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Not what I expected.

joaider
joaider Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Anyone else bought a product just assuming it will be healthier or lower calories, only to check once you get home and find it is actually more?
This happened to me today when I used coconut evaporated milk instead of normal coconut milk.
Made me wonder if I am the only one?

Replies

  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    I'm not that into coconut milk, but isn't "evaporated" just "condensed"? Maybe you are supposed to use less of this product than the usual product?
  • cinnabondelights
    cinnabondelights Posts: 121 Member
    I used to think that way with V8 juice and drank it all the time, since it says something like "all your daily fruits and veggies needed!" Turns out I looked at the nutrition facts once I started to lose weight that it has a crap-load of sugar in it.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    joicedelle wrote: »
    I used to think that way with V8 juice and drank it all the time, since it says something like "all your daily fruits and veggies needed!" Turns out I looked at the nutrition facts once I started to lose weight that it has a crap-load of sugar in it.

    Uhhh fruits and veggies contain sugar...
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    joicedelle wrote: »
    I used to think that way with V8 juice and drank it all the time, since it says something like "all your daily fruits and veggies needed!" Turns out I looked at the nutrition facts once I started to lose weight that it has a crap-load of sugar in it.

    what did you expect it to be made out of when its just juiced fruit and veg?!
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    I'm not that into coconut milk, but isn't "evaporated" just "condensed"? Maybe you are supposed to use less of this product than the usual product?

    when I make homemade 'evaporated milk' using milk powder I use 1 part milk powder to 4 parts water - so yes, it is much more concentrated than the non-evaporated version.

    Hence the natural sugar levels would be more concentrated etc.
  • IILikeToMoveItMoveIt
    IILikeToMoveItMoveIt Posts: 1,172 Member
    I once grabbed a flavored carbonated water, assuming it was 0 calories and looked at the label on a lark, after I drank it, and was 400 calories....
  • Hell_Flower
    Hell_Flower Posts: 348 Member
    I get light coconut milk when using it, it's about half calories per 100ml on the usual version. Although a bit more watery, but not so you'd notice.
  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
    I've learnt to check labels before I buy anything now and not to believe hype or trends, but check for myself first.
  • Shawshankcan
    Shawshankcan Posts: 900 Member
    Wasn't buying something "healthier" just something for supper. I checked the calories and protein content. Made two, they were chicken pot pies from Costco. Later realized that a "serving" was half a pie. And i don't mean these with 9 inch pies, probably about 4 inches, and something a normal person would think one = one serving.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    yes...I got a steak and ale pie at a local eatery.

    Ate it and looked to log it....700 calories based on weight...havent' had it since.
  • mom22dogs
    mom22dogs Posts: 470 Member
    This is why I read labels at the store before I buy things like that.
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