Issue with app and calorie counts

mmacleod1018
mmacleod1018 Posts: 2 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hey there

Anyone else have an issue with calorie counts? Protein has 4 calories per gram I believe. Yet the app says that a 100 gram serving has 100 calories.

Anyone else have this problem? Thanks!

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  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,013 Member
    The database is mostly user entered, and not all users know what they're doing. You have to check entries to the package or to usda published values to ensure you're picking one with accurate data.
  • mmacleod1018
    mmacleod1018 Posts: 2 Member
    Fair enough. Makes sense. Thanks
  • wilson10102018
    wilson10102018 Posts: 1,306 Member
    Protein does not have 4 calories per gram. Start with a fundamental mistake and the rest is just a waste of time. Food has calories. It also has proteins. Let me help with an example. Orange juice is orange. Orange juice has calories. How many calories does orange have?
  • MsOpus
    MsOpus Posts: 99 Member
    Protein DOES have 4 calories per gram. As do carbs. Fat has 9 calories per gram. If the percentages on your example are correct that item has 110 calories.
    Which sounds about right for that amount of chicken. On average, meat is about 20% protein, and 5% fat. The rest is water. Water has no calories.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,013 Member
    MsOpus wrote: »
    Protein DOES have 4 calories per gram. As do carbs. Fat has 9 calories per gram. If the percentages on your example are correct that item has 110 calories.
    Which sounds about right for that amount of chicken. On average, meat is about 20% protein, and 5% fat. The rest is water. Water has no calories.

    This too, OP. 100 grams of chicken is not 100 grams of protein. It's 20 something grams of protein.
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    MsOpus wrote: »
    Protein DOES have 4 calories per gram. As do carbs. Fat has 9 calories per gram. If the percentages on your example are correct that item has 110 calories.
    Which sounds about right for that amount of chicken. On average, meat is about 20% protein, and 5% fat. The rest is water. Water has no calories.

    This too, OP. 100 grams of chicken is not 100 grams of protein. It's 20 something grams of protein.

    Agreed, chicken is not pure protein. Even white chicken breast has fat and there's also plenty of water content.

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