This list of foods demonstrates that "fat-free" is not necessarily synonymous with "calorie-free":
Fat-free or reduced fat | Regular | ||
Calories | Calories | ||
Reduced fat peanut butter, 2 tbsp | 187 | Regular peanut butter, 2 tbsp | 191 |
Reduced fat chocolate chip cookies, 3 cookies (30g) | 118 | Regular chocolate chip cookies, 3 cookies (30g) | 142 |
Fat free fig cookies, 2 cookies (30g) | 102 | Regular fig cookies, 2 cookies (30g) | 111 |
Non-fat vanilla frozen yoghurt (<1% fat) 1/2 cup | 100 | Regular whole milk vanilla frozen yoghurt (3-4% fat), 1/2 cup | 104 |
Light vanilla ice cream (7% fat), 1/2 cup | 111 | Regular vanilla ice cream (11% fat), 1/2 cup | 133 |
Fat free caramel topping, 2 tbsp | 103 | Caramel topping, homemade with butter, 2 tbsp | 103 |
Low fat granola cereal, approx. 1/2 cup (55g) | 213 | Regular granola cereal, approx. 1/2 cup (55g) | 257 |
Low fat blueberry muffin, 1 small (6,5cm) | 131 | Regular blueberry muffin, 1 small (6,5cm) | 138 |
Baked tortilla chips, 30g | 113 | Regular tortilla chips, 30g | 143 |
Low fat cereal bar, 1 bar (37g) | 130 | Regular cereal bar, 1 bar (37g) | 140 |