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Chickpeas calories per cup: 263–390 across all 5 named USDA examples

Across all 5 named USDA examples, a cup contains 263–390 calories. Their listed weights span 180–185 g, so each calorie value is calculated from that example's own gram weight and published calories per 100 g.

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Preparation and portion

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Estimated for 92 g

181calories

Chickpeas, from canned, fat added

Protein
7.2 g
Carbs
19.9 g
Fat
8.6 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 5 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 5 exact records in this guide report 131–194 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 146–211 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 Chickpeas, begin by separating “Chickpeas, from canned, fat added” from “Chickpeas, from dried, no added fat.” 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 chickpeas records compare at 100 grams

All 5 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Chickpeas, from canned, no added fat 146 kcal
    146 kcal
  2. Chickpeas, from dried, no added fat 163 kcal
    163 kcal
  3. Chickpeas, from canned, fat added 197 kcal
    197 kcal
  4. Chickpeas, from canned, reduced sodium 197 kcal
    197 kcal
  5. Chickpeas, from dried, fat added 211 kcal
    211 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 5 named USDA records in view: 5 direct matches. All sit within “Beans, peas, legumes.” 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 5 records together under the exact grouping key “chickpeas.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Chickpeas, this page can compare 5 named records from FDC 2707417 through FDC 2707416. 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

90–92 g before composition

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

Composition

65 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “from canned, no added fat”; the higher is “from dried, fat added.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

115 mg sodium gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “reduced sodium” (212 mg) and “from canned, no added fat” (327 mg).

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 chickpeas.

Important: “Lower” begins with Chickpeas, from canned, no added fat; “higher” ends with Chickpeas, from dried, fat added, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every chickpeas meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Chickpeas, 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 Chickpeas nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Chickpeas, from canned, fat added Direct name match 92 gUSDA reference amount 181 kcal 197 7.3 g 6.4 g 290 mg FDC 2707417 ↗
Chickpeas, from canned, no added fat Direct name match 90 gUSDA reference amount 131 kcal 146 7.4 g 6.6 g 294 mg FDC 2707418 ↗
Chickpeas, from canned, reduced sodium Direct name match 92 gUSDA reference amount 181 kcal 197 7.3 g 6.5 g 195 mg FDC 2707419 ↗
Chickpeas, from dried, fat added Direct name match 92 gUSDA reference amount 194 kcal 211 7.6 g 6.5 g 204 mg FDC 2707415 ↗
Chickpeas, from dried, no added fat Direct name match 90 gUSDA reference amount 147 kcal 163 7.9 g 6.8 g 214 mg FDC 2707416 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 90 to 92 grams—a 2-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 131 calories for “from canned, no added fat” to 194 for “from dried, fat added.” At a fixed 100 grams, “from canned, no added fat” is 146 calories and “from dried, fat added” is 211—a fixed-weight separation of 65 calories. For Chickpeas, 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 “from canned, fat added”, “from canned, no added fat”, “from canned, reduced sodium”, “from dried, fat added”, and “from dried, no added fat”. The source formulations contain 4 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include salt, table, chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, canned, solids and liquids, low sodium, vegetable oil, nfs, and chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt. On this Chickpeas 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 “Chickpeas” cannot resolve the differences between Chickpeas, from canned, fat added and Chickpeas, from dried, no added fat. 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 90–92 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 “from canned, fat added”, “from canned, no added fat”, “from canned, reduced sodium”, “from dried, fat added”, and “from dried, no added fat”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    4 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 “Chickpeas, from canned, fat added” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Chickpeas 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 chickpeas is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“from canned, fat added”, “from canned, no added fat”, “from dried, fat added”, and “from dried, no added fat”—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 Chickpeas 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 5 exact records behind Chickpeas 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

Chickpeas, from canned, reduced sodium is higher in total fat per 100 g

Chickpeas, from canned, reduced sodium reports 9.4 g versus 2.6 g for Chickpeas, from dried, no added fat: a 6.8 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Check the weight before comparing serving totals

Source amounts span 90–92 g

Chickpeas, from canned, no added fat uses USDA source amount (90 g), while Chickpeas, from dried, fat added uses USDA source amount (92 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

Chickpeas, from canned, no added fat and Chickpeas, from canned, reduced sodium are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes Added-fat wording (no added fat versus No matching controlled term in the source name) 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 Chickpeas 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 Chickpeas, from canned, no added fat vs Chickpeas, from canned, reduced sodium

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

Follow this evidence path Compare two records on this page Chickpeas, from canned, fat added vs Chickpeas, from canned, reduced sodium

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

Follow this evidence path 5 context records in this source topic Beans, peas, legumes

Chickpeas, from canned, fat added and Chickpeas, from canned, no added fat 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 Salt, table

USDA input 2047 appears in 4 of 5 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 0.3–0.6 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 Vegetable oil, NFS

USDA input 82101000 appears in 3 of 5 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 Inspect an exact record Chickpeas, from canned, fat added

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2707417 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

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

In this page’s records, sodium runs from 212 mg in Chickpeas, from canned, reduced sodium to 327 mg in Chickpeas, from canned, no added fat, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path