Syrup of canned fruits. How to count that calories wise?

sakurablossoms82
sakurablossoms82 Posts: 62 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I guess this is a really stupid question but I'm curious. When I use canned fruits I always like to drink the syrup it comes in instead of throwing that away. Now I wonder: Is that syrup included in the calories chart? Let's say for example the fruit without it is 50kcal per 100 grams. The weight with syrup is 200 grams. Is it 100kcal then or?

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  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    edited June 2020
    It generally is counted in the nutrition facts unless the can refers to the serving size as "drained".

    Edit: You can compare the weight of the whole can to the weight of each serving multiplied by total servings to confirm. I.e. if the can is 15oz, and there are 5 servings of 3oz each, it is counting the syrup.
  • sakurablossoms82
    sakurablossoms82 Posts: 62 Member
    Okay.. they didn't mention on the can that the serving size is that much calories when drained. They do mention how many grams it is with and without the syrup but they always do that.
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    sakurablossoms82 wrote: »
    Okay.. they didn't mention on the can that the serving size is that much calories when drained. They do mention how many grams it is with and without the syrup but they always do that.

    Oh...are we in the same country? It might be different if you're not in the US. I forgot to ask.
  • sakurablossoms82
    sakurablossoms82 Posts: 62 Member
    RelCanonical wrote: »
    Oh...are we in the same country? It might be different if you're not in the US. I forgot to ask.

    I think so, I'm not from the US.

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