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should i use nutrition facts on package?
skyhowl
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I just bought a package of mixed nuts to end my day, the package is 170 gm. and serving size is 28 gm... and the calories for one serving is 47 calories. so the whole package is 294!!!!! this doesn't make any sense. i know that just a handful of cashews (50 gm) is very high in calories, maybe +200. and no way that this whole package of 170 gm of almonds, cashews and pistachios is only 294. i searched on google and 100 gm of mixed nuts is 607. how should i log this? and if the nutrition facts are incorrect. i don't really understand how these companies could do this?
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Could you take a picture of the nutrition panel and post it?0
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Where are the macro numbers? I wouldn't trust the calorie number. Pick something similar.1
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yeah, i was hoping for that too, since when i create a new food i use the macros in grams. but it doesn't, thank you for your help. i really appreciate it0 -
Where are the macro numbers? I wouldn't trust the calorie number. Pick something similar.
unfortauntly the macros are not in grams on the package, it is in percentage of the daily value. so i don't know how to calculate the macros in grams using that. but i will try to estimate using something similar as much as i can.0 -
It has to be some sort of typo cause based on the percentages of daily values it adds up to 520 calories for the package ...
16% of Total fat of a 2000 calorie daily value is 320 calories,
3% of Carbohydrates come to 60 calories,
1% of fiber brings in another 20 calorie
6% of protein brings in another 120 calories.
Did you purchase that package from one of those discount stores that sell seconds?
Edited to add ... and when have you ever seen a nutrition label that only shows the percentages and not the macros per serving? I haven't seen one like that yet.0 -
I'm guessing the kcal are supposed to be 147 instead of 47...just a guess...usda data base says 155kcal for cashews and pistachios, 129kcal for almonds I think. If there are equal amounts of those 3 nuts, it would come out to 146kcal per oz I believe. Probably a typo.1
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Yeah I'd use 147.0
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It has to be some sort of typo cause based on the percentages of daily values it adds up to 520 calories for the package ...
16% of Total fat of a 2000 calorie daily value is 320 calories,
3% of Carbohydrates come to 60 calories,
1% of fiber brings in another 20 calorie
6% of protein brings in another 120 calories.
Did you purchase that package from one of those discount stores that sell seconds?
Edited to add ... and when have you ever seen a nutrition label that only shows the percentages and not the macros per serving? I haven't seen one like that yet.
no i didn't purchase that from a discount stores
i don't really know what that is. i don't live in US. so maybe the data where i live isn't accurate. it is a very well known brand for nuts here so i thought i can trust their packagaing -guess not- 
.i have never seen a package with a percentage for the macros too, i was confused that they put the Iron in mg which usually comes as a percentage and the macros in percentage.
also thank you for clearing how to calculate the calories of the %. i never really understood what they mean by that.
but here's the thing. shouldn't the info on the label only account for one serving, so is it 520 for one serving or the whole package? umm0 -
KetoneKaren wrote: »I'm guessing the kcal are supposed to be 147 instead of 47...just a guess...usda data base says 155kcal for cashews and pistachios, 129kcal for almonds I think. If there are equal amounts of those 3 nuts, it would come out to 146kcal per oz I believe. Probably a typo.
yeah, that could be it. the best estimate would be 146, true . thank you for your replay0 -
I would say 147 for one serving which is around 890 for the package I believe.0
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KetoneKaren wrote: »I would say 147 for one serving which is around 890 for the package I believe.
yeah, too bad, i almost ate the whole thing but i opened the package and just realized that it is not possible for all of this to be 294 . i would've enjoyed it though. 0 -
I bet it was delicious.
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Yeah, my first thought was that that was an imported product coz I've never seen such a label with such sketchy details. In such a case I would use an online source. Cronometer says 170g of mixed nuts (with no peanuts) is 1045 calories.1
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Traveler120 wrote: »Yeah, my first thought was that that was an imported product coz I've never seen such a label with such sketchy details. In such a case I would use an online source. Cronometer says 170g of mixed nuts (with no peanuts) is 1045 calories.
yeah, unfortauntly, most of the local products where i live don't have nutrition facts on the package and if they do, it can be inaccurate. it doesn't matter in the most part, because lots of the products we have are huge brands internationally. so it would be easy to check macros online. thankfully, three months on MFP made me aware of the amount of calories in some food. so i can probably guess if it's way off.1 -
Sketchy, that was my thought too
Everything on that label looks odd. Percentage for protein? That's not even supposed to be there. I would as much as possible avoid anything that has incomplete and/or contradictory information, and instead buy single food items and look up values in the UDSA database. 0 -
It has to be some sort of typo cause based on the percentages of daily values it adds up to 520 calories for the package ...
16% of Total fat of a 2000 calorie daily value is 320 calories,
3% of Carbohydrates come to 60 calories,
1% of fiber brings in another 20 calorie
6% of protein brings in another 120 calories.
Just to clarify, when you see a percentage it doesn't mean percentage of total calories, but means percentage of reference amount for that macro. For example, in the UK the reference daily fat intake on a 2,000 calorie diet is 70g (about 630 calories). As such 16% of this is approx 11.2g/101Kcal - that will be how much is in one serving of the nuts.
Similarly (based on UK figures)
3% of Carbs [260g] = 7.8g / 31 Kcal
6% protein [50g] = 3g / 12 Kcal
Adding these up gives approx 144 Kcal, lending support to the fact its probably a typo on the package and it's meant to read 147Kcal. Hope this helps.0 -
If you wanted to be really accurate, the next time you buy one of those, separate all of the nuts, weigh each type, and look up caloric values for each type. Granted, it will still be slightly off, but not 100-150 kcal per serving off. 0
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It has to be some sort of typo cause based on the percentages of daily values it adds up to 520 calories for the package ...
16% of Total fat of a 2000 calorie daily value is 320 calories,
3% of Carbohydrates come to 60 calories,
1% of fiber brings in another 20 calorie
6% of protein brings in another 120 calories.
Just to clarify, when you see a percentage it doesn't mean percentage of total calories, but means percentage of reference amount for that macro. For example, in the UK the reference daily fat intake on a 2,000 calorie diet is 70g (about 630 calories). As such 16% of this is approx 11.2g/101Kcal - that will be how much is in one serving of the nuts.
Similarly (based on UK figures)
3% of Carbs [260g] = 7.8g / 31 Kcal
6% protein [50g] = 3g / 12 Kcal
Adding these up gives approx 144 Kcal, lending support to the fact its probably a typo on the package and it's meant to read 147Kcal. Hope this helps.
this helps a lot. thanks0 -
Gallowmere1984 wrote: »If you wanted to be really accurate, the next time you buy one of those, separate all of the nuts, weigh each type, and look up caloric values for each type. Granted, it will still be slightly off, but not 100-150 kcal per serving off.
yeah that would probably be even more accurate since i don't always get an equal amount of these nuts in each serving. thank you so much 0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »Sketchy, that was my thought too Everything on that label looks odd. Percentage for protein? That's not even supposed to be there. I would as much as possible avoid anything that has incomplete and/or contradictory information, and instead buy single food items and look up values in the UDSA database.
yeah, this is quite sad because i would've not noticed that this information label is sketchy if i wasn't logging here on MFP. i will probably check their other packages in the store and see if there nutrition information is like that on all their packaging. maybe even call their hotline and leave a note because many people buy their product and i would've eaten the whole thing if i wasn't more informed about the amount of calories in nuts. and most people would do so.0
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