Seasonings, Who do I trust for Calorie information?

michaelgilstrap

I recently made chili and was so used lots of seasoning, but tried to avoid the ones I knew had lots of calories from things being added. MFP added calories for my ground black pepper, chili powder, cumin, granulated garlic, onion powder, & Kirklands (Costco's) Organic no salt seasoning. All of the ones I had a container for had listed no calories, where as other seasonings I avoided did. Sparks People and other people and sites, say these have no calories. I made a big pot, so I'm not naive to think that any micro calories wouldn't add up and register in the recipe, but I thought the #'s, especially for the ground cumin were very high, when listed as 0 calories elsewhere. Looking for some clarification for myself and everyone else I've confused by this. I intend to go directly to some manufacturer websites, but those that have already done their homework, or been doing this for a while, or the science people on here that are so awesome, please enlighten me.

michaelgilstrap

OK, well I'm still open to new information but based on responses I got elsewhere, and looking around,
here is where I ended my confusion today:

http://michaelgilstrap.blogspot.com/2012/02/tip-for-today-seasonings-yes-they-have.html

michmill98

I'm in the "I don't count seasonings/vitamins/meds" camp. By seasonings - I mean the dash of oregano I add to a greek omelet or the sprinkle of nutmeg on sauteed greens or the twist of the peppermill on my veggies. Now if I'm making something that I actually measure and I'm recording the recipe in MFP for calorie breakdown per serving, then I'll add it if I can easily find it. But I don't go bonkers looking for it since I typically don't share my recipes here.

I'm not going to worry about the extra 100 or so calories a day from the meds that are prescribed/strongly recommended and seasonings. I didn't put on the weight by taking meds or seasoning my food. I put it on because I got lazy - both physically and portion size.

beckys19

I like to go to this site for info on calories:
http://nutritiondata.self.com/

Black pepper: 1T (6g)=16 cal
Chili powder: 1T (7 or 8g?)=24 cal (this one was wierd, in one spot it said a T was 8g, another 7g, and called 1t only 2g.
Cumin: 1T (6g)=22 cal
Garlic powder: 1T (8g)=27 cal
onion powder: 1T (7g) =23 cal

From my jars - o - Penzy's spices:
Black/white whole peppercorn mix: 1/4 tsp (0.5g) = 2 cal (6g=24 cal)
chili powder: I don't have plain chili powder, but between ancho, chipolte, jalapeno, and cayenne they are all 1/4 tsp (either 0.6 or 0.7g = 2 cal, 27 cal at worst for 8g/1T
Cumin: 1/4 tsp 0.6g=2cal, 20 cal for 6g
granulated garlic: 1/4 tsp (0.9g)=3 cal , 27 cal/8g
granulated onion: 1/4 tsp (0.9g) = 3cal, 23 cal per 7g

Looks like the website agrees with my spice bottles for the most part, the pepper was the only thing off, but maybe the white peppercorns have more oils???

Hope this helps!!