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Ice cream cone, soft serve, vanilla, waffle cone: calories and nutrition

Ice cream cone, soft serve, vanilla, waffle cone has about 492 calories per USDA reference amount in the cited USDA reference record. Use the portion controls and preparation factors below to interpret the estimate.

What this number means

A portion-aware estimate, not a promise

A USDA reference amount weighing 255 grams has about 492 calories in the cited source record.

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Calories
492 kcal
Protein
12.6 g
Carbohydrate
83.4 g
Total fat
12.2 g

Household measures

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These values scale the source nutrition by gram weight. Rounding keeps the comparison readable.

1 cone

492 kcal

255 g

At a glance

Nutrient highlights per source serving

The strongest supplied Daily Value signals, shown without extrapolating missing values.

Saturated fat

7.1 g≈ 36% Daily Value

Vitamin A

306 µg≈ 34% Daily Value

Carbohydrate

83.4 g≈ 30% Daily Value

Source-serving signals

What stands out in this record

These observations are calculated from the cited USDA reference amount. They describe the database serving, not a measurement or recommendation for your plate.

  • The representative USDA portion supplies 12.6 g protein, about 25% of the Daily Value used on U.S. labels.

Nutrition facts

Compare the source serving with 100 grams

Values are rounded for readability. The source serving is 255 g.

NutrientAmountApprox. % Daily Value
Calories 492 kcal
Protein 12.6 g
Carbohydrate 83.4 g 30%
Total fat 12.2 g
Dietary fiber 1 g
Sugars 56.9 g
Sodium 221.9 mg
Saturated fat 7.1 g 36%
Monounsaturated Fat 3.3 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.7 g
Cholesterol 63.8 mg
Potassium 520.2 mg
Calcium 392.7 mg
Iron 1.1 mg
Magnesium 38.3 mg
Vitamin C 2.8 mg
Vitamin D 0.3 µg
Vitamin A 306 µg 34%
Caffeine 0 mg
Alcohol 0 g
Water 144.1 g

Daily Values appear only when they are supplied by the reviewed data record. Individual needs differ.

Inside the source record

Source formulation behind this USDA record

USDA links this survey-food entry to 2 source inputs used to calculate the reference nutrition. Publishing those inputs makes the record easier to inspect and helps explain why two similarly named foods can have different values.

How to read this

2 listed components

The largest listed inputs by source weight are Ice creams, vanilla, light, Ice cream cones, sugar, rolled-type. The order and weights below come from the standardized USDA formulation, so they offer context for this exact database entry.

255 g total listed input weight across the formulation.

#USDA inputListed amountInput weightShare of listed input weight
1 Ice creams, vanilla, lightUSDA ingredient 19088 240 GM 240 g 94.1%
2 Ice cream cones, sugar, rolled-typeUSDA ingredient 18272 15 GM 15 g 5.9%

Use this formulation to choose a closer record—not to reverse-engineer a recipe. If your meal adds, removes, or substantially changes one of these components, another source entry or a photo-based estimate may fit better.

What changes the estimate most?

This is a standardized USDA survey-food profile, not a measurement of every preparation. Actual nutrition can change with piece or portion size, recipe or brand, fillings or frosting, added fats and sugars.

Food estimates can be sensitive to portion weight, preparation, ingredient ratios, and additions that are difficult to judge from appearance alone.

  1. 01

    piece or portion size

  2. 02

    recipe or brand

  3. 03

    fillings or frosting

  4. 04

    added fats and sugars

How we estimated this

Traceable back to the source record

This profile uses FoodData Central Survey Foods (FNDDS). It reports the source serving, calculates the 100-gram comparison from the same record, and scales household portions by their listed gram weights.

About the serving label: USDA describes the underlying portion as “Typical reported amount.” We display it as “USDA reference amount” to make clear that it is a database comparison point—not a suggested portion or a claim about what most people should eat.

Data cycle: 2021–2023, published 2024-10-31

FoodData Central ID: 2705652

FNDDS food code: 13120786

It does not reconstruct every possible recipe or infer your plate’s weight. Preparation and recipe differences belong in the uncertainty explanation, not hidden decimal places.

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Source release 2024-10-31. Read the full nutrition methodology.

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