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. 2021 Aug 11;24(16):5561–5575. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021003311

Table 1.

Median calorie content by main food groups

Food groups Calorie/g*
Eggs (n 9) 1·42
Dairy products (n 247) 2·40
Meats (n 284) 2·33
Fishes (n 63) 1·25
Seafood (n 40) 0·88
Fruits (n 69) 0·54
Vegetables (n 204) 0·35
Cereals (n 78) 3·59
Tubers (n 35) 1·29
Legumes (n 25) 1·06
Nuts and seeds (n 49) 6·03
Oils and fat (n 26) 8·98
Sugar (n 1) 4·00
*

Median calorie contents within each food group were based on all ready-to-eat foods (therefore including IPFs) as retrieved from the Ciqual database on 17 August 2020(43).

Number of ready-to-eat foods considered for the calculation of the median calorie content.