When calories on label and bar code differ

rjdubock0609

Hi guys, I'm quite new to this and I have a dilemma. I have a packet of sainsbury's crab fishcakes. The info label says they're 305cal each... But when I scanned the bar code into MFP it came up as 224cal - quite a a difference! So which one would you trust??

cwolfman13

rjdubock0609 wrote: »

Hi guys, I'm quite new to this and I have a dilemma. I have a packet of sainsbury's crab fishcakes. The info label says they're 305cal each... But when I scanned the bar code into MFP it came up as 224cal - quite a a difference! So which one would you trust??

The label....

Kalex1975

Trust the label... the MFP database is crowd-sourced and often can have incorrect information (even with a barcode match).

janejellyroll

The label on the product is what I would go with. The MFP database entries are entered by your fellow users. They could be outdated, based on a different product, or just plain wrong.

Marilyn0924

I would weigh the item and compare to the label. The scan could be pulling information based on a specific weight/serving size (i.e. per 100 gram)

Meelisv

I would always weigh such items and go by weight as written in lable. Each piece can have quite different weight, specially for item that are hand made.

rjdubock0609

Marilyn you're right! It turns out it's 224cal per 100g, and a fishcake is actually about 150g... So actually 336 after all that! Thanks for your help everyone.