Does not compute

BlueSkyShoal

So I bought some "by the weight" gummi candy from a local candy store and I eat 1 to 3 candies a day to satisfy my sweet tooth. No packaging / nutrional info provided, but since they're similar to orange slices candies, I figured I'd just look up the calories for those. According to MFP, three Kroger orange slices candies have . . . 1,085 calories!!

BUT MFP also says that ONE orange slice candy has 47 calories.

All I can figure is that the person inputting the number was calculating an entire bag or something. Or that my computer is showing me the wrong numbers.

cmriverside

Food is entered by users, so they enter it however they want.

on Amazon I found a label....

Ready2Rock206

There's a lot of bad entries in the database unfortunately.

BlueSkyShoal

cmriverside wrote: »

Food is entered by users, so they enter it however they want.

on Amazon I found a label....

Thanks! Very helpful. I would have been pretty sad if I were really eating 1000+ calories in three candies, lol. "Today I ate three gummis and a balance bar. Extremely healthy choices."

Hearts_2015

Looks like brands vary a great deal when looking it up on Google. Some labels listed one serving as 1 piece, some listed it as 5. Perhaps the person ate the entire bag and logged it that way, putting it that way in the MFP database. Not the typical way most members do it but unfortunately not everyone lists food items correctly. If you find a brand online (when you know the brand) or use the government nutrition site one can be more sure.

Wow gummy candy is crazy high in sugar/cals. EEK I love the gummy bears made in Germany and am impressed you that you can moderate them daily for a snack. Looks like the MFP entry of 47 calories looks to be closest if you're eating a few.

BlueSkyShoal wrote: »

So I bought some "by the weight" gummi candy from a local candy store and I eat 1 to 3 candies a day to satisfy my sweet tooth. No packaging / nutrional info provided, but since they're similar to orange slices candies, I figured I'd just look up the calories for those. According to MFP, three Kroger orange slices candies have . . . 1,085 calories!!

BUT MFP also says that ONE orange slice candy has 47 calories.

All I can figure is that the person inputting the number was calculating an entire bag or something. Or that my computer is showing me the wrong numbers.

BlueSkyShoal

Lol yeah, they're TERRIBLE healthwise, pretty much no nutritional value. I love them, though. The ones at the candy store were vegan; they use pectin as a hardening agent instead of gelatin. So that makes it even harder to find an exact match online. But then again, I'll bet most of the calories come from the sugar-coating on the outside.

cmtigger

Hearts_2015 wrote: »

Looks like brands vary a great deal when looking it up on Google. Some labels listed one serving as 1 piece, some listed it as 5. Perhaps the person ate the entire bag and logged it that way, putting it that way in the MFP database. Not the typical way most members do it but unfortunately not everyone lists food items correctly. If you find a brand online (when you know the brand) or use the government nutrition site one can be more sure.

Wow gummy candy is crazy high in sugar/cals. EEK I love the gummy bears made in Germany and am impressed you that you can moderate them daily for a snack. Looks like the MFP entry of 47 calories looks to be closest if you're eating a few.

BlueSkyShoal wrote: »

So I bought some "by the weight" gummi candy from a local candy store and I eat 1 to 3 candies a day to satisfy my sweet tooth. No packaging / nutrional info provided, but since they're similar to orange slices candies, I figured I'd just look up the calories for those. According to MFP, three Kroger orange slices candies have . . . 1,085 calories!!

BUT MFP also says that ONE orange slice candy has 47 calories.

All I can figure is that the person inputting the number was calculating an entire bag or something. Or that my computer is showing me the wrong numbers.

Amazon sells plastic boxes of pre portioned mini gummy bears. Every few months I buy one and dole it out pack by pack all month.

cmtigger

BlueSkyShoal wrote: »

Lol yeah, they're TERRIBLE healthwise, pretty much no nutritional value. I love them, though. The ones at the candy store were vegan; they use pectin as a hardening agent instead of gelatin. So that makes it even harder to find an exact match online. But then again, I'll bet most of the calories come from the sugar-coating on the outside.

Look for the sunkist fruit gummies. Those are pectin based, so yummy.

Alatariel75

When it comes to candy like that, if I have no nutritional info I just multiply the weight of the candy by 4 for the calories. Reason being, they're basically pure sugar (being a carb), carb is 4 calories per gram. Gummies are fat free, so weight x 4 gives you the maximum calories they could possibly be.

BlueSkyShoal

Alatariel75 wrote: »

When it comes to candy like that, if I have no nutritional info I just multiply the weight of the candy by 4 for the calories. Reason being, they're basically pure sugar (being a carb), carb is 4 calories per gram. Gummies are fat free, so weight x 4 gives you the maximum calories they could possibly be.

Great idea, especially since they're all different sizes and shapes. The gummi penuins are different sizes compared to the gummy lips and so on.