Food calories

fattyjolynn
fattyjolynn Posts: 27 Member
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss

Food calories?

fattyjolynnfattyjolynn Member
February 28, 2017 8:52PM in Food and Nutrition
Hi, I just ate a packet of vegetable biscuits from Peppa Pig. And when I searched the calorie content it was a whopping 570 calories for 20grams but when I checked the nutritional information at the back of the box, it said 1990kj for 100grams and the packet that I took was 20grams. So technically, for KCAL it's about 94 calories. Can somebody please enlighten me? I am really scared.
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  • 0831227
    0831227 Posts: 84 Member
    edited February 2017
    kj = kilojoules and kcal = kilocalories. 1990 kilojoules = 475 kcal for 100 grams, if you divide by 5 (because you ate 20 grams) it would make it 95 kcal for a pack. :smile: You can breathe now, heheh, you were right about the calorie content.


    Sometimes the entries in MFP are off, it is always good to check on the label and do an internet research when you see odd numbers, it happened to me a few times too!

    It would also be cool if you entered the real number, so other users don't get the same surprise that you did the next time.
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