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Working out calories confused

loulouowens
loulouowens Posts: 103 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all

I've made some homemade granola all the ingredients come to 3,307 calories. I've baked it cooked it and weighed it, it weighs 654g am I right in thinking that is 21 = 30g portions at 157 calories per 30g

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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    edited June 2017
    In the recipe builder I just use 1 gram as a serving. Then I can measure out however much I want and weigh it and log it. So I'd do it as 654 servings. Then if I wanted 30 grams I would log it as 30 servings. (and it makes for less math for me - I hate math)
  • loulouowens
    loulouowens Posts: 103 Member
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    In the recipe builder I just use 1 gram as a serving. Then I can measure out however much I want and weigh it and log it. So I'd do it as 654 servings. Then if I wanted 30 grams I would log it as 30 servings. (and it makes for less math for me - I hate math)

    Didn't think of that! Thank you so useful x
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,130 Member
    edited June 2017
    loulouowens wrote: »
    Hi all

    I've made some homemade granola all the ingredients come to 3,307 calories. I've baked it cooked it and weighed it, it weighs 654g am I right in thinking that is 21 = 30g portions at 157 calories per 30g

    Yes, you are correct.

    ETA: Actually, it would be 31 gram portions, but the error at 30 g is less than 6 calories, which is less than 4%, which is less than the allowable error on the nutrition labels for the ingredients you used to make it. :smile:
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    3000 may be high - double check your entries for errors too
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