Do the calories on cake mix include oil and eggs?

ingredsmith
ingredsmith Posts: 20
in Food and Nutrition
So i wanted to make a box of organic Dr. Oetker cake mix for my birthday. The serving size is 1/12 of a package, which is 150 calories. Is this calorie count just for the dry cake mix of does this include the calories coming from oil and eggs? Anybody have a clue?!

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  • mostlypaleo
    mostlypaleo Posts: 21
    It's just the dry cake mix.
  • SummerLovesPhil
    SummerLovesPhil Posts: 242 Member
    Look at the top of the columns to see if the nutrition facts are listed "As Packaged" or "As Prepared." If they're listed as prepared, then they include the oil and eggs. If there's only one set of nutrition info listed, then it's probably for the mix as packaged and you'll need to add the cals from the oil and eggs.
  • ingredsmith
    ingredsmith Posts: 20
    thanks!! I called the company, and you were all right- the calories (plainly stated) only includes the dry mix.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    So i wanted to make a box of organic Dr. Oetker cake mix for my birthday. The serving size is 1/12 of a package, which is 150 calories. Is this calorie count just for the dry cake mix of does this include the calories coming from oil and eggs? Anybody have a clue?!

    If it says:
    Mix - then it's for the mix.
    As Prepared - then it's the whole thing, all ingredients.

    If it shows neither, look at the calorie count and make your best honest assumption. You can easily take the weight of the package, and get an idea of how much calories to expect by that volume for just flour and sugar.

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