Surely these calories are wrong?

kyle240420 · August 2020

I LOVE chopped pork from uk supermarket morrisons. It’s really just quite thin slices of ham. Whenever I try to find calories for it all I can find is places saying around 55 calories per slice. This seams unbelievably high! It’s just thin slices of ham.

Do you guys think this will be right? Best to just totally avoid it?

MaltedTea · August 2020

I don't eat pork (or much deli meat in general for that matter) but, yes, it sounds right.

If it fits in your caloric requirements for the day - and you don't mind the requisite salt - enjoy!

quiksylver296 · August 2020

Is the white part fat? If yes, 55 calories per slice seems reasonable.

wilson10102018 · August 2020

Chopped pork (untrimmed) should be about 2.5 calories per gram.

yirara · August 2020

This chopped pork looks a lot like leftover meat scraped from bones and pieces of fat and leaner meat all glued together. These things tend to be extremely high in fat. Thus probably fairly believable.

Wendyanneroberts · August 2020

Average slice is 55 calories per slice. If weighed for more accurate logging.

Then 292 calories per 100g.

Your package above states 0.410kg. So this would have been a total of 1,197 calories for the entire pack.

If you don't/can't weigh & the slices a similar size if pre sliced. Then divide 1,197 by number of slices, for calories per slice. (Was there 21 or 22 slices?)

Calorie counting can be enlightening when we realise just how many calories are in our favourite foods. Or how easy it is to be eating more than we think.

It's good to be aware, then decide if its worth "spending" calories on. You may feel differently, at different times.

ReenieHJ · August 2020

@Wendyanneroberts
I refuse to believe that about my peanut butter.

I swear I'm just eating a tsp. at a time. Honest.

KrissDotCom · August 2020

Pork is sometimes very high calorie. Lean Ground pork is 210 calories per 100g which is almost on par with medium ground beef.

Certain cuts of pork chops are also higher in calories then others due to fat content

wilson10102018 · August 2020

Processed "deli ham" is typically just a little above 1 calorie per gram.

https://www.myfitnesspal.com/nutrition-facts-calories/cumberland-gap

PAPYRUS3 · August 2020

probably...one piece of bacon is between 38 - 45 calories apparently.

Wendyanneroberts · August 2020

Update: just checked in Tesco, UK. As I happened to be in store today. Very similar product.

They list 55 calories per or 216 calories per 100g.

Hope this helps, higher in calories than some pork, because of the fat content in cuts used.

Onedaywriter · August 2020

Sorry to say. YES that drift looks like 55 calories to me. I hate my answer!!

Surely these calories are wrong?

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