I have to be missing something

JSHamm
JSHamm Posts: 12 Member
edited November 2015 in Food and Nutrition
I measure out a recipe as follows:

Tared the glass bowl:

550 grams of BumbleBee Light Tuna - 491 calories
165 grams of diced peppers (mixed colors) - 47 calories
100 grams of diced red onion - 30 calories
100 grams of Costco medium salsa - 33 calories
80 grams of Wickles relish - 75 calories
100 grams of chipotle mayo - 639 calories

Calories all added up come to 1,315 for the entire bowl. I divide that out by 13 servings to get approx 100 calories per 100 gram serving. It just seems low compare to nutritional information I see in other recipes. Maybe I'm not just trusting my own math but maybe another set of eyes will open up something I'm forgetting.

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  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    That looks about right. Most of calories are in the tuna and mayo.
    Nice recipe you made :)
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    JSHamm wrote: »
    I measure out a recipe as follows:

    Tared the glass bowl:

    550 grams of BumbleBee Light Tuna - 491 calories
    165 grams of diced peppers (mixed colors) - 47 calories
    100 grams of diced red onion - 30 calories
    100 grams of Costco medium salsa - 33 calories
    80 grams of Wickles relish - 75 calories
    100 grams of chipotle mayo - 639 calories

    Calories all added up come to 1,315 for the entire bowl. I divide that out by 13 servings to get approx 100 calories per 100 gram serving. It just seems low compare to nutritional information I see in other recipes. Maybe I'm not just trusting my own math but maybe another set of eyes will open up something I'm forgetting.

    How many grams did it total out to? I would have guessed 1100g for the 1315 calories, which I would calculate at 11 100g servings at 132 calories per serving.
  • psfr
    psfr Posts: 25 Member
    Calories: 1315/13 = 101.15
    Grams: 1095/13 = 84.24
    101 calories per 84 gram serving
    Approximately 100 cal/100 gram serving, sure
    Pretty low calorie ingredients.
  • DragoonKite
    DragoonKite Posts: 5 Member
    psfr wrote: »
    Calories: 1315/13 = 101.15
    Grams: 1095/13 = 84.24
    101 calories per 84 gram serving
    Approximately 100 cal/100 gram serving, sure
    Pretty low calorie ingredients.

    Be careful with the approximating. 84->100g is about 19% increase, so the 101kcal/84g is actually closer to 120 kcal/100g

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