g 154
- Point 4: Avg protein / 100g 0.8, Avg calories / 100g 609
- Point 5: Avg protein / 100g 23.3, Avg calories / 100g 197
- Point 6: Avg protein / 100g 3.4, Avg calories / 100g 104
- Point 7: Avg protein / 100g 15.3, Avg calories / 100g 256
- Point 8: Avg protein / 100g 8.2, Avg calories / 100g 328
- Point 9: Avg protein / 100g 0.9, Avg calories / 100g 87
- Point 10: Avg protein / 100g 22.2, Avg calories / 100g 211
- Point 11: Avg protein / 100g 2.8, Avg calories / 100g 63
- Point 12: Avg protein / 100g 15.3, Avg calories / 100g 498
- Beef Products: Avg protein / 100g 24.4, Avg calories / 100g 211
- Point 14: Avg protein / 100g 3.5, Avg calories / 100g 111
- Point 15: Avg protein / 100g 20.3, Avg calories / 100g 134
- Point 16: Avg protein / 100g 14.1, Avg calories / 100g 205
- Point 17: Avg protein / 100g 23.1, Avg calories / 100g 216
- Point 18: Avg protein / 100g 7, Avg calories / 100g 360
- Point 19: Avg protein / 100g 5, Avg calories / 100g 330
- Point 20: Avg protein / 100g 8.9, Avg calories / 100g 288
- Point 21: Avg protein / 100g 12.4, Avg calories / 100g 253
- Point 22: Avg protein / 100g 8, Avg calories / 100g 211
- Point 23: Avg protein / 100g 9.8, Avg calories / 100g 444
- Point 24: Avg protein / 100g 16.5, Avg calories / 100g 209
- Point 25: Avg protein / 100g 10.1, Avg calories / 100g 221
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Food groups ranked by average calorie density (per 100 g, USDA whole-food reference) - denser groups carry a fuller bar.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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GetFoodFacts includes nutrition data for over 2 million foods from the USDA FoodData Central database, covering branded products, whole foods, and restaurant items.
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Research
Original analysis from our editorial team, every statistic derived from our own database. See all research.
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Key takeaways
- Fats and Oils averages 609 kcal per 100g, about 10x the average for vegetables and vegetable products (63 kcal) -- the widest calorie-density gap between any two USDA food groups.
- Among whole foods, Soy protein isolate leads the protein-per-100g rankings. See the full protein ranking
- Every number on this page is computed live from the current USDA FoodData Central release, look up any of the 2,000,000+ foods to see its own full breakdown. Browse all foods
Every figure on GetFoodFacts is rendered directly from official USDA FoodData Central records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.