Sauce/Dip calories

When not preparing the sauce by yourself, and when you are eating out, how do you calculate dipping sauce or dressing on the side when you dip your food into it?

Is there a way to estimate the dipping sauce/dressing or soup base food (such as Japanese Soba Noodle that need to dip the noodle in the broth first or when you are having salad and instead of pour the dressing on the salad, you just dip the vegetable in it instead)

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  • The first thing is to classify what type of sauce it is. For example, is it a special blend of the restaurant (assuming you are talking about restaurants), or is it a well-known sauce, such as soy, alfredo, or marinara? In general, I believe the thicker the sauce, the higher in calories it will be. This doesn't really answer your question on how to explicitly calculate the calories, but as a suggestion, you could try comparing to like-sauces and go from there.

    I hope this helps. As a disclaimer, I'm not an expert on this by any means.
  • 86_Ohms
    86_Ohms Posts: 253 Member
    The first thing is to classify what type of sauce it is. For example, is it a special blend of the restaurant (assuming you are talking about restaurants), or is it a well-known sauce, such as soy, alfredo, or marinara? In general, I believe the thicker the sauce, the higher in calories it will be.

    This. A lot of restraunts use a generic blend, unless you go to a high profile place or if they're known for their sauce (like "that place with the better salsa").

    Just refer to google. I copied and pasted Japanese Soba Noodle and got a lot of results. A lot of chain restraunts also have a nutrition menu.