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Calories in potato

gabbyo23
gabbyo23 Posts: 100 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
This is another one of those frustrating questions which doesn't really have an answer, and it's really kittening me right off.

Different packages for potatoes give me different results per 100g. Google tells me anything from 100 to 250 cals per 100g.

I want to make chips/fries/wedges. I can weigh the potatoes I use but what do I log per 100g??? Obviously not including any oils or dressings I add.

Thanks!

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  • BiomedDent
    BiomedDent Posts: 107 Member
    I tend to go with what the packaging says :)
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/3080?manu=&fgcd=&ds=

  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    I imagine it's because it depends on the variety of potato (Maris Piper vs King Edward for example) though I haven't paid too much attention. I'd go with what the packaging says.
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    In MFP, search for "potatoes flesh raw" and chose one of the green checked food items that provides a gram weight choice.
  • Dnarules
    Dnarules Posts: 2,081 Member
    I would go by the package, or at least by the type of potato. I'm not a potato expert, but I thought the types differed in starch content, which I assume would impact calories.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/3080?manu=&fgcd=&ds=

    This. If you don't want to use the packaging information (although I normally would if it were there, as I am sure there are slight differences in type of potato), the USDA is a reliable source. It's what I always use for whole foods like potatoes (which don't come in a package where I get them).
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Find raw potato, with or without skin, in the database, weigh your potato and then add oil or whatever you use separately.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    If the calories are on the package why would you not want to use that? It's got to be more accurate than any random number you find elsewhere.
  • mlinci
    mlinci Posts: 402 Member
    gabbyo23 wrote: »
    This is another one of those frustrating questions which doesn't really have an answer, and it's really kittening me right off.

    Different packages for potatoes give me different results per 100g. Google tells me anything from 100 to 250 cals per 100g.

    I want to make chips/fries/wedges. I can weigh the potatoes I use but what do I log per 100g??? Obviously not including any oils or dressings I add.

    Thanks!

    Hmm - thang sounds a bit too much if it's for raw potatoes - mine are usually in the region of 75-85 calories per 100 raw?
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