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Pie calories per individual pie: 315–674 across all 21 named USDA examples

Across all 21 named USDA examples, a individual pie contains 315–674 calories. Their listed weights span 125–150 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 1 regular slice · 150 g

444calories

Pie, apple

Protein
4.1 g
Carbs
56.4 g
Fat
23 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 21 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 21 exact records in this guide report 315–674 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 210–449 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 Pie, begin by separating “Pie, apple” from “Pie, vanilla cream.” 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 21 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How pie records compare at 100 grams

Five rank landmarks are shown from all 21 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: Pie, custard 210 kcal
    210 kcal
  2. 25th-ranked landmark: Pie, banana cream 284 kcal
    284 kcal
  3. Median-ranked landmark: Pie, apple 296 kcal
    296 kcal
  4. 75th-ranked landmark: Pie, cherry 311 kcal
    311 kcal
  5. Maximum: Pie, pecan 449 kcal
    449 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 21 named USDA records in view: 21 direct matches. All sit within “Cakes and pies.” 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 21 records together under the exact grouping key “pie.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Pie, this page can compare 21 named records from FDC 2707995 through FDC 2708013. 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

125–150 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.2× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

239 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

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

Discriminator

3.3 g fiber gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “key lime” (0.3 g) and “berry” (3.6 g).

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 pie.

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

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Pie, 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 Pie nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Pie, apple Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 444 kcal 296 4.1 g 2.7 g 326 mg FDC 2707995 ↗
Pie, apple, fast food Direct name match 125 gUSDA reference amount 395 kcal 316 3.8 g 3.3 g 416 mg FDC 2707996 ↗
Pie, banana cream Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 426 kcal 284 3.6 g 1.1 g 252 mg FDC 2708004 ↗
Pie, berry Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 459 kcal 306 4.7 g 5.4 g 326 mg FDC 2707997 ↗
Pie, blueberry Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 450 kcal 300 4.2 g 3.8 g 326 mg FDC 2707998 ↗
Pie, cherry Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 467 kcal 311 4.4 g 2.9 g 326 mg FDC 2707999 ↗
Pie, chocolate cream Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 437 kcal 291 4.1 g 1.1 g 251 mg FDC 2708005 ↗
Pie, coconut cream Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 446 kcal 297 3.8 g 1.7 g 254 mg FDC 2708006 ↗
Pie, custard Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 315 kcal 210 8.3 g 2.4 g 413 mg FDC 2708007 ↗
Pie, key lime Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 483 kcal 322 8.7 g 0.5 g 273 mg FDC 2708001 ↗
Pie, lemon Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 420 kcal 280 3.6 g 1.1 g 254 mg FDC 2708000 ↗
Pie, lemon meringue Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 441 kcal 294 6.8 g 1.7 g 269 mg FDC 2708014 ↗
Pie, oatmeal Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 594 kcal 396 9.2 g 3.3 g 473 mg FDC 2708016 ↗
Pie, peach Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 444 kcal 296 4.2 g 2.9 g 329 mg FDC 2708002 ↗
Pie, peanut butter cream Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 632 kcal 421 8.9 g 1.7 g 354 mg FDC 2708009 ↗
Pie, pecan Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 674 kcal 449 9 g 2.9 g 449 mg FDC 2708015 ↗
Pie, pineapple cream Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 411 kcal 274 3.5 g 1.1 g 252 mg FDC 2708010 ↗
Pie, pumpkin Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 374 kcal 249 7.1 g 2.6 g 378 mg FDC 2708011 ↗
Pie, strawberry Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 434 kcal 289 4.3 g 3.3 g 284 mg FDC 2708003 ↗
Pie, sweet potato Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 404 kcal 269 7.4 g 2 g 404 mg FDC 2708012 ↗
Pie, vanilla cream Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 429 kcal 286 3.7 g 1.1 g 264 mg FDC 2708013 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 125 to 150 grams—a 25-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 315 calories for “custard” to 674 for “pecan.” At a fixed 100 grams, “custard” is 210 calories and “pecan” is 449—a fixed-weight separation of 239 calories. For Pie, 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 “apple”, “cherry”, “lemon”, “pecan”, and “vanilla cream”. The source formulations contain 32 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include sugars, granulated, pie crust, standard-type, frozen, ready-to-bake, enriched, baked, cream, heavy, and salt, table. On this Pie 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 “Pie” cannot resolve the differences between Pie, apple and Pie, vanilla cream. 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 125–150 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 “apple”, “cherry”, “lemon”, “pecan”, and “vanilla cream”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    32 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 “Pie, apple” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Pie 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 pie is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“apple”, “coconut cream”, “peach”, and “vanilla cream”—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 Pie 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 21 exact records behind Pie 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

Pie, key lime is higher in calcium per 100 g

Pie, key lime reports 187 mg versus 11 mg for Pie, apple: a 176 mg difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Pie, apple, fast food is denser; Pie, cherry is higher in its source amount

Pie, apple, fast food reports 316 kcal per 100 g and 395 kcal in USDA source amount (125 g). Pie, cherry reports a lower 311 kcal per 100 g but a higher 467 kcal in USDA source amount (150 g).

Choose the record before reading the number

Pie, apple and Pie, apple, fast food are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes Source context (No matching controlled term in the source name versus restaurant or fast food) 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 Pie 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 Pie, apple vs Pie, apple, fast food

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Source context: No matching controlled term in the source name versus restaurant or fast food; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path 21 context records in this source topic Cakes and pies

Pie, apple and Pie, apple, fast food 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 Butter, stick, unsalted

USDA input 1145 appears in 5 of 21 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 15–80 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 Cream, heavy

USDA input 1053 appears in 7 of 21 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 25–35 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 11 mg in Pie, apple to 187 mg in Pie, key lime, 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 0.3 g in Pie, key lime to 3.6 g in Pie, berry, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Pie, apple

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2707995 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path