Babyback ribs calories... Wth? Need help...

Francl27
Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I need help. Badly.

I bought some packaged ribs with barbecue sauce... $5 for a pound, on sale. The label looked awesome, 320 calories a serving, 1.5 serving per package. Awesome, right? Except the package is 1 pound, and a serving is 140g. Now, I'm not too good at math, but something's not adding up. WTF?

So I weighed two servings... about 6 ribs I think, 620 calories. That sounds like a lot for not much food, and now I'm kinda pissed, if I had realized it was that bad (especially after going to Famous Dave's a couple weeks ago where half a rack was 360 calories, not 620), I wouldn't have bought them, even at that price.

How would you log it? Is it the calories without the bones? The nutrition info just says serving size 140g...

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  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    With the discrepancy between the total weight and the servings, I'm going to assume that the serving weight is meat only.

  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    Phew ok, will weigh the bones and deduct that!
  • Sophiareed218
    Sophiareed218 Posts: 145 Member
    I've wondered the same thing, it doesn't say on packaging if it's meat only, or bones included. I went on the safe side and assumed bones were included, so I probably overestimated my calories.
  • JenniferLynWhatx
    JenniferLynWhatx Posts: 141 Member
    Famous Daves was not 360 for half a rack. Famous Daves was anywhere from 500-900 for half a rack.

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    Need to be more careful with your reading. Serving sizes do not always equal what you're being given.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    True but my sister got the half rack at FD 2 weeks ago and it was way more than what I just ate (I just had 5 ribs, and most were small as it was the end of the rack).

    Confusing as heck. My portion was 290g, but down to 190g after 10 minutes in the oven, and I weighed the bones at 90g after eating it... I guess I'll just log 200g, I doubt the bones lost weight from the heat, and 450 calories for my portion seems way more realistic than 620...

    Never buying ribs from a store again! What a PITA...
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    It's generally without the bones, so I think you are good.
  • tlblood
    tlblood Posts: 473 Member
    TheVirgoddess wrote: »
    With the discrepancy between the total weight and the servings, I'm going to assume that the serving weight is meat only.

    This was my thought as well.
  • nickatine
    nickatine Posts: 451 Member
    On average baby back ribs run between 400 and 600 cal per half rack. I used to work at bbq joint a couple years back. Now if there full back ribs from a full grown adult hog it is shockingly high.
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