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Candy calories per cup: 594–710 across all 8 named USDA examples

Across all 8 named USDA examples, a cup contains 594–710 calories. Each included example lists 160 g for that measure. The same household label can carry a different gram weight elsewhere in USDA data.

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Preparation and portion

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Estimated for 1 pouch/regular size · 60 g

230calories

Candy, caramel

Protein
1.9 g
Carbs
49.4 g
Fat
3.4 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 8 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 8 exact records in this guide report 59–266 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 371–444 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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Start with the description closest to what you ate

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

Showing the first 6 of 8 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How candy records compare at 100 grams

Five rank landmarks are shown from all 8 cited records: minimum, 25th-ranked, median-ranked, 75th-ranked, and maximum. Weight is held at 100 grams; source-serving weights are listed in the table.

  1. Minimum: Candy, fruit snacks 371 kcal
    371 kcal
  2. 25th-ranked landmark: Candy, caramel 384 kcal
    384 kcal
  3. Median-ranked landmark: Candy, hard 394 kcal
    394 kcal
  4. 75th-ranked landmark: Candy, licorice 396 kcal
    396 kcal
  5. Maximum: Candy, nougat with nuts 444 kcal
    444 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 8 named USDA records in view: 8 direct matches. All sit within “Candy not containing chocolate.” 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 8 records together under the exact grouping key “candy.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Candy, this page can compare 8 named records from FDC 2710354 through FDC 2710369. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

Read the shared calculation, provenance, and uncertainty method →

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

15–60 g before composition

The largest source amount is 4.0× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

73 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “fruit snacks”; the higher is “nougat with nuts.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

3.6 g fiber gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “caramel” (0.0 g) and “nougat with nuts” (3.6 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 candy.

Important: “Lower” begins with Candy, hard; “higher” ends with Candy, nougat with nuts, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every candy meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Candy, 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 Candy nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Candy, caramel Direct name match 60 gUSDA reference amount 230 kcal 384 1.9 g 0 g 86 mg FDC 2710354 ↗
Candy, fruit flavored pieces Direct name match 60 gUSDA reference amount 240 kcal 400 0.1 g 0 g 16 mg FDC 2710364 ↗
Candy, fruit snacks Direct name match 30 gUSDA reference amount 111 kcal 371 0 g 0 g 95 mg FDC 2710367 ↗
Candy, gummy Direct name match 60 gUSDA reference amount 238 kcal 396 0 g 0.1 g 26 mg FDC 2710359 ↗
Candy, hard Direct name match 15 gUSDA reference amount 59 kcal 394 0 g 0 g 6 mg FDC 2710360 ↗
Candy, licorice Direct name match 60 gUSDA reference amount 238 kcal 396 0 g 0.1 g 26 mg FDC 2710352 ↗
Candy, nougat with nuts Direct name match 60 gUSDA reference amount 266 kcal 444 5 g 2.2 g 79 mg FDC 2710355 ↗
Candy, taffy Direct name match 60 gUSDA reference amount 234 kcal 390 0.1 g 0 g 4 mg FDC 2710369 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 15 to 60 grams—a 45-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 59 calories for “hard” to 266 for “nougat with nuts.” At a fixed 100 grams, “fruit snacks” is 371 calories and “nougat with nuts” is 444—a fixed-weight separation of 73 calories. For Candy, 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 “caramel”, “fruit snacks”, “hard”, “licorice”, and “taffy”. The source formulations contain 10 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include candies, gumdrops, starch jelly pieces, candies, hard, candies, caramels, and candies, caramels, chocolate-flavor roll. On this Candy 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 “Candy” cannot resolve the differences between Candy, caramel and Candy, taffy. 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 15–60 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 “caramel”, “fruit snacks”, “hard”, “licorice”, and “taffy”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    10 source-input codes appear across the selected records. Their presence and listed weights describe USDA formulations, not finished plated proportions.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Candy, caramel” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Candy 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 candy is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“caramel”, “fruit snacks”, “licorice”, and “taffy”—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 Candy 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 8 exact records behind Candy 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

Candy, nougat with nuts is higher in protein per 100 g

Candy, nougat with nuts reports 8.4 g versus 0 g for Candy, gummy: a 8.4 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Candy, hard is denser; Candy, taffy is higher in its source amount

Candy, hard reports 394 kcal per 100 g and 59 kcal in USDA source amount (15 g). Candy, taffy reports a lower 390 kcal per 100 g but a higher 234 kcal in USDA source amount (60 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Candy, caramel” from “Candy, taffy”

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

8 context records in this source topic Candy not containing chocolate

Candy, caramel and Candy, fruit flavored pieces 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 A formulation detail that separates records Candies, caramels

USDA input 19074 appears in 1 of 8 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 50–50 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 Put the observed spread in corpus context Dietary fiber: density and serving context

In this page’s records, dietary fiber runs from 0 g in Candy, caramel to 3.6 g in Candy, nougat with nuts, all per 100 g.

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

In this page’s records, protein runs from 0 g in Candy, gummy to 8.4 g in Candy, nougat with nuts, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Candy, caramel

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2710354 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path 8 records share this broad food family Snacks & desserts: broader category context

Candy, caramel and Candy, fruit flavored pieces, plus 6 more are assigned to Feast’s Snacks & desserts editorial category. Use the category page to compare nearby foods at a broad level; keep the exact USDA descriptions on this page for record-level decisions.

Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Candy, gummy

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2710359 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path