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Does the calorie content increase as food rots?

bluecat145
bluecat145 Posts: 144 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Obviously, I'm not going around shoving moldy apples and bread in my face, but after noticing my yogurt started to smell funny, it just made me wonder.
So, does it?

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  • nill4me
    nill4me Posts: 682 Member
    No, but the histamine content does....
  • AmigaMaria001
    AmigaMaria001 Posts: 489 Member
    Grapes, some fruits like bananas, yes... the sugar content goes up as they age!
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Given your posting history and this rather extreme fear of calories to the point of worrying about rotting food, I really hope you are getting therapy.
  • efwolfcub
    efwolfcub Posts: 99 Member
    The sugar content may go up, but those calories have to come from somehwere. The starch gets converted to sugar, and the bacteria/yeast convert that sugar into alcohol during the "rotting" process, but it's still the same number of calories (or less, since as food rots, the bacteria is eating it and it's also outgassing). sweeter != more calories
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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,654 Member
    Dunno, how many calories in mould?

    To be fair though, the resulting gastro would balance it out.
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    Things that make you go "hmmmm"
    I hope you're asking just out of curiosity and not because this is a serious consideration for you, relating to ED issues as others have mentioned.
    IF there is a calorie difference as food decays (though I don't see how), it would be so negligible as to really make no difference at all. Interesting science question though.

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