Calories on package

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CFrancine88
CFrancine88 Posts: 23 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I'm making something from a package. The directions say to use 2tbsp of olive oil to cook. Do the calories include the oil or no?? It doesn't have the "as packaged" and "as prepared" calories that some things have. It has seven servings so it's hard to just look at the fat content to know if that included the oil

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    No, when extra ingredients are used to prepare a food, they typically aren't included in the calorie count. I have seen some foods that have the "as prepared" information, but if it doesn't have that, I would make sure to log the oil that I added.
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,835 Member
    exactly what janejellyroll said.
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