What to believe?

thankyou4thevenom · October 2011

I bought myself some sugar free jelly to make the other day. I looked at the packet and it's apparently 6 cals a portion. The problem is the maths doesn't add up.

So 100g of the mixture is 295 cals.
Each packet is sold in 23g. So that's 68 cals per packet.
Each packet makes 4 portions of 140 mls.
So 68 cals divided by 4 portions should equal 6 cals right?

Not according to my calculator. It comes out at 17 cals, which is double what's stated.

Am I missing something? Does the process of putting hot water in jelly mix suddenly get rid of half the calories? Or are they taking off the amount of calories you burn while making the jelly (turning the kettle on, stirring the liquid, walking to the fridge to put it in)?

Or have I got this totally wrong.