Peanuts

miratps
miratps Posts: 141 Member
edited November 15 in Food and Nutrition
Hi all,

Quick question. So I just found out (yes I'm slow) that if you boil peanuts (which I love) they have less calories than when eating them raw. Now for the even stupider part:

Does it matter what kind of peanut/but I do this with? For example peanuts from a shell vs redskin peanuts or even almonds etc.

Any help (urgently!) Would be very much appreciated

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  • miratps
    miratps Posts: 141 Member
    Anyone?
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    The USDA food list for "all types" of peanuts raw or boiled does indeed show lower calories in the boiled. Quite a bit lower. I didn't look to see if this held for raw or boiled almonds or any other nuts.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    The reason they have less calories per weight is because most of the weight is water/liquid from the boiling process so 1oz is considerably less actual peanuts that 1oz of raw or dry roasted.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    The reason they have less calories per weight is because most of the weight is water/liquid from the boiling process so 1oz is considerably less actual peanuts that 1oz of raw or dry roasted.

    I'm going with this
  • miratps
    miratps Posts: 141 Member
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    The reason they have less calories per weight is because most of the weight is water/liquid from the boiling process so 1oz is considerably less actual peanuts that 1oz of raw or dry roasted.

    This is what I assumed thanks.

    Anyone know the healthiest/lowest cal peanuts (I know they may not be the same)? And how to log it correctly if boiled? Couldn't find a lot of entries
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    miratps wrote: »
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    The reason they have less calories per weight is because most of the weight is water/liquid from the boiling process so 1oz is considerably less actual peanuts that 1oz of raw or dry roasted.

    This is what I assumed thanks.

    Anyone know the healthiest/lowest cal peanuts (I know they may not be the same)? And how to log it correctly if boiled? Couldn't find a lot of entries

    I would weigh pre boiling, then weigh after Boiling to determine the difference. I do this when I soak nuts.... The weight goes up about 20/25%
  • miratps
    miratps Posts: 141 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    miratps wrote: »
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    The reason they have less calories per weight is because most of the weight is water/liquid from the boiling process so 1oz is considerably less actual peanuts that 1oz of raw or dry roasted.

    This is what I assumed thanks.

    Anyone know the healthiest/lowest cal peanuts (I know they may not be the same)? And how to log it correctly if boiled? Couldn't find a lot of entries

    I would weigh pre boiling, then weigh after Boiling to determine the difference. I do this when I soak nuts.... The weight goes up about 20/25%

    So lets say I boil 100g of peanuts which = 570 calories for arguments sake. If I then eat 100g of those after boiled, how would I determine the calories? As you say the weight goes up so calories would be different (less hopefully)
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    edited January 2017
    You need to know how much those 100g raw end up weighting when boiled, then it's easy.

    For example.
    100g raw = 570 cals.
    You boil them and they then weight 120g. The amount of calories theoretically remains the same (you didn't add more peanuts, just more water).
    So now 120g boiled = 570 cals.

    To know how many cals are in 100g boiled:

    (570*100)/120 = 475

    So instead of the values I used, enter your values for calories raw and weight boiled.

    The equation explained:

    X/Y = Z/U

    X = weight of peanuts boiled
    Y = calories in the amount of peanuts boiled
    Z = your target weight (can be any number)
    U = the amount of calories for your target weight

    It's then a matter of solving for U since you know X, Y and Z.
    Meaning: (Y*Z)/X = U

    ETA: because grammar is hard when combined with math...

    Oh and someone correct my math if it's wrong... :wink:
  • miratps
    miratps Posts: 141 Member
    ladyreva78 wrote: »
    You need to know how much those 100g raw end up weighting when boiled, then it's easy.

    For example.
    100g raw = 570 cals.
    You boil them and they then weight 120g. The amount of calories theoretically remains the same (you didn't add more peanuts, just more water).
    So now 120g boiled = 570 cals.

    To know how many cals are in 100g boiled:

    (570*100)/120 = 475

    So instead of the values I used, enter your values for calories raw and weight boiled.

    The equation explained:

    X/Y = Z/U

    X = weight of peanuts boiled
    Y = calories in the amount of peanuts boiled
    Z = your target weight (can be any number)
    U = the amount of calories for your target weight

    It's then a matter of solving for U since you know X, Y and Z.
    Meaning: (Y*Z)/X = U

    ETA: because grammar is hard when combined with math...

    Oh and someone correct my math if it's wrong... :wink:

    Fantastic, thank you! I'm basically going to print that and stick it up in the kitchen!
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    It's simple cross-multiplication math. I use it a lot in the kitchen and when kitting to figure out quantities. It made my life so much easier when I figured it out. Something from all those horrible school-days math classes that actually had a practical application in life. :smile:
  • vegmebuff
    vegmebuff Posts: 31,389 Member
    Can one boil them and then roast them still for calorie reduction?
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    I lost weight just reading this thread.
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