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You could be in for some real surprises! Wait until you find out how many calories are in a piña colada or how much fat is in eggplant parmigiana. There are a lot of foods that have more calories or fat than they appear to have at first glance.

On the other hand, you may have a few pleasant surprises in store. Some of the foods you may have been avoiding aren't so bad after all.

Foods Surprisingly High in Fat

Food		Portion	Calories		Fat (g.)	% Calories from Fat
Avocado		1 med.	306	30.0		88
Bean burritos		2	448	13.5		27
Bérnaise sauce,		1/4 cup	170	17.0		90
	from mix
Cappuccino		1 cup	123	4.7		34
Chicken leg		3 oz.	181	8.0		40
Cream of chicken		1 cup	116	7.4		57
	soup
Chicken potpie,		1 piece	545	31.3		52
	homemade
Chicken sandwich,		1	515	29.5		52
	fried
Chicken sandwich		2 oz.	110	7.4		61
	spread
Chop suey		1 cup	300	17.0		51
Chow mein		1 cup	255	10.0		35
Coconut, dried,		1 oz.	168	13.4		72
	toasted
Coffee, instant Irish		1 cup	55	2.4		39
	creme
Coffee, instant		1 cup	53	2.5		42
	Suisse mocha
Cottage cheese,		4 oz.	117	5.1		39
	creamed
Cream, half-and-		2 Tbsp.	40	3.4		77
	half
Cream, light		2 Tbsp.	58	5.8		90
						% Calories
Food		Portion	Calories		Fat (g.)	from Fat
Creamer, nondairy,		1 tsp.	11	0.7		57
	powdered
Duck, no skin,		3.5 oz.	201	11.1		50
	roasted
Egg, scrambled		1	101	7.5		67
Eggplant parmigiana,		5.5 oz.	293	18.2		56
	frozen
Enchiladas, cheese		2	638	37.6		53
Fish sandwich, fried		3.2 oz. fillet	211	11.2		48
Granola bar, regular		1 (0.75 oz.)	134	4.2		28
Herring, pickled		1 oz.	39	2.7		62
Hollandaise sauce,		1/4 cup	170	18.0		95
	from mix
Hummus		1/2 cup	210	10.4		45
Olives, green		10	45	5.8		100
Mackerel, Atlantic,		3 oz.	223	15.1		61
	cooked, dry heat
Parmesan cheese,		1 Tbsp.	23	1.5		59
	grated
Piña colada, canned		6.8 oz.	525	16.9		29
Pork egg roll		3 oz.	165	5.5		30
Potato, baked with		1	402	21.4		48
	cheese sauce
	and broccoli
Potato salad,		1/2 cup	179	10.3		52
	homemade
Pumpkin seeds,		1 oz.	148	12.0		73
	roasted
Seafood Newburg		10 oz.	350	12.0		31
Soft-shell crab,		4.5 oz.	334	17.9		48
	fried
Taco salad		1.5 cups	279	14.8		48
Tartar sauce		1 Tbsp.	74	8.0		97
Tofu, raw, firm		1/2 cup	183	11.0		54
Turkey, ground		3 oz. patty	188	11.4		55
Turkey bologna		1 slice	70	6.0		77
Turkey frank		1	90	6.0		60
Whipped topping, nondairy		2 Tbsp.	22		1.8	74
White sauce, from mix		1/4 packet	151		8.4	50
Yellow mustard		1 tsp.	4		0.2	45

Foods Surprisingly Low in Fat

Angel food cake,		1/12 cake	126	0.1	<1
	from mix	(2 oz.)
Apple butter		1 Tbsp.	33	0.1	3
Barbecue sauce		1 Tbsp.	12	0.3	23
Chestnuts, roasted		34 (1 oz.)	70	0.6	8
Chocolate fudge		0.6 oz.	65	1.4	19
Cocktail sauce		1 Tbsp.	12	0	0
Cod, cooked,		3 oz.	89	0.7	7
	dry heat
Fortune cookie		1	15	0	0
Fig bar		1	60	1.0	15
Gelatin, sugar-free		1/2 cup	8	0	0
Gingerbread,		1/9 cake	174	4.3	22
	from mix
Gingersnaps		5	100	3.0	27
Graham crackers		2	60	1.0	15
Haddock, cooked,		3 oz.	95	0.8	8
	dry heat
Hard candy		1 oz.	106	0	0
Honey		1 Tbsp.	64	0	0
Horseradish		1 Tbsp.	6	0	0
Hot chocolate, from		6 oz.	103	1.1	10
	mix, with water
Food		Portion	Calories	Fat (g.)	% Calories from Fat
Jam/preserves		1 Tbsp.	48	0	0
Jelly		1 Tbsp.	52	0	0
Jelly beans		10 large	104	0.1	<1
Ketchup		1 Tbsp.	16	0.1	6
Ladyfingers		2	79	1.7	19

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