Habanero sauce - zero calories?!?!

candiceh3
candiceh3 Posts: 379 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I got given a bottle of D.L. Jardines Blazin' Saddle Habanero Pepper Sauce XXX Hot for my birthday. The label says 1 kj (0 cal) for a 5 g serve. How on earth is this possible? There is quite a lot of sodium but negligible calories. The ingredients are Habanero peppers, fresh carrots, onions, lime juice, vinegar, garlic, and salt. Does that sound even remotely right?

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  • eksero2k
    eksero2k Posts: 83 Member
    I believe they are allowed to put 0 calories on stuff thats 5 calories or below per serving
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  • candiceh3
    candiceh3 Posts: 379 Member
    I'm not so anal that I'd log 5 calories. But I think it is more like 50... and I would have 4 serves.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    find something similar in the data base or do a quick calorie. How much do you plan on putting on?
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,097 Member
    I'm not so anal that I'd log 5 calories. But I think it is more like 50... and I would have 4 serves.

    It's a 5 gram serving, and you think it has 50 calories? If it were pure fat, it would only be 45 calories, and none of the ingredients you list has fat in it.
    5 grams of chili peppers (habaneros) have about 2 calories
    5 grams of carrots have about 2 calories
    5 grams of onions have about 2 calories
    5 grams of lime juice have about 1 calorie
    5 grams of vinegar have less than 1 calorie
    5 grams of garlic have about 7 calories
    5 grams of salt have no calories

    So if it were almost entirely garlic, with just trace amounts of all those other ingredients you listed, the max amount of calories in 5 grams would be a little less than 7 calories. Probably there is more habanero, carrots, onions, lime juice, and vinegar, and it's more like 2 calories for a 5 gram serving.
  • candiceh3
    candiceh3 Posts: 379 Member
    I'm not so anal that I'd log 5 calories. But I think it is more like 50... and I would have 4 serves.

    It's a 5 gram serving, and you think it has 50 calories? If it were pure fat, it would only be 45 calories, and none of the ingredients you list has fat in it.
    5 grams of chili peppers (habaneros) have about 2 calories
    5 grams of carrots have about 2 calories
    5 grams of onions have about 2 calories
    5 grams of lime juice have about 1 calorie
    5 grams of vinegar have less than 1 calorie
    5 grams of garlic have about 7 calories
    5 grams of salt have no calories

    So if it were almost entirely garlic, with just trace amounts of all those other ingredients you listed, the max amount of calories in 5 grams would be a little less than 7 calories. Probably there is more habanero, carrots, onions, lime juice, and vinegar, and it's more like 2 calories for a 5 gram serving.

    Ok that makes more sense. Apart from the salt content, it is a fantastic condiment for my diet :). Spices up the most boring of foods.
  • mzhus11
    mzhus11 Posts: 10
    I got given a bottle of D.L. Jardines Blazin' Saddle Habanero Pepper Sauce XXX Hot for my birthday. The label says 1 kj (0 cal) for a 5 g serve. How on earth is this possible? There is quite a lot of sodium but negligible calories. The ingredients are Habanero peppers, fresh carrots, onions, lime juice, vinegar, garlic, and salt. Does that sound even remotely right?

    Any sauce will have some calories
  • darkrose20
    darkrose20 Posts: 1,139 Member
    I believe they are allowed to put 0 calories on stuff thats 5 calories or below per serving

    QFT
  • kdeaux1959
    kdeaux1959 Posts: 2,675 Member
    Pretty close. Most peppers are negligible calories. Is it really "zero"? Probably not but you would have to eat an awful lot of it for it to make any difference at all.
  • glin23
    glin23 Posts: 460 Member
    I'm not so anal that I'd log 5 calories. But I think it is more like 50... and I would have 4 serves.

    It's a 5 gram serving, and you think it has 50 calories? If it were pure fat, it would only be 45 calories, and none of the ingredients you list has fat in it.
    5 grams of chili peppers (habaneros) have about 2 calories
    5 grams of carrots have about 2 calories
    5 grams of onions have about 2 calories
    5 grams of lime juice have about 1 calorie
    5 grams of vinegar have less than 1 calorie
    5 grams of garlic have about 7 calories
    5 grams of salt have no calories

    So if it were almost entirely garlic, with just trace amounts of all those other ingredients you listed, the max amount of calories in 5 grams would be a little less than 7 calories. Probably there is more habanero, carrots, onions, lime juice, and vinegar, and it's more like 2 calories for a 5 gram serving.


    I didn't realize this. Thanks for the info.
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