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Potato sticks calories per cup: 196–198 across all 3 named USDA examples

Across all 3 named USDA examples, a cup contains 196–198 calories. Each included example lists 38 g for that measure. The same household label can carry a different gram weight elsewhere in USDA data.

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Preparation and portion

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Estimated for 1 small single serving bag · 28 g

145calories

Potato sticks, flavored

Protein
1.9 g
Carbs
14.8 g
Fat
9.5 g

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Compare all 3 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 3 exact records in this guide report 145–146 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 517–522 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 Potato sticks, begin by separating “Potato sticks, flavored” from “Potato sticks, plain.” 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 potato sticks records compare at 100 grams

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

  1. Potato sticks, flavored 517 kcal
    517 kcal
  2. Potato sticks, fry shaped 517 kcal
    517 kcal
  3. Potato sticks, plain 522 kcal
    522 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 “Potato chips.” 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 “potato sticks.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Potato sticks, this page can compare 3 named records from FDC 2709445 through FDC 2709444. 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 28 g comparison anchor

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

Composition

5 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

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

Discriminator

377 mg sodium gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “plain” (633 mg) and “fry shaped” (1,010 mg).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

These 3 records each use a 28 g serving. Their serving calories compare equal weights within this set. They do not define a calorie range for every potato sticks; match the preparation and adjust to your portion.

Important: “Lower” begins with Potato sticks, flavored; “higher” ends with Potato sticks, plain, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every potato sticks meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Potato sticks, 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 Potato sticks nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Potato sticks, flavored Direct name match 28 gUSDA reference amount 145 kcal 517 1.9 g 1 g 283 mg FDC 2709445 ↗
Potato sticks, fry shaped Direct name match 28 gUSDA reference amount 145 kcal 517 1.9 g 1 g 283 mg FDC 2709446 ↗
Potato sticks, plain Direct name match 28 gUSDA reference amount 146 kcal 522 1.9 g 1 g 177 mg FDC 2709444 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

Every selected record uses a 28-gram source amount, so serving-weight differences do not explain the calorie spread inside this set. Their own source servings run from 145 calories for “flavored” to 146 for “plain.” At a fixed 100 grams, “flavored” is 517 calories and “plain” is 522—a fixed-weight separation of 5 calories. For Potato sticks, 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 “flavored”, “fry shaped”, and “plain”. Across the source formulations, the shared backbone includes snacks, potato sticks; differentiating rows include salt, table. On this Potato sticks 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 “Potato sticks” cannot resolve the differences between Potato sticks, flavored and Potato sticks, plain. 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 28 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 “flavored”, “fry shaped”, and “plain”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    Shared source rows include snacks, potato sticks; rows that vary across the set include salt, table. Presence is inspectable evidence, not proof of nutrient causation.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Potato sticks, flavored” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Potato sticks 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 potato sticks is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“flavored”, “fry shaped”, and “plain”—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 Potato sticks 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 Potato sticks 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

Potato sticks, fry shaped is higher in sodium per 100 g

Potato sticks, fry shaped reports 1,010 mg versus 633 mg for Potato sticks, plain: a 377 mg difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

These listed servings have equal weights

3 listed servings each weigh 28 g

The 3 records with a listed serving weight on this page each use 28 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

Potato sticks, flavored and Potato sticks, plain are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes the exact source description 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 Potato sticks 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 Potato sticks, flavored vs Potato sticks, plain

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Sodium: 1,010 versus 633 mg per 100 g; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Salt, table

USDA input 2047 appears in 2 of 3 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 1–1 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 3 context records in this source topic Potato chips

Potato sticks, flavored and Potato sticks, fry shaped 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 shared source-formulation input Snacks, potato sticks

USDA input 19415 appears in 3 of 3 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 Inspect an exact record Potato sticks, flavored

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2709445 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

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

In this page’s records, sodium runs from 633 mg in Potato sticks, plain to 1,010 mg in Potato sticks, fry shaped, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Potato sticks, fry shaped

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2709446 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path