Different Calorie reporting

paulhastings271

Help please because I'm trying the 5:2 Fast Diet and as part of my 'fast' day I have opted for Quaker Oats Oat So Simple. The manufacturers box states the calories for a single sachet are 185 yet when I scan the barcode using the myfitnesspal app it registers at 100 calories. Which do I trust? 85 calories makes a massive difference to me on the 5:2 diet.

Alternatively can I manually adjust the calorie counting on the scanned entry on my iPhone?

Thanks for your help

TheRealParisLove

I'd trust the packaging over the database. People mess with the numbers here, and they are frequently inaccurate. I've noticed some suspiciously low calorie counts a lot lately. When I check it against the the packaging or a secondary source, I'm usually right.

A serving of plain oatmeal (1/2 cup dry) is 150 calories, so my guess is that your sachet serving at 185 is correct.

tnicmorris

First, I would check the serving size and amounts that each calorie report are using. If that doesn't work, I'd go with the manufacturer's estimation. If I remember correctly, all the info on my fitness pal is entered in by users, so the user who first entered that info in could have had a typo. At the very least, I'd go with the higher number, just in case. I figure it's always better to overestimate and be under your calorie goals than to underestimate and be over your calorie goals.

SlinkyAndHerAmazingBunsOfSteel

The box is right. I have a box of Oat so simple apple and blueberry in front of me. It is 131 cals per sachet but 216 cals when made up using semi skimmed milk.

paulhastings271

Thank you

rachelwilliams93

I have the sachet quaker original porridge and mine is 183 calories including the semi skimmed milk,

b0nnyd0g

so the difference is with or without the milk. I must say that I would always count the oats and milk separately so I could measure what I had rather then the expected amount