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This article is from the Fat-free Diet FAQ, by artemis@rahul.net (Michelle Dick) with numerous contributions by others.

5.1. Determining %CFF, percentage of calories from fat

One useful measure of fat is the percentage of calories as fat. To
compute this percentage you need to know both the total calories
and grams of fat:

                grams of fat X 9
     %CFF =     ----------------    X 100
                 total calories

Example: A jar of Campbell's Healthy Request (tm) Cream of Mushroom
Soup is labeled as having (per serving) 2g fat and 60 calories.
Thus, the % calories from fat is

       2 * 9          18
       ----- * 100 = ---- * 100 = .30 * 100 = 30% calories from fat
        60           60

 

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