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Help Reading a Label

smiles4jo
smiles4jo Posts: 202 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello all!

We had ribs for dinner tonight, but I'm struggling with counting it correctly. I'm attaching a picture of the nutritional information on the box.

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My husband and I split the package, so each had half. I would have expected my portion to be 445 calories (990 for the whole package, divided by two).

However, I weighed my portion of ribs before I ate them and it weighed 205g. I then weighed the bones when I was done and they were 100g even. So the actual edible portion was 105g.

Does that seem right? So, my 1/2 rack was actually less than that estimate 1/3 to be at 160g. If that's the case, my portion (105g) was 217 calories which seems low.

Thanks!

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  • Davidsdottir
    Davidsdottir Posts: 1,285 Member
    That's what happens with packaged food. Use the grams you weighed.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    19 grams of sugar in ribs? Must have been good!
  • go52182
    go52182 Posts: 133 Member
    I would take all of the numbers and multiply them by three. Take those numbers and divide them by half. So for the calories for example: 330 x 3 = 990. 990 / 2 = 495 Your portion for calories was 495.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    When in doubt, estimate on the high side. :)
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    edited June 2018
    With calories if it seems to good to be true it almost always is. By weight your portion is 423 calories.

    ETA: If you didn't weigh your husband's portion to see if he got 275ish you may still want to record the entire half at 495.
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,246 Member
    Were the ribs sold raw or cooked? If raw - the given weight would be for the raw meat which has more water.
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