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Low calorie foods for performance: list

Written by NutriDecide Editorial Team Last updated: 2026-06-15

A curated food list to compare nutrients, calories and dietary context without focusing on just one item.

Use the tables to compare real options for your goal — values are per 100 g unless stated otherwise on the label.

Type: Food pages Focus: Nutrition Goal: Health & performance
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Nutrition selection

Low calorie foods for performance: list

A curated food list to compare nutrients, calories and dietary context without focusing on just one item.

Protein Fiber Vitamins Minerals Energy Balance

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Page summary

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Total foods

100

items analyzed

Best choice

Haddock, grilled/pan-fried without added fat

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Average protein

13,9 g

per 100g

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Average carbs

3,0 g

per 100g

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Average fat

21,8 g

per 100g

Quick assessment

Our analysis

This list has 100 options focused on Calories; Haddock, grilled/pan-fried without added fat leads the ranking with 80 kcal per 100 g (sports performance lens).

To minimize Calories, Beef on skewer, raw ranks among the lowest values (80 kcal per 100 g), yet the list reaches 85 kcal — adjust your real portion.

👍 Positive points

  • ✅ List with 100 foods; Haddock, grilled/pan-fried without added fat ranks among the top picks.
  • ✅ Leader in Calories: Beef on skewer, raw (80 kcal per 100 g).
  • ✅ High-protein flagged options: Beef on skewer, raw.

⚠️ Points to watch

  • ⚠️ Large list — compare portions and context, not just table rank.
  • ⚠️ Beef on skewer, raw packs more calories (80 kcal per 100 g) — watch portions.
  • ⚠️ Filters and the sports performance angle define who enters the list — read the table in that lens.

Full analysis

Quick assessment

This list has 100 options focused on Calories; Haddock, grilled/pan-fried without added fat leads the ranking with 80 kcal per 100 g (sports performance lens).

To minimize Calories, Beef on skewer, raw ranks among the lowest values (80 kcal per 100 g), yet the list reaches 85 kcal — adjust your real portion.

Ranking snapshot

Among 100 foods ranked by Calories, Beef on skewer, raw leads with 80 kcal per 100 g. The list spans 80 kcal to 85 kcal, averaging 82 kcal.

Top picks to compare first

  • Beef on skewer, raw: Protein 20, Calories 80, Carbs 0
  • Meat, goat, baby goat, raw (average of several samples), Brazil: Protein 17.5, Calories 80, Carbs 0
  • Squid, frozen, raw: Protein 17, Calories 80, Carbs 0

How to read this page

Editorial angle: sports performance.

Use Calories as the main axis, but cross-check calories, protein and your real portion. All 100 items were filtered for this lens — table rank is not an automatic recommendation.

Practical tip

Prioritize lower-calorie items for plate volume; use higher-calorie picks as measured add-ons (nuts, grains).

How to interpret this page

🔥 Calories: Calories show energy per 100 g and help you compare portion impact across foods. Use them with protein and carbs to see whether an option fits maintenance, deficit, or surplus goals. A low score does not mean a food is ‘bad’ — it reflects nutrient density for general health, not your specific plan.

💪 Protein: Protein per 100 g shows how concentrated a food is as a protein source. Higher values support muscle recovery, satiety, and meal balance when that is your priority. Compare foods on this page rather than judging a single macro in isolation.

🌾 Carbs: Carbs matter most in context: training days, ketogenic diets, and endurance goals change what ‘good’ looks like. Powders such as maltodextrin score lower on our general-health scale because they are energy-dense with little protein, fiber, or micronutrients — not because they are never useful.

🥑 Fat: Fat carries more than twice the calories per gram than protein or carbs, so small portion changes matter. Moderate fat levels can support hormones and absorption of fat-soluble vitamins. Use this column with calories when balancing satiety and energy density.

Tip: combine the table with your goal — weight loss, muscle gain, low carb, endurance, or general health. The score helps compare options on this page; it does not replace medical or sports-nutrition advice.

Nutrition facts (per 100g)

The data shown is filtered to match this page’s topic.

The NutriDecide score (1–10) ranks foods on this page by protein, nutrient density, fiber, and a general-health lens — not by taste or whether they fit a specific diet. Low scores (e.g. maltodextrin) usually mean fewer nutrients per calorie; high scores (e.g. soy protein isolate) mean stronger protein and micronutrient density. It is a comparison tool: a low score does not forbid a food when it matches your goal.

FoodCaloriesProteinCarbsFatFiberScore
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Beef on skewer, raw

80,020,00,00,0 6/10
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Meat, goat, baby goat, raw (average of several samples), Brazil

80,017,50,01,20,0 5/10
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Squid, frozen, raw

80,017,00,01,30,0 5/10
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Squid, roasted

80,016,60,51,3 5/10
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Baby squid

80,016,20,71,40,0 5/10
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Rooster

80,015,80,01,90,0 5/10
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Crustacean, lobster, cooked, with tomato sauce (tomato, with oil, onion and garlic), with salt

80,015,60,91,60,5 5/10
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Crustacean, shrimp, shelled, cooked, with tomato sauce (tomato, with oil, onion and garlic), with salt

80,014,60,82,10,5 5/10
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White fish with shallots, mussels and white wine sauce, prepacked

80,011,52,2 4/10
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Whitebait

80,011,41,83,00,0 4/10
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Baby food - meat beef (shin), pinto bean, potato, pumpkin and carrots, with meat broth, with onion, without oil, with salt

80,010,73,92,41,9 4/10
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Baby food - meat beef (shin), pinto bean, potato, pumpkin and carrot, with chicken broth, with onion, without oil, unsalted

80,010,73,92,41,9 4/10
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Baby food - meat beef (shin), pinto bean, potato, pumpkin and carrots, with meat broth, with onion, without oil, unsalted

80,010,73,92,41,9 4/10
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Baby food - meat beef (shin), pinto bean, potato, pumpkin and carrot, with chicken broth, with onion, without oil, with salt

80,010,73,92,41,9 4/10
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Baby food - whitefish (saltwater) and taro, with chicken broth, with onion, without oil, unsalted

80,08,86,12,31,1 4/10
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Baby food - whitefish (saltwater) and taro, with chicken broth, with onion, without oil, with salt

80,08,76,12,31,1 4/10
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Baby food - whitefish (saltwater) and taro, with fish broth, with onion, without oil, unsalted

80,08,76,12,31,1 4/10
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Baby food - whitefish (saltwater) and taro, with fish broth, with onion, without oil, with salt

80,08,66,12,31,1 4/10
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Quark, plain or with fruits (average)

80,07,06,382,40,0 3/10
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Baby food - pinto bean, egg and pasta, with chicken broth, with onion, without oil, unsalted

80,05,37,73,12,7 3/10
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Baby food - pinto bean, egg and pasta, with chicken broth, with onion, without oil, with salt

80,05,37,73,12,7 3/10
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Cabbage roll, with white rice and meat beef, with tomato sauce (sugo sauce), with salt, Brazil [white cabbage, white rice, ground meat beef (chuck), tomato sauce, with soy oil, onion and garlic, with salt]

80,05,17,83,11,4 3/10
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Quark or dairy specialty, with fruits, 0% fat, with sugar(s)

80,37,412,80,0 2/10
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Clam, raw

80,511,52,781,10,0 4/10
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Lemon sole, raw

80,617,080,00,0 4/10
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Garden peas, boiled/cooked in water

80,76,49,977,44,8 4/10
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Ling, raw

80,819,279,30,0 5/10
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Common dab, raw

80,818,379,70,0 5/10
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Brazilian cheese, minas, 0% fat, Brazil

81,016,93,20,10,0 5/10
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Fish, saltwater, cod, salted, desalted, cooked, with tomato sauce (tomato, with oil, onion and garlic), with salt

81,016,70,81,20,5 5/10
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Crustacean, shrimp, shelled, cooked, with tomato sauce (tomato, with oil, onion and garlic), unsalted

81,014,70,82,10,5 5/10
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Tripe, veal, raw

81,014,60,02,50,0 5/10
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Lung, pork, raw

81,014,10,02,70,0 5/10
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Stuffed eggplant, with ground meat beef, with salt (grilled eggplant, with meat beef - knucle ground, braised, with tomato sauce (tomato, with oil, onion and garlic), with salt)

81,08,81,94,22,3 4/10
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Beef chilli, with beans, with salt (ground beef (knucle), pinto, crawberry and common beans, tomato, bell pepper, with black pepper, with oil, onion and garlic, with salt)

81,07,95,73,05,8 4/10
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Soup/cream, cambotian pumpkin, with chicken, without salt (cabotian pumpkin, breast chicken, white sauce (wheat flour, butter and milk), vegetable broth, parsley and chives, black pepper, with soy oil, onion and garlic, without salt)

81,06,26,03,51,1 3/10
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Soup/cream, cambotian pumpkin, with chicken, with salt (cabotian pumpkin, breast chicken, white sauce (wheat flour, butter and milk), vegetable broth, parsley and chives, black pepper, with soy oil, onion and garlic, with salt)

81,06,26,03,51,1 3/10
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Nuoc mam sauce or fish sauce, prepacked

81,29,310,90,2 3/10
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Garden peas, raw

81,25,411,478,95,1 3/10
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Pouting, raw

81,319,70,078,90,0 6/10
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Alaska pollock, smoked

81,318,30,00,0 5/10
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American or Canadian sea scallop, without coral, raw

81,317,31,878,70,0 5/10
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Tripe, beef, raw

81,512,10,084,20,0 4/10
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White fish with Parisian-style sauce (mushrooms sauce), prepacked

81,59,03,084,21,0 4/10
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Cod, raw

82,018,21,0 5/10
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Meat, frog, thigh and back, raw, Brazil

82,018,10,01,10,0 5/10
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Crustacean, shrimp, unshelled, cooked, drained, without oil, without, salt, Brazil

82,017,70,01,30,0 5/10
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European plaice, raw

82,017,60,01,20,0 5/10
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common prawn

82,017,61,50,60,0 5/10
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Shrimp, frozen, raw

82,017,61,50,60,0 5/10

Vitamins and minerals

Showing top foods: 12 / 100
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Food

Beef on skewer, raw

Minerals

Calcium
Iron
Magnesium
Phosphorus
Potassium
Sodium
Zinc

Vitamins

Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
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Food

Meat, goat, baby goat, raw (average of several samples), Brazil

Minerals

Calcium 6,9
Iron 0,4
Magnesium 19,7
Phosphorus 173,0
Potassium 279,0
Sodium 69,1
Zinc 3,5

Vitamins

Vitamin A 0,0
Vitamin C 0,0
Vitamin D
Vitamin E 0,1
Vitamin K
Vitamin B1 0,1
Vitamin B2 0,4
Vitamin B3 3,3
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B6 0,0
Vitamin B12 1,0
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Food

Squid, frozen, raw

Minerals

Calcium 78,0
Iron 1,7
Magnesium 36,0
Phosphorus 185,0
Potassium 93,0
Sodium 425,0
Zinc 1,2

Vitamins

Vitamin A 70,0
Vitamin C 0,0
Vitamin D
Vitamin E 2,7
Vitamin K
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
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Food

Squid, roasted

Minerals

Calcium 17,6
Iron 1,6
Magnesium 32,3
Phosphorus 209,9
Potassium 83,2
Sodium 247,6
Zinc

Vitamins

Vitamin A 63,0
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin E 2,2
Vitamin K
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
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Food

Baby squid

Minerals

Calcium 144,0
Iron 0,3
Magnesium 37,8
Phosphorus 190,0
Potassium 280,0
Sodium 110,0
Zinc 1,1

Vitamins

Vitamin A 77,0
Vitamin C 0,0
Vitamin D
Vitamin E 2,7
Vitamin K
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
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Food

Rooster

Minerals

Calcium 33,6
Iron 1,0
Magnesium 42,1
Phosphorus 260,0
Potassium 250,0
Sodium 150,0
Zinc 0,4

Vitamins

Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
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Food

Crustacean, lobster, cooked, with tomato sauce (tomato, with oil, onion and garlic), with salt

Minerals

Calcium 35,2
Iron 0,4
Magnesium 29,7
Phosphorus 126,0
Potassium 168,0
Sodium 377,0
Zinc 1,5

Vitamins

Vitamin A
Vitamin C 5,1
Vitamin D 0,0
Vitamin E 0,2
Vitamin K
Vitamin B1 0,0
Vitamin B2 0,0
Vitamin B3 2,5
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B6 0,1
Vitamin B12 2,1
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Food

Crustacean, shrimp, shelled, cooked, with tomato sauce (tomato, with oil, onion and garlic), with salt

Minerals

Calcium 69,0
Iron 1,9
Magnesium 17,2
Phosphorus 204,0
Potassium 136,0
Sodium 532,0
Zinc 1,0

Vitamins

Vitamin A 13,6
Vitamin C 4,0
Vitamin D 0,1
Vitamin E 1,4
Vitamin K
Vitamin B1 0,0
Vitamin B2 0,0
Vitamin B3 0,8
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B6 0,0
Vitamin B12 1,2
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Food

White fish with shallots, mussels and white wine sauce, prepacked

Minerals

Calcium
Iron
Magnesium
Phosphorus
Potassium
Sodium
Zinc

Vitamins

Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
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Food

Whitebait

Minerals

Calcium 2250,0
Iron 1,0
Magnesium 56,0
Phosphorus 0,0
Potassium 325,0
Sodium 117,0
Zinc 0,6

Vitamins

Vitamin A 28,0
Vitamin C 0,0
Vitamin D 8,0
Vitamin E 0,0
Vitamin K
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B12
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Food

Baby food - meat beef (shin), pinto bean, potato, pumpkin and carrots, with meat broth, with onion, without oil, with salt

Minerals

Calcium 10,6
Iron 1,1
Magnesium 14,6
Phosphorus 79,2
Potassium 201,0
Sodium 120,0
Zinc 2,2

Vitamins

Vitamin A 73,0
Vitamin C 1,4
Vitamin D 0,1
Vitamin E 1,4
Vitamin K
Vitamin B1 0,0
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B3 0,8
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B6 0,0
Vitamin B12 0,4
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Food

Baby food - meat beef (shin), pinto bean, potato, pumpkin and carrot, with chicken broth, with onion, without oil, unsalted

Minerals

Calcium 10,5
Iron 1,0
Magnesium 14,7
Phosphorus 79,8
Potassium 201,0
Sodium 20,3
Zinc 2,1

Vitamins

Vitamin A 72,9
Vitamin C 1,4
Vitamin D 0,1
Vitamin E 1,4
Vitamin K
Vitamin B1 0,0
Vitamin B2 0,0
Vitamin B3 0,8
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B6 0,0
Vitamin B12 0,4

Analysis

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Protein

High

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Carbs

Low

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Fat

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Calories

Low

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Summary

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Low calorie foods for performance: list list for?

It groups 100 filtered foods; Haddock, grilled/pan-fried without added fat is a standout for the sports performance angle.

Where to start in the table?

Start with Beef on skewer, raw, Meat, goat, baby goat, raw (average of several samples), Brazil, Squid, frozen, raw and compare protein, fiber and calories per 100 g.

How to read the list numbers?

All values are per 100 g. Mentally adjust for the portion you actually eat.

Are values per serving or per 100 g?

On this page, unless noted otherwise, main macros are per 100 g.

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