Question about eggs

heyaliwood458
heyaliwood458 Posts: 75 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I cant seem to find one actual right number for calories. Ive been eating one largr scrambled egg with no butter or milk or anything and Ive found numbers ranging from 70 cals to over 100 and Im just trying to get an idea of what's right so I can be accurate with logging my calories.

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  • bemyyfriend0918
    bemyyfriend0918 Posts: 241 Member
    I would say it's just however many are in the egg - if you aren't putting butter in the pan, and you don't add milk or anything at all, then a large one is 70cals
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Large egg is about 70 cals, but you could weigh it to be more accurate?
  • thatdesertgirl777
    thatdesertgirl777 Posts: 269 Member
    I use the one that says "Eggs - Whole, raw". I wouldn't stress on it too much.
  • heyaliwood458
    heyaliwood458 Posts: 75 Member
    Thank you guys! I actually dont have a food scale but Ive been meaning to get one :) I actually just tried eggs for the first time yesterday and Im in love.
  • mankars
    mankars Posts: 115 Member
    Just googled it and here's what I found pertaining to its calories....

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    Btw, here's the googled link.
    https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=calories in egg
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  • llbrixon
    llbrixon Posts: 964 Member
    It depends on the size of the egg of course
  • IzzyBooNZ1
    IzzyBooNZ1 Posts: 1,289 Member
    llbrixon wrote: »
    It depends on the size of the egg of course

    eggactly
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    If you have a large egg, you are getting an egg with more calories.
    I use the app -- the bar code on the egg carton is mostly right.
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    edited July 2016
    A food scale will be your best friend on this journey.

    Weigh the eggs in the shell. Cook your egg. Weigh the shells and subtract. Enter the resulting number in grams under the USDA egg, whole raw entry.
  • savithny
    savithny Posts: 1,200 Member
    Egg sizes are defined by law - if you buy a certain size egg, it is supposed to weigh a certain amount.
    Now compare that with the official USDA database, which uses those sizes.
    Weigh your eggs.

    You could also look up in a cookbook what the volume of each size of egg is supposed to be (in fluid ounces). I have seen conversion charts for baking that explaint hat if your recipe calls for large eggs and you only have small, you might need to use more eggs, or break eggs and beat them and measure the volume.

    Either way, there's a pretty big difference etween "jumbo" and "medium" for egg calories.

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