The invention relates to reduced-calorie and digestion-promoting foods that have a calorific value-containing portion and are mixed with talc. Calorific value-containing components of the calorific value-containing portion are selected from the group consisting of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Sugars are to be subsumed under carbohydrates. The invention relates to a food that has a calorific value-containing portion, wherein talc composes at least 15 wt % and no more than 40 wt % of the food relative to the total weight of the food.