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Are “added extras” blowing your diet? A dash here and a spoonful there may be doing more damage than you realize.
Doing without a few of these toppings, sauces, or condiments, could save you hundreds of calories over the course of a day.
- Alfredo sauce – 120 calories (1/4 cup)
- Butter – 102 calories (1 Tbsp.)
- Blue cheese dressing – 152 calories (2 Tbsp.)
- Cheese sauce (dried packet) – 157 calories (1 packet)
- Cranberry sauce – 86 calories (½-inch slice)
- Cream cheese – 152 calories (2 Tbsp.)
- Goat cheese – 76 calories (1 oz.)
- Gravy (canned, beef) – 123 calories (1 cup)
- Gravy (canned, turkey) – 121 calories (1 cup)
- Half and half – 80 calories (4 Tbsp.)
- Hollandaise sauce – 249 calories (1 cup)
- Hot fudge – 140 calories (2 Tbsp.)
- Maple syrup – 104 calories (2 Tbsp.)
- Mayonnaise – 180 calories (2 Tbsp.)
- Pancake syrup – 94 calories (2 Tbsp.)
- Ranch dressing – 148 calories (2 Tbsp.)
- Sour cream – 104 calories (4 Tbsp.)
- Whipped cream topping – 154 calories (1 cup)


