Working out calories with no nutrition values

charchar1984 · November 2023

Hi all

The title explains it all really. I saw a new product in an Asian supermarket and bought it. There is no nutritional value on the packaging and the product doesn’t come up on MFP, nutracheck, loseit etc. Anyone know of any ways I can calculate the calories? It’s called Vietnamese rice pancake and they’re like small square noodles. A google image search doesn’t show them and if I google the name nothing similar comes up. I’m confused but also really want to try them.

snowflake954 · November 2023

What I'd do is break down the ingredients--tapioca flour and rice flour. Weigh your pancakes uncooked. 60% of that weight is tapioca, 26% is rice, and 13% is water. Figure it out by weight and then you'll know for the next time. The oil that they recommend adding should be measured carefully and logged.

I break ingredients down often in my diary, so it would be very hard for anyone to figure what dish I'm cooking. Then I also go back and forth between lunch and dinner because I have foods I often eat at certain meals, and I'm too lazy to look them up for the meal I'm eating (usually leftovers from the previous meal). As long as you log it for the day, it's all good.

ninerbuff · November 2023

Look up something similar since most Asian marts carry alot of the same things.

https://www.safeway.com/shop/product-details.960092116.html?productId=960092116&psrc=g&CMPID=ps_swy_noc_ecom_goo_20200924_71700000073391208_58700007743537271_92700070303588332&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzdeb5uHXggMVtiCtBh3sJgNaEAQYASABEgKqOvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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SafariGalNYC · November 2023

I’d do the same as @snowflake954 mentioned.

They give you the ingredient breakdown.
Ingredient List: Tapioca Flour (60%), Rice (26%), Water (13%), Salt (1%)

If it’s a 400 gram bag - 60% of 400g = the tapioca flour, etc. (240g is tapioca.)

Whatever you measure out for your serving size is the energy / Kcal.

Working out calories with no nutrition values

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