Least nutrient-dense foods
Lowest NRF9.3 nutrient density per 100 kcal — calories with little nutrition.
1. Sugars, granulated0/100
2. Beverages, COCA-COLA, POWERADE, lemon-lime flavored, ready-to-drink0/100
3. Soft drink, cola0/100
4. Pork, cured, bacon, unprepared0/100
5. Soy sauce0/100
6. Mayonnaise, regular0/100
7. Candies, milk chocolate0/100
8. Soup, ramen noodles, water added0/100
9. Sugar, NFS0/100
10. Beverages, carbonated, cola, regular0/100
11. Hot dog sandwich, NFS, on white bun0/100
12. Ketchup0/100
13. Soft drink, NFS0/100
14. Catsup0/100
15. Sandwich spread0/100
16. Butter, without salt0/100
17. Sugar, white, granulated or lump0/100
18. Chocolate candy0/100
19. Sauce, barbecue0/100
20. Soy sauce made from soy and wheat (shoyu)0/100
21. Butter, NFS0/100
22. Salad dressing, NFS, for salads0/100
23. Sauce as ingredient in hamburgers0/100
24. Pie, apple0/100
25. Soup, ramen noodle, any flavor, dry0/100
26. Potato tots, fast food / restaurant0/100
27. CAMPBELL'S, Chicken Noodle Soup, condensed0/100
28. Rice, white, long-grain, regular, cooked, unenriched, with salt0/100
29. Chicken "wings" with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant0/100
30. Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, M&M's Milk Chocolate Candies0/100
31. Cookie, chocolate chip, made from home recipe or purchased at a bakery0/100
32. Cookie, butter or sugar0/100
33. Sour cream, regular0/100
34. Soup, ramen noodle, chicken flavor, dry0/100
35. Alcoholic beverage, distilled, all (gin, rum, vodka, whiskey) 86 proof0/100
36. Cream cheese, full fat, block0/100
37. Pork, cured, bacon, pre-sliced, cooked, pan-fried0/100
38. Butter, stick0/100
39. Cheese, pasteurized process, American, vitamin D fortified0/100
40. Soup, ramen noodle, beef flavor, dry0/100
41. Doughnuts, cake-type, plain, sugared or glazed0/100
42. Cream cheese, regular, plain0/100
43. Alcoholic beverage, distilled, all (gin, rum, vodka, whiskey) 90 proof0/100
44. Ranch dressing0/100
45. Soft drink, pepper type0/100
46. Hot dog sandwich, beef, on white bun0/100
47. Ketchup, restaurant0/100
48. Chocolate candy, candy shell0/100
49. Croissants, butter0/100
50. Chocolate chips0/100
51. KFC, Fried Chicken, ORIGINAL RECIPE, Skin and Breading0/100
52. Butter, tub0/100
53. Syrups, corn, high-fructose0/100
54. Doughnut, NFS0/100
55. Bacon, NS as to type of meat, cooked0/100
56. Doughnut, yeast type0/100
57. Hot dog, NFS0/100
58. Candy, NFS0/100
59. WENDY'S, Chicken Nuggets0/100
60. Soup, chicken noodle, canned, prepared with equal volume water0/100
61. Pie, blueberry0/100
62. Sports drink (Gatorade G)0/100
63. Mayonnaise-type salad dressing0/100
64. Salad dressing, mayonnaise, regular0/100
65. Oil, soybean, salad or cooking0/100
66. Pork, cured, bacon, cooked, restaurant0/100
67. Cream, sour, full fat0/100
68. ON THE BORDER, cheese quesadilla0/100
69. Sausage, Berliner, pork, beef0/100
70. Turkey and gravy, frozen0/100
71. Beverages, Energy drink, RED BULL, sugar free, with added caffeine, niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamins B6 and B120/100
72. Chocolate candy, other, NFS0/100
73. Candy, gummy0/100
74. Candies, KIT KAT Wafer Bar0/100
75. Chocolate-flavored hazelnut spread0/100
76. Beef, ground, 70% lean meat / 30% fat, raw0/100
77. Doughnuts, cake-type, plain (includes unsugared, old-fashioned)0/100
78. Rice, brown and wild, cooked, NS as to fat0/100
79. Sugars, powdered0/100
80. Rice, cooked with coconut milk0/100
81. Sauce, ready-to-serve, pepper or hot0/100
82. Pudding, flavors other than chocolate, NFS0/100
83. Hot dog, beef0/100
84. Popcorn, movie theater, with added butter0/100
85. Sweet and sour sauce0/100
86. Barbecue sauce0/100
87. Steak sauce0/100
88. Pudding, flavors other than chocolate, ready-to-eat0/100
89. Pork bacon, NS as to fresh, smoked or cured, cooked0/100
90. Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated0/100
91. Ranch dip, regular0/100
92. Soup, chicken noodle, canned, condensed0/100
93. Hot dog, meat and poultry0/100
94. Rice, white, with soy-based sauce, NS as to fat0/100
95. Pie, cherry0/100
96. Snacks, granola bars, soft, coated, milk chocolate coating, chocolate chip0/100
97. Ice creams, vanilla, rich0/100
98. Butter, whipped, with salt0/100
99. Pickles, cucumber, dill or kosher dill0/100
100. Nuts, coconut meat, raw0/100
Calculated from USDA nutrients — NRF9.3 nutrient density (Drewnowski). Informational only.