One day, Hillary consumed a handful of almonds, a bowl of chocolate pudding, a sugar-sweetened soft drink, and three hard-cooked eggs. According to MyPlate, which of these foods is empty calories?

According to MyPlate, the sugar-sweetened soft drink is empty calories.

Explanation:

Empty calories come from both added sugars and solid fats. They are called empty because they just add calories without any other nutritional value.

Unlike the soft drink, the almonds, chocolate pudding and hard-cooked eggs all carry a certain nutritional value, some more than others, as well as calories. These are not empty ones.