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Ice cream soda calories per cup: 163–167 across all 2 named USDA examples

Across all 2 named USDA examples, a cup contains 163–167 calories. Each included example lists 192 g for that measure. The same household label can carry a different gram weight elsewhere in USDA data.

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Estimated for 1 soda (10 fl oz) · 240 g

209calories

Ice cream soda, chocolate

Protein
2.4 g
Carbs
36.5 g
Fat
7 g

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Compare all 2 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 2 exact records in this guide report 204–209 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 85–87 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 Ice cream soda, begin by separating “Ice cream soda, chocolate” from “Ice cream soda, flavors other than chocolate.” 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 ice cream soda records compare at 100 grams

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

  1. Ice cream soda, flavors other than chocolate 85 kcal
    85 kcal
  2. Ice cream soda, chocolate 87 kcal
    87 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. All sit within “Milk shakes and other dairy drinks.” 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 “ice cream soda.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Ice cream soda, this page can compare 2 named records from FDC 2705657 through FDC 2705656. 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 240 g comparison anchor

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

Composition

2 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “flavors other than chocolate”; the higher is “chocolate.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

0.1 g fiber gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “flavors other than chocolate” (0.2 g) and “chocolate” (0.3 g).

Observed source examples

Both records, with their own serving weights intact

These 2 records each use a 240 g serving. Their serving calories compare equal weights within this set. They do not define a calorie range for every ice cream soda; match the preparation and adjust to your portion.

Important: “Lower” begins with Ice cream soda, flavors other than chocolate; “higher” ends with Ice cream soda, chocolate, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every ice cream soda meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Ice cream soda, 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 Ice cream soda nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Ice cream soda, chocolate Direct name match 240 gUSDA reference amount 209 kcal 87 2.4 g 0.7 g 72 mg FDC 2705657 ↗
Ice cream soda, flavors other than chocolate Direct name match 240 gUSDA reference amount 204 kcal 85 2.2 g 0.5 g 74 mg FDC 2705656 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

Every selected record uses a 240-gram source amount, so serving-weight differences do not explain the calorie spread inside this set. Their own source servings run from 204 calories for “flavors other than chocolate” to 209 for “chocolate.” At a fixed 100 grams, “flavors other than chocolate” is 85 calories and “chocolate” is 87—a fixed-weight separation of 2 calories. For Ice cream soda, 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 “chocolate” and “flavors other than chocolate”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes beverages, carbonated, root beer; differentiating rows include ice creams, chocolate and ice creams, vanilla. On this Ice cream soda 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 “Ice cream soda” cannot resolve the differences between Ice cream soda, chocolate and Ice cream soda, flavors other than chocolate. 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 240 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 “chocolate” and “flavors other than chocolate”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    Shared source rows include beverages, carbonated, root beer; rows that vary across the set include ice creams, chocolate and ice creams, vanilla. Presence is inspectable evidence, not proof of nutrient causation.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Ice cream soda, chocolate” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Ice cream soda 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 ice cream soda is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“chocolate” and “flavors other than chocolate”—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 Ice cream soda 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 Ice cream soda 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

Ice cream soda, chocolate is higher in iron per 100 g

Ice cream soda, chocolate reports 0.3 mg versus 0.1 mg for Ice cream soda, flavors other than chocolate: a 0.2 mg difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

These listed servings have equal weights

2 listed servings each weigh 240 g

The 2 records with a listed serving weight on this page each use 240 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.

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Ice cream soda, chocolate” from “Ice cream soda, flavors other than chocolate”

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 Ice cream soda 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 Ice creams, chocolate

USDA input 19270 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 88–88 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 Ice creams, vanilla

USDA input 19095 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 88–88 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 2 context records in this source topic Milk shakes and other dairy drinks

Ice cream soda, chocolate and Ice cream soda, flavors other than chocolate 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 Inspect an exact record Ice cream soda, chocolate

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2705657 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Ice cream soda, flavors other than chocolate

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2705656 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

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

In this page’s records, iron runs from 0.1 mg in Ice cream soda, flavors other than chocolate to 0.3 mg in Ice cream soda, chocolate, 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 53 mg in Ice cream soda, flavors other than chocolate to 66 mg in Ice cream soda, chocolate, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path