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Guessing calories?

Baddogbeanie
Baddogbeanie Posts: 210 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
Why is it 90% of the places I go to eat don't have a clue how many calories they are serving but McDonald's does. I wish there was some sort of mathematical equation that I understood on how to determine actual calories of some of these Foods.

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  • Unknown
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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Baddogbeanie wrote: »
    Why is it 90% of the places I go to eat don't have a clue how many calories they are serving but McDonald's does. I wish there was some sort of mathematical equation that I understood on how to determine actual calories of some of these Foods.

    Only chain restaurants are required to provide this information...it is expensive to provide and would put most local establishments out of business.
  • Baddogbeanie
    Baddogbeanie Posts: 210 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Baddogbeanie wrote: »
    Why is it 90% of the places I go to eat don't have a clue how many calories they are serving but McDonald's does. I wish there was some sort of mathematical equation that I understood on how to determine actual calories of some of these Foods.

    Only chain restaurants are required to provide this information...it is expensive to provide and would put most local establishments out of business.

    I understand that but yet most places know exactly how much food they are serving that would be helpful. 6 ounces of chicken 1 cup of vegetables and half a cup of rice at least then I could do the math myself
  • PowerMan40
    PowerMan40 Posts: 766 Member
    Protein and carbs are both 4 cal/gram
    fat is 9 cal/gram.

    Just do some math..
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    I asked the waiter at Roti how many calories were in an order of paneer tika masala with vegetable pokoras and the told me I could order a chai tea as well to round it out at 500. I guess there's no law against outright lying. :disappointed:
  • EDollah
    EDollah Posts: 464 Member
    PowerMan40 wrote: »
    Protein and carbs are both 4 cal/gram
    fat is 9 cal/gram.

    Just do some math..

    Great advice. Instead of asking the restaurant staff how many calories are in a meal, just ask how many grams of protein, fat and carbs there are. That's much easier info to get from them.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    You can usually do an estimate based on a similar meal. If u go there a lot you will be able to fine tune it.
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