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Can someone please confirm calorie count for an entered recipe

Koralai
Koralai Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Recipes
The recipe I entered was for a bread machine white bread. I scanned Bar codes for most of the ingredients.
2/3 cup water
2 cups white flour
1 tbsp imperial margerine
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp fleishamans instant yeast

Serving size as 1 loaf

It came up with a calorie count of 197 calories per serving which is the whole loaf. Can this be right?

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  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    yeah that's not right...can you take a screen capture of the ingredients
  • BeautyNBriefcase
    BeautyNBriefcase Posts: 38 Member
    why are u eating WHITE? that is processed and bad
  • DustyRuth23
    DustyRuth23 Posts: 23 Member
    one cup of white flour is about 455 calories. I believe you have entered something wrong.
  • DustyRuth23
    DustyRuth23 Posts: 23 Member
    one cup of white flour is about 455 calories. I believe you have entered something wrong.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    BeautyNBriefcase wrote: »
    why are u eating WHITE? that is processed and bad

    no...white flour isn't bad for you...
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited May 2017
    BeautyNBriefcase wrote: »
    why are u eating WHITE? that is processed and bad

    No one food is "bad." Yes, whole wheat flour has more fiber and a bit more protein (it's also processed). Perhaps OP is already meeting fiber & protein goals with other foods. Losing weight is about CALORIES. I don't know you, but my goal isn't a perfect diet....it's a better diet. Lifestyle changes - I do plan on eating a piece of cake (white flour & white sugar) at some point in my life.

    OP - it's the flour calories.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    BeautyNBriefcase wrote: »
    why are u eating WHITE? that is processed and bad
    No, not at all. Nothing wrong with white flour.
  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
    How big is "1 Loaf"? It would be helpful to weigh the loaf and divide by the number of servings/slices you want to get out of it and then calculate how many calories per slice.
  • raquele3394
    raquele3394 Posts: 180 Member
    BeautyNBriefcase wrote: »
    why are u eating WHITE? that is processed and bad

    She is eating white flour because she wants! The post is about the calories and not the choice of ingredients. I don't eat white flour, but it does not mean that someone should not eat.
  • raquele3394
    raquele3394 Posts: 180 Member
    Koralai wrote: »
    The recipe I entered was for a bread machine white bread. I scanned Bar codes for most of the ingredients.
    2/3 cup water
    2 cups white flour
    1 tbsp imperial margerine
    2 tbsp sugar
    1 tsp salt
    1 tsp fleishamans instant yeast

    Serving size as 1 loaf

    It came up with a calorie count of 197 calories per serving which is the whole loaf. Can this be right?

    It sounds delicious!!! I love bread
  • sugaraddict4321
    sugaraddict4321 Posts: 15,897 MFP Moderator
    I just did a test recipe but I can't get the image to upload. Here's what I get:
    Water = 0
    Flour = 880 (I chose Pillsbury unbleached at random)
    Margarine = 90
    Sugar = 30
    Salt = 0
    Yeast = 0
    Total calories for the whole loaf = 1000

    Odds are you entered 1 serving of flour, not 1 cup. A quick image search shows that the serving size of many types of flour is 1/4 cup, so you would need to enter 8 servings to get 2 cups.

    Hope that helps. :)

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