Help me make sense of this nutrition label! (Gnocchi)
Help me make sense of this nutrition label! (Gnocchi)
by elepani
7 Comments
mandarasa
It says ‘when cooked according to instructions’
elepani
So for the last few months I’ve been incorporating gnocchi in my diet as I thought it was a great food for volume… but now that I’m paying more attention to the nutritional label I’m realising maybe I was wrong!?
This is a 400gram pack of gnocchi. On the front it clearly says that half of the pack is 248 cals (which to be honest is already suspicious because half a pack is a HUGE portion). But then on the nutritional label on the back it says “when cooked according to instructions”.
Does that mean the nutritional value is per 100grams of cooked gnocchi??? Then the claim that is 248 cals per half a pack (200 grams), must be wrong, right?
I’m seriously confused about this.
altphtpg
Half the pack is 248 calories. By cooking it you’re just adding water which has zero calories even if the weight increases.
Rare_Teaching_4069
When I cook gnocchi the weight does not vary much. Are cooked gnocchi much more heavier than uncooked ones in your experience? I would say that raw/cooked is pretty much the same
hellsangel101
400g – 496 cal (total pack)
200g – 248 cal (half of 400g, half the calories)
100g – 124 cal. (Half of 200g, half the calories).
Cooked/uncooked doesn’t matter but I don’t know why you’d eat it uncooked.
cheamuok
“Cooked according to package” probably refers to boiling them, and not frying them which is popular and gives other nutritional values.
readingismyescapism
1/2 of a pack is 124 calories making 1 whole pack 248 calories.
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It says ‘when cooked according to instructions’
So for the last few months I’ve been incorporating gnocchi in my diet as I thought it was a great food for volume… but now that I’m paying more attention to the nutritional label I’m realising maybe I was wrong!?
This is a 400gram pack of gnocchi. On the front it clearly says that half of the pack is 248 cals (which to be honest is already suspicious because half a pack is a HUGE portion).
But then on the nutritional label on the back it says “when cooked according to instructions”.
Does that mean the nutritional value is per 100grams of cooked gnocchi??? Then the claim that is 248 cals per half a pack (200 grams), must be wrong, right?
I’m seriously confused about this.
Half the pack is 248 calories. By cooking it you’re just adding water which has zero calories even if the weight increases.
When I cook gnocchi the weight does not vary much. Are cooked gnocchi much more heavier than uncooked ones in your experience? I would say that raw/cooked is pretty much the same
400g – 496 cal (total pack)
200g – 248 cal (half of 400g, half the calories)
100g – 124 cal. (Half of 200g, half the calories).
Cooked/uncooked doesn’t matter but I don’t know why you’d eat it uncooked.
“Cooked according to package” probably refers to boiling them, and not frying them which is popular and gives other nutritional values.
1/2 of a pack is 124 calories making 1 whole pack 248 calories.