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Honey mustard dressing calories per cup: 433–1,160 across all 3 named USDA examples

Across all 3 named USDA examples, a cup contains 433–1,160 calories. Their listed weights span 240–256 g, so each calorie value is calculated from that example's own gram weight and published calories per 100 g.

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Estimated for 31 g

144calories

Honey mustard dressing

Protein
0.3 g
Carbs
7.2 g
Fat
12.6 g

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Compare all 3 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 3 exact records in this guide report 54–144 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 169–464 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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For Honey mustard dressing, begin by separating “Honey mustard dressing” from “Honey mustard dressing, light.” 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 honey mustard dressing records compare at 100 grams

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

  1. Honey mustard dressing, fat free 169 kcal
    169 kcal
  2. Honey mustard dressing, light 207 kcal
    207 kcal
  3. Honey mustard dressing 464 kcal
    464 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 “Salad dressings and vegetable oils.” 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 3 records together under the exact grouping key “honey mustard dressing.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Honey mustard dressing, this page can compare 3 named records from FDC 2710202 through FDC 2710223. 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

30–32 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.1× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

295 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “fat free”; the higher is “Honey mustard dressing.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

488 mg sodium gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “Honey mustard dressing” (512 mg) and “fat free” (1,000 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 honey mustard dressing.

Important: “Lower” begins with Honey mustard dressing, fat free; “higher” ends with Honey mustard dressing, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every honey mustard dressing meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Honey mustard dressing, 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 Honey mustard dressing nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Honey mustard dressing Direct name match 31 gUSDA reference amount 144 kcal 464 0.3 g 0.1 g 159 mg FDC 2710202 ↗
Honey mustard dressing, fat free Direct name match 32 gUSDA reference amount 54 kcal 169 0.3 g 0.4 g 320 mg FDC 2710233 ↗
Honey mustard dressing, light Direct name match 30 gUSDA reference amount 62 kcal 207 0.3 g 0.2 g 210 mg FDC 2710223 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 30 to 32 grams—a 2-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 54 calories for “fat free” to 144 for “Honey mustard dressing.” At a fixed 100 grams, “fat free” is 169 calories and “Honey mustard dressing” is 464—a fixed-weight separation of 295 calories. For Honey mustard dressing, 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 “Honey mustard dressing”, “fat free”, and “light”. The source formulations contain 3 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include dressing, honey mustard, fat-free, salad dressing, honey mustard dressing, reduced calorie, and salad dressing, honey mustard, regular. On this Honey mustard dressing 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 “Honey mustard dressing” cannot resolve the differences between Honey mustard dressing and Honey mustard dressing, light. 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 30–32 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 “Honey mustard dressing”, “fat free”, and “light”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    3 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 “Honey mustard dressing” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Honey mustard dressing 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 honey mustard dressing is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“Honey mustard dressing”, “fat free”, and “light”—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 Honey mustard dressing 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 Honey mustard dressing 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

Honey mustard dressing is higher in total fat per 100 g

Honey mustard dressing reports 40.8 g versus 1.5 g for Honey mustard dressing, fat free: a 39.3 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Check the weight before comparing serving totals

Source amounts span 30–32 g

Honey mustard dressing, light uses USDA source amount (30 g), while Honey mustard dressing, fat free uses USDA source amount (32 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

Honey mustard dressing, fat free and Honey mustard dressing, light are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes Fat-level wording (nonfat or fat-free wording 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 Honey mustard dressing 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 Honey mustard dressing, fat free vs Honey mustard dressing, light

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Fat-level wording: nonfat or fat-free wording 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 Honey mustard dressing vs Honey mustard dressing, fat free

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 nonfat or fat-free wording; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path 3 context records in this source topic Salad dressings and vegetable oils

Honey mustard dressing and Honey mustard dressing, fat free 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 Put the observed spread in corpus context Calcium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calcium runs from 12 mg in Honey mustard dressing to 67 mg in Honey mustard dressing, light, 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 20 mg in Honey mustard dressing to 69 mg in Honey mustard dressing, fat free, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Honey mustard dressing

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2710202 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Honey mustard dressing, fat free

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2710233 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path