McDonald's Grinch Meal Calories: 2025 Meal, 2026 Status
McDonald's own US nutrition for the Grinch Meal as it ran in 2025: a Big Mac, medium Dill Pickle McShaker Fries and a medium Coca-Cola add up to 1,190 calories, the 10-piece McNuggets build to 1,020 before sauce, and a Diet Coke takes 270 off either. Every build with its sodium, the sauces, the 2026 holiday drinks McDonald's already serves and where the 2026 Grinch Meal stands.
Persimmon Calories: Fuyu vs Hachiya, Per Fruit and Per 100 g
A Japanese persimmon is 118 calories for a 168 g fruit (USDA), with 31 g of carbs, 21 g of sugars and 6 g of fiber. Fuyu and Hachiya share one record; the native persimmon is 32 calories, a dried one 93 per piece, and USDA’s sugared dried record 374 per 100 g. Plus where USDA and Spain’s tables disagree.
Pomegranate Calories: Whole Fruit, Arils Per Cup and Juice
A 4-inch pomegranate has 234 calories of arils (USDA), a cup of arils 145 and half a cup 72; a cup of 100% juice is 134 to 160 with almost no fiber. POM Wonderful’s labels, arils vs juice, and why Spain’s tables list 34 or 62 calories per 100 g where USDA lists 83.
Popcorn Calories: Air-Popped, Microwave, Movie Theater and Kettle Corn
Air-popped popcorn is 31 calories a cup and 93 for three (USDA); oil-popped 165 for three; a butter microwave bag about 425 by its label or 440 in USDA’s records; a medium movie-theater popcorn 862, or 1,194 with butter topping. Kettle and caramel corn, microwave labels, theater sizes and what the butter adds.
Prime Rib Calories: Per Slice, Per 3 oz and by Cut Size
USDA's roasted beef rib per 3 oz by grade and trim: 298 calories and 19.4 g of protein for all grades with the fat, 281 Select, 310 Choice, 340 Prime, 187 to 215 lean only. Outback's 10, 12 and 16 oz prime rib cuts (950 to 1,700 calories), Golden Corral and HoneyBaked 3 oz servings, slice weights from 60 g to a 16 oz cut, au jus and horseradish sauce, and protein per calorie.
Starbucks Holiday Drinks 2026: Calories in Every Drink, by Size
Starbucks's own US nutrition for the 2026 holiday drinks, by size: the Peppermint Mocha runs from 240 calories (short) to 540 (venti), 440 as a grande with 54 g of sugars; the Caramel Brulée Latte is 410 a grande, the Sugar Cookie Latte 260 and the Gingerbread Chai 200. Iced and Frappuccino versions, the holiday bakery, and the new Tiramisu Velvet and Apple Pomegranate drinks, whose nutrition was not yet published.
Stuffing Calories: Per Cup, Homemade vs Boxed, With or Without Sausage
USDA puts half a cup of bread stuffing at 177 calories and a cup at 354, with cornbread stuffing at 179 and a made-up dry mix at 195. Stove Top’s 110 counts the dry mix; the butter on its box makes a half cup about 178. Two home recipes worked out from USDA ingredients, one with sausage, Golden Corral’s buffet sides, and the carbs and protein in a scoop.
Mashed Potatoes Calories: Per Cup, Homemade, Instant and Restaurant
USDA puts a cup of homemade mashed potatoes with whole milk and butter at 237 calories and the same cup without butter at 174; its survey database pours a heavier 250 g cup. Per cup, half cup and quarter cup: two home recipes worked out from USDA ingredients, instant flakes, Bob Evans and Simply Potatoes tubs, Golden Corral’s buffet sides, and what butter and gravy add.
Pecan Pie Calories: Per Slice, Homemade vs Store-Bought
USDA's pecan pie figures by the slice: 503 calories for an eighth of a 9-inch homemade pie, 670 for a sixth, and survey slices from 337 to 1,122. The classic Karo corn-syrup recipe added up ingredient by ingredient (about 550 an eighth, 58 g of added sugar), the Marie Callender's and Whole Foods Market labels, whipped cream or ice cream on top, and how pecan compares with pumpkin and every other pie USDA lists.
Pumpkin Pie Calories: Per Slice, Homemade vs Store-Bought
USDA puts an eighth of a homemade 9-inch pumpkin pie at 316 calories and a sixth at 422, and its survey slices run from 187 to 622. A Pillsbury recipe worked out ingredient by ingredient, where the crust, sugar and pumpkin calories go, Marie Callender’s, Walmart and Trader Joe’s labels, Golden Corral’s slice, whipped cream and ice cream, and the added sugar against the FDA Daily Value.
Turkey Calories: Breast vs Dark Meat, Skin On or Off, and Deli Slices
USDA's roast turkey figures per 3 oz and per 100 g: skinless breast at 125 calories and 25.6 g of protein, white meat with skin at 150, thigh, drumstick and wing with and without the skin, and a thin, medium or thick slice. Five deli turkey labels per 2 oz (50 to 70 calories, 9 to 10 g of protein, 340 to 600 mg of sodium), ground turkey from 99% to 85% lean, and turkey against chicken breast in protein per calorie.
CICO (Calories In, Calories Out): Does It Work, and How to Do It Right
CICO (calories in, calories out) is the energy-balance rule: weight falls when intake stays below expenditure. It works, but both sides are estimates: food can hold up to 20% more calories than its label and still meet FDA rules, restaurant dishes measured 18% over their stated calories, and no wrist tracker in a 2017 Stanford test estimated burn within 20%. How to do it right, step by step.
