Correct Canned Bean Calories??

FitBeto

Just looking for opinions....
Side of the can says 130g = 120 calories and then goes on to say 3 servings per container.

I drained the beans and weighed them....came out to 248g

Then on MFP and the label eating a whole container of the beans should be around 360 calories, but then that means that the total bean weight should be around 390g, not 248g what i weighed.

I then opened another can and weighed the beans without draining the juice, and I first weighted 130g out, then another and then one final time to total 3 servings of 130g with juice with nothing left in the can...

But this is misleading, according to an email from Bush's in another forum (http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/calorie-counters/150211-calories-drained-beans.html ) the calorie count is small for the juice and that the juice really wouldn't have that many contributing calories considering the juice is mostly water / salt.

So to say that 1 can eaten = 390 calories eaten is indeed a fallacy and that the bean weight / calorie weight does include the juice. The juice is itself around 130g-150g which would be an entire serving of beans (130 calories) so therefore I conclude:

TL;DR:
Bush's canned beans are not 3 servings per container and that they are actually 2, with most of the last serving being the juice, and if you are like me and drain the juice it can be misleading when tracking macros when you log a can of beans at 3 servings, when in actuality its 2 servings and some juice.

Or does that sound wrong?

pinggolfer96

Just drain and rinse, and then log the weight of the beans under the general nutrition do of that bean. So instead of using their nutrition label, just search for cooked garbanzo beans, black beans....etc.

Docbanana2002

I have been puzzled by this myself, actually. I never seem to get as many servings out of a can of beans as the label says I should.

weird_me2

FitBeto wrote: »

TL;DR:
Bush's canned beans are not 3 servings per container and that they are actually 2, with most of the last serving being the juice, and if you are like me and drain the juice it can be misleading when tracking macros when you log a can of beans at 3 servings, when in actuality its 2 servings and some juice.

Or does that sound wrong?

That sounds wrong. The serving size on canned goods is as packaged unless it specificies otherwise. This means that there are 3 servings of beans + juice weighing X grams per can. If you drain the juice, you will lose a few calories, but not a significant amount. When dealing with canned goods that you are draining, it's easiest to weigh the drained product, then divide it by the number of servings on the can. So, in the case of beans, if the contents of one can weighs 420 grams containing 3-140 gram servings and you drain it and it now weighs 300 grams, you still have 3 servings, they are just 100 grams each now. The calories will be slightly lower, but not significantly lower because bean "juice" isn't very caloric.

discretekim

I agree with weirdo

barbecuesauce

pinggolfer96 wrote: »

Just drain and rinse, and then log the weight of the beans under the general nutrition do of that bean. So instead of using their nutrition label, just search for cooked garbanzo beans, black beans....etc.

+1000000000000

I'm never going to consume kidney bean juice so I just log it as "kidney beans, cooked" when I toss it in a salad. The only time I use the canned entries are when I'm doing chili or shepherd's pie or another recipe.

CyberTone

weird_me2 wrote: »

FitBeto wrote: »

TL;DR:
Bush's canned beans are not 3 servings per container and that they are actually 2, with most of the last serving being the juice, and if you are like me and drain the juice it can be misleading when tracking macros when you log a can of beans at 3 servings, when in actuality its 2 servings and some juice.

Or does that sound wrong?

That sounds wrong. The serving size on canned goods is as packaged unless it specificies otherwise. This means that there are 3 servings of beans + juice weighing X grams per can. If you drain the juice, you will lose a few calories, but not a significant amount. When dealing with canned goods that you are draining, it's easiest to weigh the drained product, then divide it by the number of servings on the can. So, in the case of beans, if the contents of one can weighs 420 grams containing 3-140 gram servings and you drain it and it now weighs 300 grams, you still have 3 servings, they are just 100 grams each now. The calories will be slightly lower, but not significantly lower because bean "juice" isn't very caloric.

@weird_me2 Thank you; you nailed the explanation exactly!