Feast Get Feast
Menu

Portions and preparation · USDA nutrition

Cranberries calories per cup: 46–493 across all 2 named USDA examples

Across all 2 named USDA examples, a cup contains 46–493 calories. Their listed weights span 100–160 g, so each calorie value is calculated from that example's own gram weight and published calories per 100 g.

Portion calculator

Estimate your portion

Choose a source measure or enter the weight you ate.

Preparation and portion

Named measures come from this exact source record.

Estimated for 40 g

123calories

Cranberries, dried

Protein
0.1 g
Carbs
33.1 g
Fat
0.4 g

These values scale the selected reference food by weight. Ingredients, preparation, and portion size can change your meal’s estimate.

FoodData Central Survey Foods (FNDDS) · FDC 2709202 Full nutrition profile →

Compare all 2 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 2 exact records in this guide report 23–123 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 46–308 calories per 100 grams. Those are observations from named database records—not a universal range or an estimate of an unseen plate.

Match my meal

Start with the description closest to what you ate

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

Showing all 2 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How cranberries records compare at 100 grams

All 2 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Cranberries, raw 46 kcal
    46 kcal
  2. Cranberries, dried 308 kcal
    308 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 2 named USDA records in view: 2 direct matches. They span 2 source categories, including Dried fruits and Blueberries and other berries. 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 2 records together under the exact grouping key “cranberries.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Cranberries, this page can compare 2 named records from FDC 2709202 through FDC 2709279. 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

40–50 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.3× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

262 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “raw”; the higher is “dried.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

1.7 g fiber gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “raw” (3.6 g) and “dried” (5.3 g).

Observed source examples

Both records, with their own serving weights intact

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 cranberries.

Important: “Lower” begins with Cranberries, raw; “higher” ends with Cranberries, dried, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every cranberries meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Cranberries, 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.

On smaller screens, focus the table and scroll horizontally to read every column.

USDA records selected for the Cranberries nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Cranberries, dried Direct name match 40 gUSDA reference amount 123 kcal 308 0.1 g 2.1 g 2 mg FDC 2709202 ↗
Cranberries, raw Direct name match 50 gUSDA reference amount 23 kcal 46 0.2 g 1.8 g 1 mg FDC 2709279 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 40 to 50 grams—a 10-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 23 calories for “raw” to 123 for “dried.” At a fixed 100 grams, “raw” is 46 calories and “dried” is 308—a fixed-weight separation of 262 calories. For Cranberries, 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 “dried” and “raw”. The source formulations contain 2 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include cranberries, dried, sweetened (includes foods for usda's food distribution program) and cranberries, raw. On this Cranberries 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 “Cranberries” cannot resolve the differences between Cranberries, dried and Cranberries, raw. 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 40–50 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 “dried” and “raw”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    2 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 “Cranberries, dried” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Cranberries 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 cranberries is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“dried” and “raw”—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 Cranberries 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 2 exact records behind Cranberries 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

Cranberries, dried is higher in total sugars per 100 g

Cranberries, dried reports 72.6 g versus 4.3 g for Cranberries, raw: a 68.3 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Check the weight before comparing serving totals

Source amounts span 40–50 g

Cranberries, dried uses USDA source amount (40 g), while Cranberries, raw uses USDA source amount (50 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 “Cranberries, dried” from “Cranberries, raw”

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

A formulation detail that separates records Cranberries, dried, sweetened (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)

USDA input 9079 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 100–100 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 46 kcal in Cranberries, raw to 308 kcal in Cranberries, dried, 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 2 mg in Cranberries, raw to 5 mg in Cranberries, dried, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path 1 context record in this source topic Dried fruits

Cranberries, dried belongs 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 Inspect an exact record Cranberries, dried

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2709202 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Cranberries, raw

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2709279 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path 2 records share this broad food family Fruit: broader category context

Cranberries, dried and Cranberries, raw are assigned to Feast’s Fruit 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