Where have the calories gone?

Ali_momof2
Ali_momof2 Posts: 478 Member
in Food and Nutrition
It's a silly question but why are there calories in cucumbers, but many pickles, & relishes I've seen are labled as not having any calories? Where did they go?

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  • weightliftingdiva
    weightliftingdiva Posts: 522 Member
    If it is less then 5 calories per serving, then they are allowed to say it has zero calories.

    I bought a pickle in a squeeze bag (1 whole dill pickle) that you rip the plastic top off of and drain the juice out. It said it was 0 calories per serving... but the serving was 1/5 of the whole pickle. So I logged the whole thing as 25 calories (up to 5 calories x 5 servings) just to be safe.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    If a serving has less than 5 calories then manufacturers are allowed to put 0 calories on the nutrition label. The calories are still there, they just tweak their serving sizes until they get small enough to label them as 0 calories.

    ETA: And I type too slowly...
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    Foods low in calories such as cucumbers (and that is what they make pickles out of) are so low in calories, that a serving size is below what food manufacturers are required to report.
  • leahraskie
    leahraskie Posts: 260 Member
    Because the FDA is a sneaky mistress who likes to screw you over if you don't look lol. There are like 3-4 calories per small pickle, it's such a small value though you shouldn't worry, it's the sodium that is crazy high.
  • Ali_momof2
    Ali_momof2 Posts: 478 Member
    Thank you all for the quick answer, I will go back to enjoying my cucmber slices & Of course I know thats what pickle are made of :laugh:

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