cals in cooked food?

running_mom

Why is it when I enter 2 eggs some show 140 for cals and others show up to 230? Does the cals really change when cooked? When I scramble eggs I don't use butter, I use the pam spray.

SaraBrown12

This interests me also. Another misleading 1 that gets me is jacket potato. I weighed it raw and it was 400g, I weighed it again after cooking and it was only 230g. Its a big difference in calories between the 2 however... i dont know which to go for.

kennie2

i always put down carrots-raw for example. but then i cook it. does it gain or lose any calories?
and also with foods like rice. it ways a cup for example but is that a cup cooked or a cup uncooked?

leomom72

i would say take the weight of the before cooked..that way you can be super sure, and if it is lower when cooked you are still safe

Vkoons3

When I am not sure I always just got for the larger weight then I am sure to account for all the calories...I have often wondered how cooking food changes the calorie amount and whether the amount you use is before or after you cook it.

sharonuk10

Different size eggs have different calories. Add to that the way they are cooked. Don't always believe the food database. Different people has put in their own version of scrambled eggs etc. As for the jacket potato and any other food item I weigh before cooking UNLESS the calories are for cooked.

rigby_89

If you weigh it raw then you need to log it as raw potato, and if you weigh it cooked then you need to weigh it as cooked: the weight changes due to the loss of water as it bakes in the oven, it doesn't lose or gain calories.

Eggs vary because of their size, that may be an issue in the differing values you're reading.

KeyMasterOfGozer

The lost weight from cooking is usually water loss from the item, so it shouldn't change the calories very much, even though it weighs less.

Aetarac

some foods (those with * by name) are user submitted and are off I have had to go to usda database to cross some numbers before I logged because seen a post that had an apple with like 10g sat fat... only caught it cuz it shot up so quickly and knew something was off. After that I started cross referencing before logging.

FabOma08

I also double check anything I can. If you've got the packaging, check it! Check other calorie counters online as well. and USDA is a great resource. If I don't find something in the database that matches the info I found I create it. Then I can use the one I know is right for what I'm actually eating!