confused about potatoes?

00mid
00mid Posts: 79 Member
edited November 15 in Food and Nutrition
I used my actifryer for the first time today, I'm confused about calculating how many calories. I weighed 650g of raw potato but I didn't weigh them after they had been in the fryer. Does anyone know roughly how much 650g of raw potato would weigh after being cooked in the actifryer?

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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,261 Member
    That's not going to give an accurate account of the fat considering water weight will also be expelled. I wouldn't suspect more than a tbsp. of oil will be absorbed unless the oil is not high enough.
  • 00mid
    00mid Posts: 79 Member
    neanderthin wrote: »
    That's not going to give an accurate account of the fat considering water weight will also be expelled. I wouldn't suspect more than a tbsp. of oil will be absorbed unless the oil is not high enough.
    5ml of oil was added
  • greaseswabber
    greaseswabber Posts: 238 Member
    Did you eat all of the potato or just a portion?
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,261 Member
    00mid wrote: »
    neanderthin wrote: »
    That's not going to give an accurate account of the fat considering water weight will also be expelled. I wouldn't suspect more than a tbsp. of oil will be absorbed unless the oil is not high enough.
    5ml of oil was added
    Ok, one of those fryers. I'm not understanding your question.

  • 00mid
    00mid Posts: 79 Member
    greaseswabber wrote: »
    Did you eat all of the potato or just a portion?

    I eat 325g raw.
  • greaseswabber
    greaseswabber Posts: 238 Member
    edited March 2015
    So log it as 325 g of raw potato and 2.5 ml of oil. That will make sure your calories and macros are as correct as possible.
  • 00mid
    00mid Posts: 79 Member
    neanderthin wrote: »
    00mid wrote: »
    neanderthin wrote: »
    That's not going to give an accurate account of the fat considering water weight will also be expelled. I wouldn't suspect more than a tbsp. of oil will be absorbed unless the oil is not high enough.
    5ml of oil was added
    Ok, one of those fryers. I'm not understanding your question.

    Sorry I'm not being clear. What I want to find out is how many calories are in 650g of raw potato but baked(actifryed)because after they've been cooked they weigh differently.
  • greaseswabber
    greaseswabber Posts: 238 Member
    00mid wrote: »
    neanderthin wrote: »
    00mid wrote: »
    neanderthin wrote: »
    That's not going to give an accurate account of the fat considering water weight will also be expelled. I wouldn't suspect more than a tbsp. of oil will be absorbed unless the oil is not high enough.
    5ml of oil was added
    Ok, one of those fryers. I'm not understanding your question.

    Sorry I'm not being clear. What I want to find out is how many calories are in 650g of raw potato but baked(actifryed)because after they've been cooked they weigh differently.

    Any weight difference between raw and cooked is water weight. If you use the raw weights and raw entry values you will be as close as you can get.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    00mid wrote: »
    neanderthin wrote: »
    That's not going to give an accurate account of the fat considering water weight will also be expelled. I wouldn't suspect more than a tbsp. of oil will be absorbed unless the oil is not high enough.
    5ml of oil was added

    You fried potatoes in 1tsp of oil? :/
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,261 Member
    ana3067 wrote: »
    00mid wrote: »
    neanderthin wrote: »
    That's not going to give an accurate account of the fat considering water weight will also be expelled. I wouldn't suspect more than a tbsp. of oil will be absorbed unless the oil is not high enough.
    5ml of oil was added

    You fried potatoes in 1tsp of oil? :/
    Yeah but its a dry heat. Aliens reference. :D

  • greaseswabber
    greaseswabber Posts: 238 Member
    ana3067 wrote: »
    00mid wrote: »
    neanderthin wrote: »
    That's not going to give an accurate account of the fat considering water weight will also be expelled. I wouldn't suspect more than a tbsp. of oil will be absorbed unless the oil is not high enough.
    5ml of oil was added

    You fried potatoes in 1tsp of oil? :/

    I looked up the actifry. Had never heard of it. I think it's closer to baking with a coating of oil than actually frying.
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