Some assistance with food weight/calories please?

Verity1111
Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
in Food and Nutrition
So, instead of a traditional breakfast today, I had 2 potato samosas from Whole Foods, but I don't see them listed. Not the potato ones I had anyways! I see the ones from the box, which I assume are too high calorie, and vegetable ones, but I'm not sure if they're the same. The total net weight was 5oz. The ones listed as 150 grams each, so does that mean they are bigger than the ones I had? I ask because when I type in 5oz to grams on Google I see 5 oz = about 141.7grams and now I'm lost. lol. Is this correct or no? I was thinking of adding one of these 150 gram ones and maybe an extra 100 calories to make sure I cover any calories over.

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  • Gramps251
    Gramps251 Posts: 738 Member
    The packaging they came in should have the nutritional information. That's the place to check.
  • Akimajuktuq
    Akimajuktuq Posts: 3,037 Member
    5 oz and 150 grams are close enough to be the same. When in doubt, I always pick the option with the highest calories. Besides the MFP database (which has a lot of incorrect entries btw) I use google to find other calorie counters. Likely someone somewhere has figured out how many calories/macros are in the samosas from Whole Foods. I do a lot of double-checking the MFP database because there are so many mistakes. For instance there is one entry that has 8 ounces of prime rib steak at 188 calories... yeah, I don't think so. Unfortunately, some people make mistakes when they enter foods in the database.
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    The packaging they came in should have the nutritional information. That's the place to check.
    There is no nutritional information because it was made in the deli. Thank you though for trying. I appreciate it.
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    5 oz and 150 grams are close enough to be the same. When in doubt, I always pick the option with the highest calories. Besides the MFP database (which has a lot of incorrect entries btw) I use google to find other calorie counters. Likely someone somewhere has figured out how many calories/macros are in the samosas from Whole Foods. I do a lot of double-checking the MFP database because there are so many mistakes. For instance there is one entry that has 8 ounces of prime rib steak at 188 calories... yeah, I don't think so. Unfortunately, some people make mistakes when they enter foods in the database.
    LOL wow 188 calories. I looked at a lot and it seems that samosas around medium size average 150-220 calories per samosa. So, I figure maybe I will use theirs which add up to about 340 calories and add 100, just to make sure! :] I appreciate your opinion. I was just confused because I was shocked at how ONE samosa could be over 5oz. lol. The 5oz included a small container of chutney too so I thought wow that must be a huge samosa they made. lmso

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