UMMMMM How many calories in two slices of onion?

Verity1111
Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
edited November 20 in Food and Nutrition
Sliced Yellow Onion - Yellow Onion Sliced, 2 slice, large (1/4" thick) 230 calories

What? lol. Please tell me that is an error.

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  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    5 cals, tops.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    Most likely. Earlier today I tried to add a verified entry of yellow corn. 100G some how equaled 350 calories.
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    Well, thank God. I was about to swear off onion. lol. (Not really. I f'n love onion..)
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    Verity1111 wrote: »
    Sliced Yellow Onion - Yellow Onion Sliced, 2 slice, large (1/4" thick) 230 calories.

    So that's how onions make people :sad:

    You could definitely take a zero off that 230.
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    KarenJanine wrote: »
    Verity1111 wrote: »
    Sliced Yellow Onion - Yellow Onion Sliced, 2 slice, large (1/4" thick) 230 calories.

    So that's how onions make people :sad:

    You could definitely take a zero off that 230.

    LOL. I seriously would cry. Thank you all for verifying this. I was very confused... Found one that says 15calories. Much better!
  • FaylinaMeir
    FaylinaMeir Posts: 661 Member
    just go by the onions,raw listing since it's from the usda
  • flaminica
    flaminica Posts: 304 Member
    Some of the calorie counts in the MFP database are seriously screwed up. I'm not sure if it's simple typos, bad math, people transcribing their random guesses or deliberate trolling. Probably all of them.

    When in doubt, google the phrase "calories in blah" and crowdsource comparison numbers from two or three other sites. I default to whatever the middling/high number is. Then enter whatever portion size you need to generate the correct number. The portion size might look odd, but accuracy>public perception.
  • JudithNYC
    JudithNYC Posts: 80 Member
    Hm. I never thought about trolling but now that I think of it...the other day I was entering a recipe and I got 0 calories for one cup uncooked rice.
  • free1220
    free1220 Posts: 416 Member
    Slices...mmmmm,pizza!
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    So weird to troll a diet/exercise website... and yes, "mmmmm, pizza!", indeed.
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,254 Member
    I don't even bother tracking onion because the calorie count is so low.
  • barbecuesauce
    barbecuesauce Posts: 1,771 Member
    Verity1111 wrote: »
    Sliced Yellow Onion - Yellow Onion Sliced, 2 slice, large (1/4" thick) 230 calories

    What? lol. Please tell me that is an error.

    I would pick a different entry and estimate the grams. You could eat a whole onion and not see 230 calories.
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