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Soft drink, cola calories per bottle (16.9 fl oz or 500 ml): 5–220 across all 8 named USDA examples

Across all 8 named USDA examples, a bottle (16.9 fl oz or 500 ml) contains 5–220 calories. Their listed weights span 507–524 g, so each calorie value is calculated from that example's own gram weight and published calories per 100 g.

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Preparation and portion

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Estimated for 1 can (12 fl oz) · 372 g

156calories

Soft drink, cola

Protein
0 g
Carbs
38.7 g
Fat
0.9 g

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Compare all 8 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 8 exact records in this guide report 4–156 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 1–42 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 Soft drink, cola, begin by separating “Soft drink, cola” from “Soft drink, cola, fruit or vanilla flavored, diet.” 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 8 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How soft drink, cola records compare at 100 grams

Five rank landmarks are shown from all 8 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: Soft drink, cola, decaffeinated, diet 1 kcal
    1 kcal
  2. 25th-ranked landmark: Soft drink, cola, chocolate flavored, diet 2 kcal
    2 kcal
  3. Median-ranked landmark: Soft drink, cola, fruit or vanilla flavored, diet 2 kcal
    2 kcal
  4. 75th-ranked landmark: Soft drink, cola 42 kcal
    42 kcal
  5. Maximum: Soft drink, cola, fruit or vanilla flavored 42 kcal
    42 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 8 named USDA records in view: 8 direct matches. They span 2 source categories, including Soft drinks and Diet soft 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 two description segments” placed these 8 records together under the exact grouping key “soft drink cola.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Soft drink, cola, this page can compare 8 named records from FDC 2710541 through FDC 2710563. 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

360–372 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.0× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

41 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “cola, decaffeinated, diet”; the higher is “cola, fruit or vanilla flavored.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

0.1 g protein gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “cola” (0.0 g) and “cola, decaffeinated, diet” (0.1 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 soft drink, cola.

Important: “Lower” begins with Soft drink, cola, decaffeinated, diet; “higher” ends with Soft drink, cola, fruit or vanilla flavored, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every soft drink, cola meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Soft drink, cola, 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 Soft drink, cola nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Soft drink, cola Direct name match 372 gUSDA reference amount 156 kcal 42 0 g 0 g 11 mg FDC 2710541 ↗
Soft drink, cola, chocolate flavored Direct name match 372 gUSDA reference amount 156 kcal 42 0 g 0 g 11 mg FDC 2710562 ↗
Soft drink, cola, chocolate flavored, diet Direct name match 360 gUSDA reference amount 7 kcal 2 0.4 g 0 g 29 mg FDC 2710564 ↗
Soft drink, cola, decaffeinated Direct name match 372 gUSDA reference amount 153 kcal 41 0 g 0 g 15 mg FDC 2710543 ↗
Soft drink, cola, decaffeinated, diet Direct name match 360 gUSDA reference amount 4 kcal 1 0.4 g 0 g 14 mg FDC 2710544 ↗
Soft drink, cola, diet Direct name match 360 gUSDA reference amount 7 kcal 2 0.4 g 0 g 29 mg FDC 2710542 ↗
Soft drink, cola, fruit or vanilla flavored Direct name match 372 gUSDA reference amount 156 kcal 42 0 g 0 g 11 mg FDC 2710561 ↗
Soft drink, cola, fruit or vanilla flavored, diet Direct name match 360 gUSDA reference amount 7 kcal 2 0.4 g 0 g 29 mg FDC 2710563 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 360 to 372 grams—a 12-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 4 calories for “cola, decaffeinated, diet” to 156 for “cola, fruit or vanilla flavored.” At a fixed 100 grams, “cola, decaffeinated, diet” is 1 calories and “cola, fruit or vanilla flavored” is 42—a fixed-weight separation of 41 calories. For Soft drink, cola, 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 “cola”, “cola, chocolate flavored, diet”, “cola, decaffeinated, diet”, “cola, diet”, and “cola, fruit or vanilla flavored, diet”. The source formulations contain 4 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include beverages, carbonated, cola, regular, beverages, carbonated, low calorie, cola or pepper-type, with aspartame, contains caffeine, beverages, carbonated, cola, without caffeine, and beverages, carbonated, low calorie, cola or pepper-type, with aspartame, without caffeine. On this Soft drink, cola 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 “Soft drink, cola” cannot resolve the differences between Soft drink, cola and Soft drink, cola, fruit or vanilla flavored, diet. 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 360–372 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 “cola”, “cola, chocolate flavored, diet”, “cola, decaffeinated, diet”, “cola, diet”, and “cola, fruit or vanilla flavored, diet”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    4 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 “Soft drink, cola” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Soft drink, cola 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 soft drink, cola is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“cola”, “cola, chocolate flavored, diet”, “cola, diet”, and “cola, fruit or vanilla flavored, diet”—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 Soft drink, cola 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 8 exact records behind Soft drink, cola 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

Soft drink, cola, decaffeinated is higher in total sugars per 100 g

Soft drink, cola, decaffeinated reports 10.6 g versus 0 g for Soft drink, cola, chocolate flavored, diet: a 10.6 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Check the weight before comparing serving totals

Source amounts span 360–372 g

Soft drink, cola, chocolate flavored, diet uses USDA source amount (360 g), while Soft drink, cola, fruit or vanilla flavored uses USDA source amount (372 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 “Soft drink, cola” from “Soft drink, cola, fruit or vanilla flavored, diet”

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 Soft drink, cola 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 Beverages, carbonated, cola, regular

USDA input 14148 appears in 3 of 8 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 A formulation detail that separates records Beverages, carbonated, low calorie, cola or pepper-type, with aspartame, contains caffeine

USDA input 14416 appears in 3 of 8 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 4 context records in this source topic Diet soft drinks

Soft drink, cola, chocolate flavored, diet and Soft drink, cola, decaffeinated, diet 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 4 context records in this source topic Soft drinks

Soft drink, cola and Soft drink, cola, chocolate flavored 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 Calories: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calories runs from 1 kcal in Soft drink, cola, decaffeinated, diet to 42 kcal in Soft drink, cola, fruit or vanilla flavored, all per 100 g.

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

In this page’s records, calcium runs from 1 mg in Soft drink, cola to 3 mg in Soft drink, cola, fruit or vanilla flavored, diet, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Soft drink, cola

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2710541 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path