Fish and chips

kt1304
kt1304 Posts: 21
in Food and Nutrition
I had a small fish and chips from a fish n chip shop. MFP estimates it at 690 kcals, does this sound about right? Obviously it was deep fat fried, I had small cod in batter with chips. I thought it'd be more than this?

Thoughts?

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  • SteveJWatson
    SteveJWatson Posts: 1,225 Member
    I did the same - I just thought "bonus" and got on with my day.

    I did pick most of the batter off though (because I find it a bit claggy) so I guess that reduced the calories by a tiiiiny fraction...
  • kt1304
    kt1304 Posts: 21
    Haha yeh i'm thinking "oooo what else can i eat?"!

    I don't eat them often so i'm not worried about it i just wondered as it seemed fairly low.

    I ate all the batter and half the bag pretty much that got stuck to it! All extra nutrients!
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    For small, that might even be a little high, depending on how small. I only entered half again as much for my fish and chips last weekend, and I am not claiming it was small (I used four "fried fish fillets" and two "small fries").
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Sounds about right to me....I had fish 'n chips from a local brew pub here in town...it was two beer battered fillets and the chips and their nutritional info sign said it was about 1,200 calories...think it was like 1,176 or something.

    Guess it would depend on how small is small...but I tend to assume the worst...and I know that fish 'n chips are a pretty high calorie indulgent food.
  • martinh78
    martinh78 Posts: 601
    I think it's right. I did a lot of research into this as I like fish and chips and have them after a big day in the hills. I used several sources/govenment/indutry etc to come up with the figures that I have entered as:

    "UK Chip Shop Takeaway - Fish, Chips and Peas"

    This was taken from studies that took samples from fish and chip shops using the latest oils, average chip size/portion size etc.

    Your estimate sounds right for a small without peas (which added about 100 calories).

    Calories

    1086

    Total Fat

    53 g

    Saturated

    17 g

    Total Carbs

    122 g

    Protein

    49 g
  • kt1304
    kt1304 Posts: 21
    Nice,

    Thanks ladies and gents :)
  • SteveJWatson
    SteveJWatson Posts: 1,225 Member
    Now I feel good about my usual modus operandi which involved Large fish, mushy peas and small chips.

    I pick a lot of batter off - after the first few mouthfuls. Nobody else will touch mushy peas so I nom all them and my toddler eats a lot of my chips.....

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