Potatoes

Mapla
Mapla Posts: 15 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi all!
Ive done calorie counting before but am bk after a loooong break. Im just baffled by the calories in potatoes and wondered if anyone could help?!
When looking at my packet of maris piper potatoes it says theres 218 calories in 100g. However, when I search for potatoes 100g seems to come up with alot less calories. I also googled calories in potato and again the results seemed to b alot less that 218. Any ideas??? I dont know what to put in my diary.
Thank you :) x

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Cooked or raw?
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Put whatever is on the packet. The package you're holding containing the product you're eating is a lot more reliable than a random entry online.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    edited March 2016
    You say it's in a pack? Is there any other ingredient listed other than "potatoes?"
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    According to the USDA database, 100 grams of Russet potatoes (raw) have 79 calories.
  • Mapla
    Mapla Posts: 15 Member
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    Put whatever is on the packet. The package you're holding containing the product you're eating is a lot more reliable than a random entry online.

    Thank u! :) I thought that but wondered how there is so much difference. X
  • Mapla
    Mapla Posts: 15 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Cooked or raw?

    I weighed them raw. Should I have weighed them cooked? Im so confused, lol x
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Mapla wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Cooked or raw?

    I weighed them raw. Should I have weighed them cooked? Im so confused, lol x

    Raw weights are generally considered more accurate.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Mapla wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Cooked or raw?

    I weighed them raw. Should I have weighed them cooked? Im so confused, lol x

    Weighing raw is fine, just check that the calories you're then logging are for raw weight too
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Mapla wrote: »
    When looking at my packet of maris piper potatoes it says theres 218 calories in 100g.

    That seems odd. Can you take a photo of the nutrition information? Are there any other ingredients?
  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    I've had good luck using the cooked version of potato's in here. It's all just estimates anyway, but if you over estimate (pick the higher value) you have a better chance of being in an actually deficit.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    You say it's in a pack? Is there any other ingredient listed other than "potatoes?"

    This is important. Is it just a bag of raw potatoes or is it a packaged product with butter or other type of fat added?

    I'd never heard of this type of potato so I looked it up and it's rarely sold in the US but sounds similar to a Yukon gold. I didn't read anything to suggest it would have more than double the calories of other potatoes.
  • Mapla
    Mapla Posts: 15 Member
    Im such an idiot!!! When Ive looked again at the info it says "when cooked as chips according to instructions"! The instructions they have given is for chips deep fried in oil!
    Does this mean my 200g of potatoes cooked in fry light were not 450 calories?! I hope so!!! :)

    Thank you for all of your replies! Any help on what u all put for calories in potatoes would be greatly accepted and appreciated! :) x
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Mapla wrote: »
    Im such an idiot!!! When Ive looked again at the info it says "when cooked as chips according to instructions"! The instructions they have given is for chips deep fried in oil!
    Does this mean my 200g of potatoes cooked in fry light were not 450 calories?! I hope so!!! :)

    Thank you for all of your replies! Any help on what u all put for calories in potatoes would be greatly accepted and appreciated! :) x

    When I make potatoes, I weigh them raw and then log the raw weight. I then log whatever I cooked them with (if I used margarine, oil, etc).
  • Mapla
    Mapla Posts: 15 Member
    P.S. I wonder whose wise idea it was to put the potatoe as deep fried chips as the only nutrtional info!!! Grrr x
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Mapla wrote: »
    When looking at my packet of maris piper potatoes it says theres 218 calories in 100g.

    That seems odd. Can you take a photo of the nutrition information? Are there any other ingredients?

    Yeah...most potatoes clock in around 79 calories per 100 grams raw.
  • Mapla
    Mapla Posts: 15 Member
    Woooo! So instead of 450 I can put 160?! Thats a massive difference!!! Im soooo glad I asked on here! :) Thank you all! X
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Oddness overload. A Maris Piper potato is a variety, just as Russet is a variety. The database listing of Tesco (a UK retailer) Maris Piper potato lists 218 calories per 100 g serving. The next line listing for Sainsbury (another UK retailer) Maris Piper potato lists 78 calories per 100 g serving. The next line for Asda ( no sabe) Maris Piper has 180 calories per 100 g. I would think that 47 bureaucrats in Brussels would be able resolve this dilemma.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    Mapla wrote: »
    Im such an idiot!!! When Ive looked again at the info it says "when cooked as chips according to instructions"! The instructions they have given is for chips deep fried in oil!
    Does this mean my 200g of potatoes cooked in fry light were not 450 calories?! I hope so!!! :)

    Thank you for all of your replies! Any help on what u all put for calories in potatoes would be greatly accepted and appreciated! :) x

    When I make potatoes, I weigh them raw and then log the raw weight. I then log whatever I cooked them with (if I used margarine, oil, etc).

    This.

    I use the USDA entry for the type of potato I ate: https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods

    I nearly always eat my potatoes roasted skin on with just a bit of salt and oil.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Mapla wrote: »
    Woooo! So instead of 450 I can put 160?! Thats a massive difference!!! Im soooo glad I asked on here! :) Thank you all! X

    Yes and then add whatever oil or whatever else you use to cook the potato with
  • Mapla
    Mapla Posts: 15 Member
    It was fry light I cooked them with n then I did them in my health fryer :) I will be making these all the time. They were gorgeous :)
    Thank you all again for taking the time to reply :) x
  • melissa6771
    melissa6771 Posts: 894 Member
    According to my potato bags, a raw potato serving is, 5 oz, so 142 grams, 110 calories, 2 fiber, 3 protein.
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