How many calories in Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce (MyFitnesPal don't match the bottle)

flemmingss

The label say (If i read corrent) 0.08 kilo cal for every 100g of saurce.
But MyfitnessPal (and some other sources) say it contains 100.00 kilo cal for every 100g
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/huy-fong-foods-inc-sriracha-hot-chili-sauce-501395110?v2=false

What is the correnct? (I think the label may be wrong?)

CyberTone

That would most likely be a misprint.

I would guess that it should be 80 kcals per 100g, based on how it is labeled in the US. On the last label in the US that I saw, one serving of 1 tsp (5g) is 5 kcals. US regulations allow manufacturers to round serving size kcal information to the nearest 5 kcals.

I would guess during lab testing, the company determined there was about 4 kcals per 1 tsp (5g), which due to the rounding on the label is why the MFP database would show 5 kcals per one 5g serving size. Multiplying the 5g serving size by 20 to get 100g, that would get the 100 kcals per 100g in MFP, instead of the most likely more accurate 80 kcals per 100g. I hope that makes sense.

flemmingss

yepp.

CyberTone

I thought of a plausible explanation of how this happened.

In the US, the labels for kilocalories (kcals) are provided in Calories (with a capital C), where 1000 small c calories equals 1 capital C Calorie.

I would guess the Research and Development department got the report from the lab, which stated in effect there were 80 Calories (capital C) in 100g. The R&D department sent that information to the Graphic Design Department that created the label for non-US markets. When the Graphic Design Department saw that they had to list 80 Cals per 100g as kcals, they mistakenly divided the 80 Cals by 1000 to get 0.08 kcals. They should have been told that 80 Cals with a capital C equals 80 kcals.