Calories in 1 Glass of Cola, Soda and Fruit Juice

By NYUS Inc. · Published 27 October 2026

A can of cola with the meal, a glass of orange juice at breakfast, a drink box of apple juice for a child: drinks are poured by the can, glass or bottle, but calorie lists give them per 100 g. This guide gives the calories per 100 g for four drinks from USDA FoodData Central, then turns them into one can, cup or drink box using the weights USDA prints on each record, and into a 250 ml glass using weights that are ours. The figures are for the drinks as the records describe them, not for a particular brand, a diet drink or a drink made with milk or sugar at home.

The short answer

By the USDA records below, a 12 fl oz can of regular cola (370 g) is about 155 kcal and a 12 fl oz lemon-lime soda (368 g) about 151 kcal. A cup (248 g) of raw orange juice is about 112 kcal and a cup of unsweetened bottled apple juice about 114 kcal. For a 250 ml glass, by our arithmetic, cola is about 109 kcal, lemon-lime soda about 107, orange juice about 118 and apple juice (USDA's 250 ml drink box) about 121. Our reading: per 100 g the four drinks sit within 5 kcal of each other (41 to 46), so it is the size of the can or glass that decides the calories, and the juices come out a little above the colas for the same volume.

Calories per 100 g and per serving

Indian lab values (IFCT 2017) do not cover these drinks: Table 1 has lemon juice and sugar cane juice but no row for cola, soda, orange juice or apple juice that we found, so every row here is a USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy reference value. The kcal per 100 g is the Energy figure printed on each record, and the values are for the drink as the record describes it. The servings come from two places. For the can, cup and drink box we use the household portion USDA prints on the record page: a 12 fl oz can of cola is 370 g, a 12 fl oz lemon-lime soda 368 g, a cup of orange juice or apple juice 248 g, and an apple juice drink box of 8.45 fl oz is 262 g. A 250 ml glass is not on the records, so it is ours: 250 ml is 8.45 US fluid ounces, and we multiply that by the grams per fluid ounce USDA prints on the same record (30.7 g for cola, 30.8 g for lemon-lime soda, 31 g for juice), giving about 259 g, 260 g and 262 g. We use 250 ml because it is a common Indian glass and bottle size; your glass may be different, so measure it. Each figure is the grams times the kcal per 100 g in the table, divided by 100, rounded to the nearest kcal. The orange juice row is raw, freshly squeezed juice, and the cola and lemon-lime rows are USDA reference products, so a packaged juice, a nectar, a diet drink or a particular brand is not the same row.

What stands out in the numbers

• Per 100 g the four rows sit close together: 41 kcal for lemon-lime soda, 42 for cola, 45 for orange juice and 46 for apple juice.
• Per serving the size decides. USDA's 12 fl oz cola can is about 155 kcal; a 250 ml glass of the same cola is about 109 kcal, because a can holds more. USDA also lists a 16 fl oz bottle of cola at 492 g, about 207 kcal.
• Same volume, juice a little higher. By our arithmetic a 250 ml glass is about 118 kcal of raw orange juice or about 121 kcal of apple juice against about 109 kcal of cola or 107 kcal of lemon-lime soda, because the juice rows are 45 and 46 kcal per 100 g against 42 and 41.
• Carbohydrate as printed. The records print carbohydrate by difference of 10.4 g per 100 g for cola, lemon-lime soda and orange juice and 11.3 g for apple juice; this page gives energy, not a sugar breakdown.
• Indian drinks come from a different source. Our sugarcane juice vs coconut water guide uses the IFCT 2017 rows for those two; they are not in the table above.

How to log it so the numbers hold

• Check the volume. Read the ml on the bottle or measure your glass once with a measuring jug and scale the table: a 600 ml bottle is more than twice the 250 ml row.
• Ice, mixers and added sugar are extra. A drink made with ice, soda water, syrup, sugar or milk is not these rows; log the parts separately.
• Packaged juice differs. The orange juice row is raw juice and the apple juice row is unsweetened; a sweetened, concentrate or nectar pack can differ, so read the pack or use the closest row.
• Diet drinks. A zero-sugar cola is not the regular cola row and has its own energy figure; we do not give one.

Where NYUS fits (our app)

We make NYUS, so read this as ours. NYUS is an AI fitness and nutrition coach in early access on Android, with no ads and no data selling. You log foods and drinks yourself by searching 8,900+ Indian and global foods or by barcode, and a weekly check-in adjusts your calories, macros and step goal once enough is logged. Barcode coverage of Indian packaged foods is not complete, so search by name when a scan finds nothing.

What this page leaves out

• A calorie or sugar target: we have not looked up one for any person, so we give none.
• Protein, fat, sugar and other nutrients: this page gives energy only (and the carbohydrate figure the records print).
• Diet and zero-sugar drinks, energy drinks, packaged juices and nectars, coconut water, sugarcane juice, lassi, shakes, tea, coffee and alcohol: not covered here.
• Brand pack labels and FSSAI figures: not used, so the page does not mix label numbers with the records above.
• Anything about weight, health or what these drinks do to your body: the page adds up food data and makes no claim about it. If you have a medical condition, ask your doctor or dietitian.

Sources

• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 174852 (Beverages, carbonated, cola, regular): Energy 42 kcal per 100 g; household portions printed on the record: 1 can or bottle (12 fl oz) 370 g, 1 can or bottle (16 fl oz) 492 g, 1 fl oz 30.7 g (read 27 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 173205 (Beverages, carbonated, lemon-lime soda, no caffeine): Energy 41 kcal per 100 g; household portions: 1 drink (12 fl oz) 368 g, 1 fl oz 30.8 g (read 27 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 169098 (Orange juice, raw (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)): Energy 45 kcal per 100 g; household portions: 1 cup 248 g, 1 fl oz 31 g (read 27 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 173933 (Apple juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, without added ascorbic acid): Energy 46 kcal per 100 g; household portions: 1 cup 248 g, 1 drink box (8.45 fl oz) 262 g, 1 fl oz 31 g (read 27 Oct 2026).
• nyus.in, the NYUS landing page, read on 27 Oct 2026 for the app statements in the NYUS section and the CTA.

The 250 ml glass weights (8.45 fl oz times USDA's grams per fl oz), the sums, the rounding and every sentence starting "Our reading" are NYUS's own arithmetic or opinion, not from USDA. The can, cup, bottle and drink-box weights are USDA's, printed on the record pages above. Names in the Drink column (cola, lemon-lime soda, orange juice, apple juice) are our matching to the USDA record names listed above.

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