Buttery sprays claim they contain zero calories and fat per spray. But let's be real: no one ever uses a single little squirt.
Walden Farms Products
Calorie-free" products, including peanut butter, salad dressings, pasta sauce, ketchup, and syrups. With "no calories, fat, gluten, or sugars
Gum
You may think you're doing yourself a favor when you pop a piece of sugar-free gum, but most have almost 5 calories per stick
Shirataki Noodles
These noodles are an emerging substitute for regular white pasta and they're made from glucomannan starch extracted from yam-like
Diet Soda
Diet soda is one of the sneakiest zero calorie foods on the market today. "Consuming artificial sweeteners, like the ones in Diet Coke
Sugar-Free Candies
Items like Sugar-Free Ice Breakers contain a trivial amount of calories if you're looking at one piece. However, who actually consumes just one
Fat-Free Reddi Wip
This one has trace amounts of almost 5 calories for every two tablespoons—and we all know no one uses just two tablespoons!" cautions Rosen.
Pickles
"Pickles are touted as a 'zero calorie' food since they are just cucumbers in salt water," says Whetzel. "But if you eat too many pickles
Splenda
Splenda is 600 times sweeter than table sugar, meaning you usually need just a little bit to achieve your desired sweetness
Sugar-Free Syrups
Zero-calorie" syrups are sweetened with sucralose (aka Splenda), which can add serious calories to your beverage when consumed in large amounts.
Flavored Coffee
That's not awful since you're likely only having one cup in total, but be mindful of any milk and sugar you're adding in, cautions Whetzel.
Celery
Celery is often said to be a "negative calorie food," meaning that it takes more energy to digest than the food provides. But there is no such thing as negative calories.