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Crackers calories per miniature/bite size: 4–15 across 24 of 32 named USDA examples

Across 24 of 32 named USDA examples, a miniature/bite size contains 4–15 calories. Their listed weights span 1–3 g, so each calorie value is calculated from that example's own gram weight and published calories per 100 g. The remaining 8 specifically named examples do not list that exact household measure.

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Preparation and portion

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Estimated for 18 g

92calories

Crackers, butter (Ritz)

Protein
1.2 g
Carbs
11 g
Fat
4.8 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 32 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 32 exact records in this guide report 71–92 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 393–510 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, begin by separating “Crackers, butter (Ritz)” from “Crackers, woven wheat, reduced fat.” 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 32 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How crackers records compare at 100 grams

Five rank landmarks are shown from all 32 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: Crackers, saltine, reduced fat 393 kcal
    393 kcal
  2. 25th-ranked landmark: Crackers, rice and nuts 430 kcal
    430 kcal
  3. Median-ranked landmark: Crackers, butter, reduced sodium 443 kcal
    443 kcal
  4. 75th-ranked landmark: Crackers, cheese 489 kcal
    489 kcal
  5. Maximum: Crackers, butter, plain 510 kcal
    510 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 32 named USDA records in view: 32 direct matches. They span 2 source categories, including Crackers, excludes saltines and 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 description segment” placed these 32 records together under the exact grouping key “crackers.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Crackers, this page can compare 32 named records from FDC 2708148 through FDC 2708183. 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

A shared 18 g comparison anchor

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

Composition

117 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

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

Discriminator

10.9 g fiber gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “rice” (0.0 g) and “woven wheat, reduced fat” (10.9 g).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

These 32 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; match the preparation and adjust to your portion.

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

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Crackers, 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 nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Crackers, butter (Ritz) Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 92 kcal 510 1.2 g 0.4 g 131 mg FDC 2708148 ↗
Crackers, butter, flavored Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 92 kcal 510 1.2 g 0.4 g 131 mg FDC 2708147 ↗
Crackers, butter, plain Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 92 kcal 510 1.2 g 0.4 g 131 mg FDC 2708146 ↗
Crackers, butter, reduced fat Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 80 kcal 444 1.7 g 0.6 g 140 mg FDC 2708149 ↗
Crackers, butter, reduced sodium Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 80 kcal 443 1.6 g 1.9 g 33 mg FDC 2708141 ↗
Crackers, cheese Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 88 kcal 489 2 g 0.4 g 175 mg FDC 2708150 ↗
Crackers, cheese (Cheez-It) Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 88 kcal 489 2 g 0.4 g 175 mg FDC 2708151 ↗
Crackers, cheese (Goldfish) Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 88 kcal 489 2 g 0.4 g 175 mg FDC 2708152 ↗
Crackers, cheese, reduced fat Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 75 kcal 418 1.8 g 0.6 g 211 mg FDC 2708153 ↗
Crackers, cheese, reduced sodium Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 91 kcal 503 1.8 g 0.4 g 82 mg FDC 2708154 ↗
Crackers, cheese, whole grain Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 74 kcal 412 1.7 g 1.2 g 127 mg FDC 2708155 ↗
Crackers, rice Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 75 kcal 416 1.8 g 0 g 42 mg FDC 2708163 ↗
Crackers, rice and nuts Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 77 kcal 430 1.9 g 0.1 g 65 mg FDC 2708164 ↗
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 ↗
Crackers, sandwich Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 89 kcal 494 2.1 g 0.4 g 144 mg FDC 2708171 ↗
Crackers, sandwich, cheese filled Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 86 kcal 477 1.7 g 0.3 g 176 mg FDC 2708176 ↗
Crackers, sandwich, cheese filled (Ritz) Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 86 kcal 479 1.4 g 0.5 g 107 mg FDC 2708177 ↗
Crackers, sandwich, peanut butter filled Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 89 kcal 494 2.1 g 0.4 g 144 mg FDC 2708172 ↗
Crackers, sandwich, peanut butter filled (Ritz) Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 87 kcal 482 1.4 g 0.5 g 104 mg FDC 2708173 ↗
Crackers, sandwich, reduced fat, peanut butter filled Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 79 kcal 437 1.5 g 0.5 g 115 mg FDC 2708174 ↗
Crackers, wheat Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 79 kcal 441 1.6 g 1.5 g 135 mg FDC 2708184 ↗
Crackers, wheat, flavored (Wheat Thins) Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 79 kcal 441 1.6 g 1.5 g 135 mg FDC 2708186 ↗
Crackers, wheat, plain (Wheat Thins) Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 79 kcal 441 1.6 g 1.5 g 135 mg FDC 2708185 ↗
Crackers, wheat, reduced fat Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 80 kcal 444 1.7 g 0.6 g 140 mg FDC 2708187 ↗
Crackers, wheat, reduced sodium Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 80 kcal 443 1.6 g 1.9 g 33 mg FDC 2708144 ↗
Crackers, whole grain, sandwich, peanut butter filled Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 84 kcal 465 2.5 g 1.7 g 114 mg FDC 2708175 ↗
Crackers, woven wheat Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 79 kcal 441 1.6 g 1.5 g 135 mg FDC 2708180 ↗
Crackers, woven wheat, flavored (Triscuit) Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 79 kcal 441 1.6 g 1.5 g 135 mg FDC 2708182 ↗
Crackers, woven wheat, plain (Triscuit) Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 79 kcal 441 1.6 g 1.5 g 135 mg FDC 2708181 ↗
Crackers, woven wheat, reduced fat Direct name match 18 gUSDA reference amount 75 kcal 416 2 g 2 g 134 mg FDC 2708183 ↗

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 “saltine, reduced fat” to 92 for “plain.” At a fixed 100 grams, “saltine, reduced fat” is 393 calories and “plain” is 510—a fixed-weight separation of 117 calories. For Crackers, 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 “butter (Ritz)”, “cheese, reduced fat”, “sandwich”, “wheat, flavored (Wheat Thins)”, and “woven wheat, reduced fat”. The source formulations contain 22 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include crackers, wheat, regular, crackers, whole-wheat, crackers, cheese, regular, and crackers, sandwich-type, peanut butter filled, reduced fat. On this Crackers 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” cannot resolve the differences between Crackers, butter (Ritz) and Crackers, woven wheat, reduced fat. 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 “butter (Ritz)”, “cheese, reduced fat”, “sandwich”, “wheat, flavored (Wheat Thins)”, and “woven wheat, reduced fat”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    22 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, butter (Ritz)” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Crackers 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 is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“butter (Ritz)”, “cheese, whole grain”, “sandwich, reduced fat, peanut butter filled”, and “woven wheat, reduced 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 Crackers 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.

Explore this meal family

6 more-specific crackers guides

Use a focused guide when its description matches your meal. Each one keeps its own exact source records and links back to this broader family.

Focused guide Crackers, butter Crackers, butter: compare 4 exact USDA records by source calories, 100-gram values, portions, and citations. Focused guide Crackers, cheese Crackers, cheese: compare 4 exact USDA records by source calories, 100-gram values, portions, and citations. Focused guide Crackers, saltine Crackers, saltine: compare 3 exact USDA records by source calories, 100-gram values, portions, and citations. Focused guide Crackers, sandwich Crackers, sandwich: compare 6 exact USDA records by source calories, 100-gram values, portions, and citations. Focused guide Crackers, wheat Crackers, wheat: compare 5 exact USDA records by source calories, 100-gram values, portions, and citations. Focused guide Crackers, woven wheat Crackers, woven wheat: compare 4 exact USDA records by source calories, 100-gram values, portions, and citations.

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 32 exact records behind Crackers 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, woven wheat, reduced fat is higher in dietary fiber per 100 g

Crackers, woven wheat, reduced fat reports 10.9 g versus 0 g for Crackers, rice: a 10.9 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

These listed servings have equal weights

32 listed servings each weigh 18 g

The 32 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, butter, reduced fat and Crackers, butter, 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 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, butter, reduced fat vs Crackers, butter, 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, cheese, reduced fat vs Crackers, cheese, whole grain

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

Follow this evidence path 29 context records in this source topic Crackers, excludes saltines

Crackers, butter (Ritz) and Crackers, butter, flavored 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 Crackers, wheat, regular

USDA input 18232 appears in 6 of 32 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 A formulation detail that separates records Crackers, whole-wheat

USDA input 18235 appears in 6 of 32 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 Calcium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calcium runs from 0 mg in Crackers, rice to 257 mg in Crackers, sandwich, cheese filled, all per 100 g.

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 Crackers, rice to 10.9 g in Crackers, woven wheat, reduced fat, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path