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Hellofresh calorie count estimates a bit out?

LRH94
LRH94 Posts: 20 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
https://www.hellofresh.co.uk/recipe/week/current/
I'm having the minted lamb burgers for dinner tonight
However, the calorie count per burger (as that's one serving) is over 1000, that seems a bit off to me. Putting the values into mfp recipie builder, it comes out more around the 500 mark which seems much more reasonable.
Which estimate should I go with here?

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  • Keiko385
    Keiko385 Posts: 514 Member
    I guess it would depend if you are using the items that actually come in the plan or using substitutes.
  • phitnessjunky
    phitnessjunky Posts: 22 Member
    Does that include the buns, and other sauces or miscellaneous stuff, you might put in the burger? I had an Angus beef burger home made the other day, and that come to 700 cals, same size as your mint burger, but I had 10 grams of cheese and half a TSP of burger sauce in my burger with onions and a side salad.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,719 Member
    hmm, well 250g lamb mince is about 540 cal. Add the buns and cheese, I believe the cal count is for the 2 person recipe in total. I think you can halve the cal count for 1 serve.
  • LRH94
    LRH94 Posts: 20 Member
    It does include the bun and the cheese, yes :)
    I was thinking the same! The website claims that is the calories per serving though...but that can't be right. That's more than a McDonalds burger and fries!
  • kikichewie
    kikichewie Posts: 276 Member
    Given the fact that they're unlikely to exaggerate the calories, I think you should accept the number..... There is probably more added fat than you think. In the meat, on the bun, etc.
  • kimw91
    kimw91 Posts: 355 Member
    Assuming a bun that's on the large side, it'd come in at 750 or so I believe.. what I find most confusing is that their ingredients don't all double when the serving size of the recipe does (2-->4 people, lamb mince goes from 250--> 450). I know it's not a huge difference, but still..
  • bunsen_honeydew
    bunsen_honeydew Posts: 230 Member
    Going by the values on the recipe cards I've found them to pretty accurate as far as I can tell.

    Remember HF is *not* diet food, it is not calorie controlled. It is however all quite good quality, tasty, natural food, and they provide a good amount of it.
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