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Sugar in ingredients but not in 0g in nutrition label
I’m trying to cut out processed food that has added sugars. I noticed my mayo has sugar in the ingredient list, but not in the nutrition info. Does that mean that the amount of sugar seems negligible?
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How accurate are calorie amounts and nutritional info on prepackaged foods?
I just ate an Amy's Kitchen meal and the entire thing was only 324 calories which blows my mind. So now I'm wondering how trustworthy calorie amounts on prepackaged meals are. Can/do companies manipulate the nutritional info or is it ridiculous to even be considering this?
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Logging broad beans (aka fava beans)
Does anyone know how to determine whether broad beans are mature or immature? I received some in my farm box this week and shelled and weighed them, but am not sure how to log them. The calorie difference between mature and immature in the database is significant, but I can't find much information on how to tell the two…
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How do you weigh an artichoke for calorie counting purposes?
Sorry if this is a silly question. I usually weigh produce raw before I cook it because it's the most accurate way to determine the calories for me, but I'm not sure how to accurately count calories for an artichoke. I like to steam them, eat the 'meat' from the bottom of the leaves, cut out the choke and then eat the…
