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Sort the Six Classes

Everything in food that your body can use falls into six classes of nutrients — and only three of them carry energy. Explore the six, sort real food components into them, then see where the calories actually come from.

The six classes

Typical adult daily amount—
log scale — 100 mg to 3 kg
solid ring = macronutrientdashed ring = micronutrient

Where the energy comes from

Six classes of nutrientspick a mode to begin
Which class does this belong to?
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Sorted 0 of 0 · matched 0
Carbohydrate 4 kcal/g250 g
Protein 4 kcal/g90 g
Fat 9 kcal/g70 g
Alcohol 7 kcal/g · not a nutrient0 g
Total energy1,990 kcal