100 calorie difference of potato w/skin then without?

auntkaren
auntkaren Posts: 1,490 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I had a baked potato and was checking the calories on what I ate without the skin. Then just out of curiosity I checked what a potato with skin would be and it was about 100 calories more. Why is the skin so high?

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  • auntkaren
    auntkaren Posts: 1,490 Member
    I had a baked potato and was checking the calories on what I ate without the skin. Then just out of curiosity I checked what a potato with skin would be and it was about 100 calories more. Why is the skin so high?
  • SoupNazi
    SoupNazi Posts: 4,229 Member
    Wow! That really is quite a difference. I'm not quite sure why that is or if that is even completely accurate. I do know that most of the nutrients are actually found in the skin and not so much in the flesh of the potato.
  • MontanaGirl
    MontanaGirl Posts: 1,251 Member
    Did you have the same serving size? I just checked and there was only about a 30 calorie difference for with skin and w/o skin - but the default for with skin was a large and the default for w/o skin was a medium.
  • auntkaren
    auntkaren Posts: 1,490 Member
    Did you have the same serving size? I just checked and there was only about a 30 calorie difference for with skin and w/o skin - but the default for with skin was a large and the default for w/o skin was a medium.
    The 30 calories sounds better:happy: I will recheck the serving sizes. Thanks
  • rem1979
    rem1979 Posts: 344 Member
    Check another web site for comparison. 100 calories is way to high!!!
  • auntkaren
    auntkaren Posts: 1,490 Member
    I think there is too many differences on the baked potato calories that are the same size that you are right I , I should check it out on another web site.
  • MontanaGirl
    MontanaGirl Posts: 1,251 Member
    It never hurts to check a few different sources!! :smile:
  • diannholland1965
    diannholland1965 Posts: 782 Member
    Because that is where the protien and other healthy stuff that are in a potato are.
    the inside of the spud is all startch and carbs, the skin is the GOOD STUFF, but still I agree that 100 seems high.
    --Diann...
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