Calories Confusion - Iceland Chicken Tikka Masala

dwmoook
dwmoook Posts: 8 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Just purchased the above from local store. Its the 375g Indian Takeaway Chicken Tikka Masala. The back of the packet suggests 508kCal per meal, the information on the iceland website and on myfitnesspal suggest 389kCal per meal..

Any recommendation which one I should use?

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  • Nouurann
    Nouurann Posts: 183 Member
    Definitely the packet information
    MFP entries are entered by people, so there could be errors or variations in brand or serving, etc.
    And websites might not be updated like packages would be. And I usually pick the higher of conflicting calorie information
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Definitely the packet information

    Yep, MFP is probably out of date, supermarkets change their recipes all the time.
  • dwmoook
    dwmoook Posts: 8 Member
    Thanks, that's what I've assumed. Not come across such a variation before.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Frankly, I'd add them together and use that, as 375g of what is essentially meat and oil is likely to have a lot more than 500 calories.

    Trust no one.
  • Ely82010
    Ely82010 Posts: 1,998 Member
    Thanks, that's what I've assumed. Not come across such a variation before.

    Check the weight (grams, lbs or size), before making the change. Check the package and find out if the amount per serving listed is the same as what MFP has in its website.
  • emilyisbonkers
    emilyisbonkers Posts: 373 Member
    some of the calorie information on this site is really dodgy anyway... also use the packet

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