Roast Potatos in Fry Light

VickyPea45
VickyPea45 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I love my roast potatoes and I am convinced that they are much better for you in Fry Light than in oil, but imagine my horror after six weeks of dieting (and losing 10lb) that according to MFP that 125g of roast potatoes in Fry Light are 511 Calories. Noooo. It doesn't even give a break down of fat, it must be a mistake - any second opinions out there.

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  • refuseresist
    refuseresist Posts: 934 Member
    edited September 2015
    Just log the weight of potatoes and the number of sprays as separate entries. Or create as a meal then portion size. On the nutritional info Maris piper potatoes say 204 kcal per 250g so 102kcal, then fry light at 1 or 2 kcal per spray.
  • ultrahoon
    ultrahoon Posts: 467 Member
    I do love my FryLight, but I could never get it to produce decent roast veggies. I switched to using hassleback potatoes now, and whenever I cook a roast I just use the meat fat to make my roasties, and take the calorie hit.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I don't know what fry light is -- like a spray oil?

    Anyway, never use an entry that combines foods like that -- you don't know what the creator was thinking or included. Log the potatoes using one of the good entries (double check with USDA information is uncertain) and log the spray separately.

    Don't see what's unhealthy about a moderate amount of, say, olive oil, but there will likely be more calories.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    I don't use those sprays. I use like a teaspoon of actual oil. I rub it on the pan and use my hands to rub the food.

    Those sprays - you cannot know how many calories you have actually sprayed. Back when they first came out, I tried them and they were messy.
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    edited September 2015
    i use a canola oil version of that spray for some things, like when I am making pancakes. Usually use the liquid canola for everything else.
  • VickyPea45
    VickyPea45 Posts: 2 Member
    Thank you all, some good suggestions there. Frylight is a spray oil lemurcat12, what is USDA? I'll try the logging them separately. Cheers
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