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Applesauce calories per cup: 127–188 across all 3 named USDA examples

Across all 3 named USDA examples, a cup contains 127–188 calories. Their listed weights span 245–250 g, so each calorie value is calculated from that example's own gram weight and published calories per 100 g.

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Estimated for 125 g

94calories

Applesauce, flavored

Protein
0.3 g
Carbs
22.5 g
Fat
0.2 g

These values scale the selected reference food by weight. Ingredients, preparation, and portion size can change your meal’s estimate.

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Compare all 3 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 3 exact records in this guide report 62–94 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 52–75 calories per 100 grams. Those are observations from named database records—not a universal range or an estimate of an unseen plate.

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For Applesauce, begin by separating “Applesauce, flavored” from “Applesauce, unsweetened.” Choosing a card filters this source set; it does not infer the portion or fill in ingredients the chosen description does not name.

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Equal-weight view

How applesauce records compare at 100 grams

All 3 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Applesauce, unsweetened 52 kcal
    52 kcal
  2. Applesauce, flavored 75 kcal
    75 kcal
  3. Applesauce, regular 75 kcal
    75 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 3 named USDA records in view: 3 direct matches. All sit within “Apples.” The exact descriptions remain the unit of comparison; the familiar heading is only the doorway into the evidence.

Why these records appear together: The deterministic grouping rule “normalized first description segment” placed these 3 records together under the exact grouping key “applesauce.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Applesauce, this page can compare 3 named records from FDC 2709218 through FDC 2709217. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

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Editor’s decision brief

The three facts to carry into the table

Carry the denominator, exact identity, and strongest observed contrast into every number below.

Portion

120–125 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.0× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

23 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “unsweetened”; the higher is “regular.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

0.1 g fiber gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “flavored” (1.0 g) and “unsweetened” (1.1 g).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

The cards are ordered by calories in each record's listed serving. Serving weights differ, so use per-100-gram values to compare composition. These selected records do not define a calorie range for every applesauce.

Important: “Lower” begins with Applesauce, unsweetened; “higher” ends with Applesauce, regular, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every applesauce meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Applesauce, serving columns preserve each record’s own listed amount, while calories per 100 g hold weight constant. A dash means the cited record does not supply that field; it does not mean the nutrient is absent.

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USDA records selected for the Applesauce nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Applesauce, flavored Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 94 kcal 75 0.3 g 1.3 g 1 mg FDC 2709218 ↗
Applesauce, regular Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 94 kcal 75 0.3 g 1.3 g 1 mg FDC 2709216 ↗
Applesauce, unsweetened Direct name match 120 gUSDA reference amount 62 kcal 52 0.3 g 1.3 g 1 mg FDC 2709217 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 120 to 125 grams—a 5-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 62 calories for “unsweetened” to 94 for “regular.” At a fixed 100 grams, “unsweetened” is 52 calories and “regular” is 75—a fixed-weight separation of 23 calories. For Applesauce, the serving view answers “how much is in the database portion?”; the 100-gram view answers “how concentrated is the matched record?” Neither reveals how many grams were actually eaten.

The scaling rule: multiply a per-100-gram value by eaten grams ÷ 100. The arithmetic is exact; the result is only as defensible as the record match and portion estimate.

Preparation analysis

The long description carries the evidence

The published descriptions distinguish forms such as “flavored”, “regular”, and “unsweetened”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes applesauce, unsweetened, with added vitamin c; differentiating rows include sugars, granulated. On this Applesauce page, those rows make the records inspectable, but they are not a controlled experiment: they cannot tell us that one named input, by itself, caused a nutrient difference.

Database precision is not meal certainty. Retain the exact description beside the number so later corrections remain possible.

What changes the comparison

Four drivers worth checking before choosing a record

The family label “Applesauce” cannot resolve the differences between Applesauce, flavored and Applesauce, unsweetened. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    Source weight before serving calories

    The source amounts span 120–125 grams. Compare per 100 grams before reading a serving-calorie gap as a composition gap.

  2. 02

    The words that split the family

    Representative record-level distinctions include “flavored”, “regular”, and “unsweetened”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    Shared source rows include applesauce, unsweetened, with added vitamin c; rows that vary across the set include sugars, granulated. Presence is inspectable evidence, not proof of nutrient causation.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Applesauce, flavored” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Applesauce unknowns for correction instead of converting them into false precision.

Record matching

Match identity first; scale quantity second

Read the source name as a sequence of decisions. First confirm that applesauce is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“flavored”, “regular”, and “unsweetened”—before comparing gram weight. If a package, menu, or known recipe provides a closer first-party description, prefer it and keep this USDA record as a transparent fallback.

A practical matching checklist

  1. Read the complete Applesauce source description, including preparation and additions.
  2. Compare the listed source weight with the amount actually eaten.
  3. Prefer a current package or restaurant source when a specific branded item is known.
  4. Record toppings, sauces, cooking fat, sides, and substitutions that the selected description does not name.

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 3 exact records behind Applesauce source-record guide. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Applesauce, regular is higher in total sugars per 100 g

Applesauce, regular reports 15.6 g versus 9.7 g for Applesauce, unsweetened: a 5.9 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Check the weight before comparing serving totals

Source amounts span 120–125 g

Applesauce, unsweetened uses USDA source amount (120 g), while Applesauce, regular uses USDA source amount (125 g). Use per 100 g for equal-weight composition; use the serving column only when those named source amounts answer your question.

Choose the record before reading the number

Applesauce, flavored and Applesauce, unsweetened are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes Sugar wording (No matching controlled term in the source name versus unsweetened) the explicit record-description contrast. It does not show that the wording difference caused a nutrient difference. Pick the description that matches the food in front of you rather than averaging away the distinction.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Applesauce source-record guide, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

Compare two records on this page Applesauce, flavored vs Applesauce, unsweetened

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Sugar wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus unsweetened; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path Compare two records on this page Applesauce, regular vs Applesauce, unsweetened

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Sugar wording: No matching controlled term in the source name versus unsweetened; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Sugars, granulated

USDA input 19335 appears in 2 of 3 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 7–7 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 shared source-formulation input Applesauce, unsweetened, with added vitamin C

USDA input 9401 appears in 3 of 3 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 100–100 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 Inspect an exact record Applesauce, flavored

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2709218 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Applesauce, regular

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2709216 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

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

In this page’s records, calories runs from 52 kcal in Applesauce, unsweetened to 75 kcal in Applesauce, regular, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path