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Coffee, instant calories per cup (8 fl oz): 7–67 across all 8 named USDA examples

Across all 8 named USDA examples, a cup (8 fl oz) contains 7–67 calories. Their listed weights span 240–248 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 360 g

11calories

Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted

Protein
0.4 g
Carbs
2.2 g
Fat
0 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 11–100 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 3–27 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 Coffee, instant, begin by separating “Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted” from “Coffee, instant, reconstituted.” 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 coffee, instant 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: Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted 3 kcal
    3 kcal
  2. 25th-ranked landmark: Coffee, instant, decaffeinated, reconstituted 3 kcal
    3 kcal
  3. Median-ranked landmark: Coffee, instant, decaffeinated, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with low calorie sweetener, reconstituted 16 kcal
    16 kcal
  4. 75th-ranked landmark: Coffee, instant, pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted 16 kcal
    16 kcal
  5. Maximum: Coffee, instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted 27 kcal
    27 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 “Coffee.” 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 two description segments” placed these 8 records together under the exact grouping key “coffee instant.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Coffee, instant, this page can compare 8 named records from FDC 2710450 through FDC 2710449. 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

360–372 g before composition

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

Composition

24 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “50% less caffeine”; the higher is “Coffee, …, reconstituted · FDC 2710454.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

3 mg sodium gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “50% less caffeine” (4 mg) and “Coffee, …, reconstituted · FDC 2710454” (7 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 coffee, instant.

Important: “Lower” begins with Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted; “higher” ends with Coffee, instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every coffee, instant meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Coffee, instant, 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 Coffee, instant nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted Direct name match 360 gUSDA reference amount 11 kcal 3 0.4 g 0 g 14 mg FDC 2710450 ↗
Coffee, instant, decaffeinated, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with low calorie sweetener, reconstituted Direct name match 360 gUSDA reference amount 58 kcal 16 0.5 g 0 g 25 mg FDC 2710459 ↗
Coffee, instant, decaffeinated, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconsitituted Direct name match 372 gUSDA reference amount 100 kcal 27 0.5 g 0 g 26 mg FDC 2710455 ↗
Coffee, instant, decaffeinated, reconstituted Direct name match 360 gUSDA reference amount 11 kcal 3 0.4 g 0 g 14 mg FDC 2710453 ↗
Coffee, instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with low calorie sweetener, reconstituted Direct name match 360 gUSDA reference amount 58 kcal 16 0.5 g 0 g 25 mg FDC 2710458 ↗
Coffee, instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted Direct name match 372 gUSDA reference amount 100 kcal 27 0.6 g 0 g 26 mg FDC 2710454 ↗
Coffee, instant, pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted Direct name match 372 gUSDA reference amount 60 kcal 16 0.4 g 0 g 15 mg FDC 2710456 ↗
Coffee, instant, reconstituted Direct name match 360 gUSDA reference amount 11 kcal 3 0.4 g 0 g 14 mg FDC 2710449 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 360 to 372 grams—a 12-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 11 calories for “50% less caffeine” to 100 for “instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted.” At a fixed 100 grams, “50% less caffeine” is 3 calories and “instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted” is 27—a fixed-weight separation of 24 calories. For Coffee, instant, 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 “instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted”, “instant, decaffeinated, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconsitituted”, “instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with low calorie sweetener, reconstituted”, “instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted”, and “instant, reconstituted”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes beverages, water, tap, drinking; differentiating rows include beverages, coffee, instant, regular, powder, cream substitute, powdered, beverages, coffee, instant, decaffeinated, powder, and sugars, granulated. On this Coffee, instant 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 “Coffee, instant” cannot resolve the differences between Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted and Coffee, instant, reconstituted. 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 360–372 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 “instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted”, “instant, decaffeinated, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconsitituted”, “instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with low calorie sweetener, reconstituted”, “instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted”, and “instant, reconstituted”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    Shared source rows include beverages, water, tap, drinking; rows that vary across the set include beverages, coffee, instant, regular, powder, cream substitute, powdered, and beverages, coffee, instant, decaffeinated, powder. Presence is inspectable evidence, not proof of nutrient causation.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Coffee, instant 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 coffee, instant is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted”, “instant, decaffeinated, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconsitituted”, “instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted”, and “instant, reconstituted”—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 Coffee, instant 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 Coffee, instant 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

Coffee, instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted is higher in total sugars per 100 g

Coffee, instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted reports 3.5 g versus 0 g for Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted: a 3.5 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Check the weight before comparing serving totals

Source amounts span 360–372 g

Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted uses USDA source amount (360 g), while Coffee, instant, pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted uses USDA source amount (372 g). Use per 100 g for equal-weight composition; use the serving column only when those named source amounts answer your question.

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted” from “Coffee, instant, reconstituted”

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 Coffee, instant 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 Coffee

Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted and Coffee, instant, decaffeinated, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with low calorie sweetener, reconstituted 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 Beverages, coffee, instant, regular, powder

USDA input 14214 appears in 4 of 8 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 1.5–1.5 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 substitute, powdered

USDA input 1069 appears in 4 of 8 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 3.9–3.9 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 Calories: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calories runs from 3 kcal in Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted to 27 kcal in Coffee, instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted, all per 100 g.

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

In this page’s records, sodium runs from 4 mg in Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted to 7 mg in Coffee, instant, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with sugar, reconstituted, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2710450 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path 8 records share this broad food family Beverages: broader category context

Coffee, instant, 50% less caffeine, reconstituted and Coffee, instant, decaffeinated, pre-lightened and pre-sweetened with low calorie sweetener, reconstituted, plus 6 more are assigned to Feast’s Beverages 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