how to log these buns?

yirara
yirara Posts: 9,944 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Argh! Hardly anything I can buy here has nutritional information (it's a less developed country). Usually I find a way around it by guessing what's inside and how much. Tomorrow we want to make burgers and I have no idea how to log the buns (the only buns we found, actually). The ingredient list only reads, in this order:

whole meel flour
wheet flour
yiest
vegetable shortening
water
sesame seeds

Any suggestions?

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  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    These are in the tracker and close enough to what you describe:
    http://www.auntmillies.com/products/ProductView.aspx?prod=3472&cat=Buns
    Aunt Millie's Hearth Sesame Hamburger Buns
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,944 Member
    Yes, that might be an option to log. I'd usually stay on the high side of calories anyway if I'm uncertain, and these look a bit 'heavier' than mine. So yes, I might use them in the end - unless I find darker coloured ones.
  • houstonmacbro
    houstonmacbro Posts: 99 Member
    I used to be so exact ... then remembered I have a life.

    Find generic hamburger buns (or whatever it is you're eating) and just use that.

    A couple of hundred calories either way throughout the course of a every other day isn't going to wreck your diet.

    Also, it's not ONLY about calories in vs. calories out.

    Enjoy life.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    I used to be so exact ... then remembered I have a life.

    Find generic hamburger buns (or whatever it is you're eating) and just use that.

    A couple of hundred calories either way throughout the course of a every other day isn't going to wreck your diet.

    Also, it's not ONLY about calories in vs. calories out.

    Enjoy life.
    first, logging accurately takes about 5 minutes of your day and can be the difference between losing nothing and losing 10 lbs

    second, generic entries are crap and should only be used when there is no other option

    third, maybe not a couple hundred every other day, but if this is consistent then yes it is going to wreck your diet

    fourth, its MOSTLY about calories in vs. out

    though OP, you're pretty much trapped in this situation if there are no nutritional labels. can you perhaps look up the brand (if it is a brand) online and find out that way?
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,944 Member
    Thanks guys,

    nope I don't think it's gonna work. There is a name on the bag, the price tag and the ingredients. That's all. The company mentioned doesn't seem to have a website. I guess it might be local. Oh well.. we're not eating this kind of food every day, so that's fine.

    Today we'll have a water-based Sri Lancan curry with dried fish and onions. At least that's easier to log.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,944 Member
    Interesting! 1.5 good-sized burgers for approximately 700kcal. Though I must say don't like molten cheese and no large amounts of mayonnaise or ketchup.

    I'm more 'worried' about having a meeting with friends at Fuddruckers in just over a week, and their 'healthy' options are not available in this country, while just a salad doesn't do it for me either :( Need to find a better place for future come-togethers.

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