Confused about calories - pasta n sauce

lizlyoung

I made some (yummy!) Mushroom and Garlic pasta'n'sauce for lunch today. The packet is 83g and the nutritional values are copied below.

Since I only added water, can anyone tell me why the calories have gone from about 90 (per 83g pack) to 362???

Seriously confused...


Nutrition Information http://www.batchelorsrange.co.uk/range/super-pasta-n-sauce/

Per 100g As Sold Per 166g Portion As Prepared (2 portions in a packet)

Energy (kcal) 109 181

Protein 4.5g 7.4g
Carbohydrate 17.5g 29.0g
of which – sugars2.9g 4.8g
Fat 1.8g 3.1g
of which – saturates 0.8g 1.3g
Fibre 2.2g 3.7g
Sodium (g) N/A N/A
Equivalent as Salt 0.33g 0.54g

RobsGirl_lds

90cal/83g(dry)
You add water and that increases the weight of the meal but not the cals.

laulaulazza

Hi lizlyoung, did you ever figure this out?

I couldn't get the calories to add up to their serving calories amount, even if I added butter and whole milk.

I decided to count half the weight of the dry weight and half the amount of skimmed milk I added to get the calories for half the pack.