USDA food category
Snacks
According to USDA FoodData Central (data refreshed September 2026), snacks entries carry the FDA-required nutrition facts panel, ingredient list, and allergen disclosure verbatim from the source label.
- 50
- Foods (page 3)
- 444
- Avg kcal / 100ghigh density
- 9.8g
- Avg proteinhigh · 20% DV
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Most calorie-dense snacks
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Snacks, pita chips, salted
Snacks, plantain chips, salted
Snacks, popcorn, air-popped
Snacks, popcorn, air-popped (Unsalted)
Snacks, popcorn, cakes
Snacks, popcorn, caramel-coated, with peanuts
Snacks, popcorn, caramel-coated, without peanuts
Snacks, popcorn, cheese-flavor
Snacks, popcorn, home-prepared, oil-popped, unsalted
Snacks, popcorn, microwave, 94% fat free
Snacks, popcorn, microwave, low fat
Snacks, popcorn, microwave, regular (butter) flavor, made with partially hydrogenated oil
Snacks, popcorn, oil-popped, microwave, regular flavor, no trans fat
Snacks, popcorn, oil-popped, white popcorn, salt added
Snacks, pork skins, barbecue-flavor
Snacks, pork skins, plain
Snacks, potato chips, barbecue-flavor
Snacks, potato chips, cheese-flavor
Snacks, potato chips, fat free, salted
Snacks, potato chips, fat-free, made with olestra
Snacks, potato chips, lightly salted
Snacks, potato chips, made from dried potatoes (preformed), multigrain
Snacks, potato chips, made from dried potatoes, cheese-flavor
Snacks, potato chips, made from dried potatoes, fat-free, made with olestra
Snacks, potato chips, made from dried potatoes, reduced fat
Snacks, potato chips, made from dried potatoes, sour-cream and onion-flavor
Snacks, potato chips, plain, made with partially hydrogenated soybean oil, salted
Snacks, potato chips, plain, made with partially hydrogenated soybean oil, unsalted
Snacks, potato chips, plain, salted
Snacks, potato chips, plain, unsalted
Snacks, potato chips, reduced fat
Snacks, potato chips, sour-cream-and-onion-flavor
Snacks, potato chips, white, restructured, baked
Snacks, potato sticks
Snacks, pretzels, hard, confectioner's coating, chocolate-flavor
Snacks, pretzels, hard, plain, made with enriched flour, unsalted
Snacks, pretzels, hard, plain, made with unenriched flour, salted
Snacks, pretzels, hard, plain, made with unenriched flour, unsalted
Snacks, pretzels, hard, plain, salted
Snacks, pretzels, hard, whole-wheat including both salted and unsalted
Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, buckwheat
Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, buckwheat, unsalted
Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, corn
Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, multigrain
Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, multigrain, unsalted
Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, plain, unsalted
Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, rye
Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, sesame seed
Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, sesame seed, unsalted
Snacks, rice cracker brown rice, plain
Primary source data
Source: USDA FoodData Central — food_categories taxonomy.
Source: Per-food nutrient values from USDA laboratory analysis and manufacturer-submitted label data.
Read our methodology for how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Key takeaways
- Within Snacks, Snacks is the most calorie-dense item on this page at 583 cal per 100g, while Snacks is the lightest at 253 cal -- a reminder that "category" alone doesn't tell you much about any single food.
- By average calorie density, snacks ranks 3rd of 25 USDA food groups -- see how it compares to every other group. Browse all categories
- Sort the table above by protein, fat, or carbs to find the specific foods in this category that best match your own targets.