USDA Survey Foods271 exact records

Beverages: find the record that best matches the food.

Coffee, tea, juices, soft drinks, smoothies, and alcoholic beverages. This page shows the shape of the collection before asking you to choose a number: what sits near the middle, how wide the central range is, and which words distinguish one source record from another.

The shortest route to a defensible estimate

Choose in this order: identity, amount, then context.

01
Identity
Match the exact food description—especially preparation, additions, and whether the record is a single food or mixed dish.
02
Amount
Use a household measure tied to that record or enter grams. A familiar serving word without a weight can hide a large difference.
03
Context
Add the brand, recipe, sauce, cooking fat, toppings, or edible portion that the generic source record cannot know.

What the collection actually contains

Central nutrient ranges on one denominator

Each row uses values per 100 grams. The median is the collection midpoint; the central range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile. That interval describes variation among source records—not uncertainty around a single meal and not a recommended intake range.

Median and central per-100-gram nutrient ranges for records in this category
Nutrient	Median	Central 80%	Records reporting
Energyper 100 g	33 kcal	1–75 kcal	271 of 271
Proteinper 100 g	0.3 g	0–2.6 g	271 of 271
Fiberper 100 g	0 g	0–0.5 g	271 of 271
Sodiumper 100 g	14 mg	2–47 mg	271 of 271

Zeros are retained when reported; missing values are not silently converted to zero. Rounded values are for orientation. Open an exact profile for Feast’s 21-nutrient panel and source citation.

Three coordinates, not winners

Records that make the range easier to understand

These examples sit near the collection’s energy midpoint or upper central protein and fiber boundaries. A high value for one nutrient is not a complete judgment of the food, and the records are not ranked as “best.”

Near the collection midpoint

Fruit juice drink, noncitrus, carbonated

33 kcal per 100 g—close to the median energy concentration among these records.

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Near the upper central protein boundary

Coffee, Cafe Mocha

2.6 g protein per 100 g in this exact source record.

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Near the upper central fiber boundary

Corn beverage

0.5 g fiber per 100 g in this exact source record.

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What “Beverages” includes here

One Feast category, several USDA source categories

Feast groups related records to make the library navigable. The more specific USDA category and the complete food name remain the better evidence for choosing a match.

Coffee106 records

Tea45 records

Smoothies and grain drinks22 records

Sport and energy drinks17 records

Fruit drinks14 records

Diet soft drinks12 records

Soft drinks12 records

Nutritional beverages11 records

Diet sport and energy drinks10 records

Other fruit juice6 records

Citrus juice5 records

Liquor and cocktails3 records

Flavored or carbonated water2 records

Other diet drinks2 records

Vegetable juice2 records

Apple juice1 record

Wine1 record

Decision support from the exact records on this page

Turn source data into a better next decision

These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 8 exact records behind Beverages category landmarks. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Alcoholic coffee drink is higher in calories per 100 g

Alcoholic coffee drink reports 88 kcal versus 1 kcal for Coffee and chicory, brewed: a 87 kcal difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

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The denominator changes the answer

Corn beverage is denser; Fruit juice drink, noncitrus, carbonated is higher in its source amount

Corn beverage reports 44 kcal per 100 g and 114 kcal in USDA source amount (260 g). Fruit juice drink, noncitrus, carbonated reports a lower 33 kcal per 100 g but a higher 123 kcal in USDA source amount (372 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Fruit juice drink, noncitrus, carbonated” from “Coffee, Cafe Mocha, decaffeinated, nonfat”

These are separate USDA records with separate formulations or survey descriptions. Match preparation, additions, and the named household amount before borrowing either record’s nutrients.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Beverages category landmarks, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

Best next guide for this exact record Coffee, Cafe Mocha

Coffee, Cafe Mocha and Coffee, Cafe Mocha, decaffeinated, nonfat are explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path Best next guide for this exact record Coffee and chicory brewed

Coffee and chicory, brewed is explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Calories: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calories runs from 1 kcal in Coffee and chicory, brewed to 88 kcal in Alcoholic coffee drink, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water

USDA input 14209 appears in 2 of 8 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 100–150 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Cream, heavy

USDA input 1053 appears in 2 of 8 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 14.9–22.4 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path 4 context records in this source topic Coffee

Coffee, Cafe Mocha and Coffee and chicory, brewed belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.

Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Coffee, Cafe Mocha vs Coffee, Iced Cafe Mocha, decaffeinated, nonfat

Coffee, Cafe Mocha is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Fat-level wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus nonfat or fat-free wording; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

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Exact-record directory

Browse all 271 profiles in this category

Records are presented as source descriptions, not as universal recipes. Open the closest wording first; compare alternatives only after checking that the denominator and preparation context match.

Beverages

Alcoholic coffee drink

211 kcal in a 240 g source amount. Open the record to compare that amount with 100 grams and other source measures.

Source amount: 211 kcal · 240 g
Listed measures: 26–211 kcal
Protein, same amount: 0.5 g

Choose in this order: identity, amount, then context.

Identity

Amount

Context

Central nutrient ranges on one denominator

Records that make the range easier to understand

One Feast category, several USDA source categories

Turn source data into a better next decision

Alcoholic coffee drink is higher in calories per 100 g

Corn beverage is denser; Fruit juice drink, noncitrus, carbonated is higher in its source amount

Distinguish “Fruit juice drink, noncitrus, carbonated” from “Coffee, Cafe Mocha, decaffeinated, nonfat”

Follow the relationship that matches your question

Browse all 271 profiles in this category

Three questions that prevent the most common category mistakes