Misprint of Calories

tiddles_yeah
tiddles_yeah Posts: 117 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I was curious as to whether or not anyone has had experience in there being a misprint of the calorie content of any food they have eaten? As in, on the actual label on the packaging, not just info you found on the internet

Particularly - Has anyone eaten puffed bean curd (puffed tofu) from Asian supermarkets?
I seem to have a recurring problem that whenever i eat them, even though i make sure to weigh them out and stay below my calorie intake everyday, i gain weight, and relatively quickly.
This had lead me to think that the calories printed on the packets are actually wrong

Do you think that would be the case?
Has anyone had similar experience?

They are packaged in Aus (which is where i live) so i originally thought they would have to be correctly labelled, but i literally cannot think of any other reason for the weight gain

This is really important to me too as i have an enormous range of allergies, IBS, etc so i dont have many foods i can eat and now that i may not be able to eat these im almost reduced to a liquid diet, which is quite frustrating

Any and all thoughts would be very welcome! Thanks!

Replies

  • blackcoffeeandcherrypie
    blackcoffeeandcherrypie Posts: 486 Member
    Are they high in sodium? I often gain water weight after eating salty foods, but it goes away after a couple of days.
  • alereck
    alereck Posts: 343 Member
    Unless that is the base of your diet I would find it difficult to believe it’s the sole culprit for your lack of success maintaining your weight. There are so many other variables that could be into play.

    But if it is the base of your diet then I suggest you simply do not eat for a couple of weeks and see if you see any difference. Mislabeling might not be completely out of the question but it would have to be a big error to cause you to gain weight.
  • tiddles_yeah
    tiddles_yeah Posts: 117 Member
    They are very low in sodium, only about 20mg per packet i think.
    And yeah, they were, for the last week, the majority of my diet besides breakfast and a light soup at dinner

    It is very confusing

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