Empty Calories

Empty Calories is a term used for those food which are high in Calories but Low in Nutrition.
Well known example of food with are conssidered to have "Empty Calories" is junk food.

Examples of foods containing mostly Empty Calories
You would be surprised to know most of the tasty food in fast food resurant have empty calories such as

French fries, fried chicken, chips and all other deep-fried foods.
A large order of fries from a fast food chain can contain up to 570 kcal with a 30 g of total fat and 8 g of trans fat.

Candy, pop and other sweetened packaged foods
A can of pop contains about 130 kcal as well as additives and colorings. Again, lots of calories from sugar but no micro-nutrients.

Beer, wine and all other alcoholic beverages
A can of beer contains about 150 kcal from sugar and not much of anything else. In addition, calories from alcohol tend to be stored
as fat in the abdomen (leading to a "beer belly").