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Crackers, saltine calories per cracker: 12 across all 3 named USDA examples

Across all 3 named USDA examples, a cracker contains 12 calories. Each included example lists 3 g for that measure. The same household label can carry a different gram weight elsewhere in USDA data.

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Estimated for 18 g

72calories

Crackers, saltine, multigrain

Protein
1.3 g
Carbs
12.3 g
Fat
1.9 g

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Compare all 3 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 3 exact records in this guide report 71–75 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 393–416 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 Crackers, saltine, begin by separating “Crackers, saltine, multigrain” from “Crackers, saltine, reduced sodium.” 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 crackers, saltine records compare at 100 grams

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

  1. Crackers, saltine, reduced fat 393 kcal
    393 kcal
  2. Crackers, saltine, multigrain 398 kcal
    398 kcal
  3. Crackers, saltine, reduced sodium 416 kcal
    416 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 “Saltine crackers.” 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 3 records together under the exact grouping key “crackers saltine.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Crackers, saltine, this page can compare 3 named records from FDC 2708169 through FDC 2708143. 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

A shared 18 g comparison anchor

Equal source weights make the selected Crackers, saltine serving totals easier to compare, but the eaten portion still has to be measured or estimated.

Composition

23 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “reduced fat”; the higher is “reduced sodium.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

4.0 g fiber gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “reduced fat” (2.7 g) and “multigrain” (6.7 g).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

These 3 records each use a 18 g serving. Their serving calories compare equal weights within this set. They do not define a calorie range for every crackers, saltine; match the preparation and adjust to your portion.

Important: “Lower” begins with Crackers, saltine, reduced fat; “higher” ends with Crackers, saltine, reduced sodium, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every crackers, saltine meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Crackers, saltine, 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 Crackers, saltine nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Crackers, saltine, multigrain Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 72 kcal 398 1.3 g 1.2 g 218 mg FDC 2708169 ↗
Crackers, saltine, reduced fat Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 71 kcal 393 1.9 g 0.5 g 153 mg FDC 2708168 ↗
Crackers, saltine, reduced sodium Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 75 kcal 416 1.7 g 0.5 g 116 mg FDC 2708143 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

Every selected record uses a 18-gram source amount, so serving-weight differences do not explain the calorie spread inside this set. Their own source servings run from 71 calories for “reduced fat” to 75 for “reduced sodium.” At a fixed 100 grams, “reduced fat” is 393 calories and “reduced sodium” is 416—a fixed-weight separation of 23 calories. For Crackers, saltine, 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 “saltine, multigrain”, “saltine, reduced fat”, and “saltine, reduced sodium”. The source formulations contain 4 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include crackers, saltines, fat-free, low-sodium, crackers, saltines, low salt (includes oyster, soda, soup), crackers, saltines, whole wheat (includes multi-grain), and salt, table. On this Crackers, saltine 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 “Crackers, saltine” cannot resolve the differences between Crackers, saltine, multigrain and Crackers, saltine, reduced sodium. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    A shared source weight

    Every selected record uses 18 grams. Inside this set, serving-calorie differences therefore reflect the published composition rather than a change in source weight.

  2. 02

    The words that split the family

    Representative record-level distinctions include “saltine, multigrain”, “saltine, reduced fat”, and “saltine, reduced sodium”. 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 “Crackers, saltine, multigrain” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Crackers, saltine 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 crackers, saltine is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“saltine, multigrain”, “saltine, reduced fat”, and “saltine, reduced sodium”—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 Crackers, saltine 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 Crackers, saltine 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

Crackers, saltine, reduced sodium is higher in calcium per 100 g

Crackers, saltine, reduced sodium reports 118 mg versus 0 mg for Crackers, saltine, multigrain: a 118 mg difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

These listed servings have equal weights

3 listed servings each weigh 18 g

The 3 records with a listed serving weight on this page each use 18 g. Their serving totals therefore compare equal weights, even if the household labels differ. Match the preparation and adjust the weight to the amount you eat.

Choose the record before reading the number

Crackers, saltine, reduced fat and Crackers, saltine, reduced sodium are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes Sodium wording (No matching controlled term in the source name versus reduced- or low-sodium wording) 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 Crackers, saltine 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 Crackers, saltine, reduced fat vs Crackers, saltine, reduced sodium

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

Follow this evidence path Compare two records on this page Crackers, saltine, multigrain vs Crackers, saltine, reduced fat

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

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Salt, table

USDA input 2047 appears in 1 of 3 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 1–1 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 Calcium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calcium runs from 0 mg in Crackers, saltine, multigrain to 118 mg in Crackers, saltine, reduced sodium, all per 100 g.

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

In this page’s records, potassium runs from 115 mg in Crackers, saltine, reduced fat to 716 mg in Crackers, saltine, reduced sodium, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Crackers, saltine, multigrain

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2708169 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Crackers, saltine, reduced fat

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2708168 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path