I find it extremely hard to believe that this is 700 calories
It's a cup of chicken chow mein. This cannot be worth two decent burgers.
by maltliqueur
6 Comments
cow_in_training
No I agree and here’s why. Water has to make up some of that. So I’m assuming that’s dry weight? Because the math is mathing if you assume dry weight 68+13+1.5=82.5, close to 84, but you have more than 1.5 g of water per serving?
sardarnirvanasamurai
It’s not. The unprepared/dry weight is what’s used in the nutrition facts.
tylrstein
I’d probably just say 450-500 to be safe, but next time weigh it dry to be sure
19dmb92
The easiest way to guesstimate this is say the entire dish is 1400 calroies (+ cals for chicken, oil or whatever else was added).
Now look at the entire dish, did you eat half of what was prepared? Then it’s 700 calories. Did you eat 1/4 of what was prepared? Then it’s 350 calories.
Just guess how many portions of this size are in the entire dish (1400/x # of portions) = calories
AsTheSunBurns
I understand what everyone is saying. But perhaps I can explain it to you in a different way, at least the way I’d do it. The entire package should be 700 cals. About what percentage of the package did you eat? 25%? 20%? You can estimate the percentage from the cooked weight if that helps.
I think it’s easy to be confused because we aren’t entirely sure how it’s packaged. Did you cook everything and just have a portion? Did you only cook one serving? Did you have anything left over? People don’t know so they’re going to give you a variety of answers. Hope this helps!!
redditelr
The nutrition info is always given as sold… so half the uncooked package is 700 calories (unsure how much of the package you are weighing there is – the COOKED weight is irrelevant here).
6 Comments
No I agree and here’s why. Water has to make up some of that. So I’m assuming that’s dry weight? Because the math is mathing if you assume dry weight 68+13+1.5=82.5, close to 84, but you have more than 1.5 g of water per serving?
It’s not. The unprepared/dry weight is what’s used in the nutrition facts.
I’d probably just say 450-500 to be safe, but next time weigh it dry to be sure
The easiest way to guesstimate this is say the entire dish is 1400 calroies (+ cals for chicken, oil or whatever else was added).
Now look at the entire dish, did you eat half of what was prepared? Then it’s 700 calories. Did you eat 1/4 of what was prepared? Then it’s 350 calories.
Just guess how many portions of this size are in the entire dish (1400/x # of portions) = calories
I understand what everyone is saying. But perhaps I can explain it to you in a different way, at least the way I’d do it. The entire package should be 700 cals. About what percentage of the package did you eat? 25%? 20%? You can estimate the percentage from the cooked weight if that helps.
I think it’s easy to be confused because we aren’t entirely sure how it’s packaged. Did you cook everything and just have a portion? Did you only cook one serving? Did you have anything left over? People don’t know so they’re going to give you a variety of answers. Hope this helps!!
The nutrition info is always given as sold… so half the uncooked package is 700 calories (unsure how much of the package you are weighing there is – the COOKED weight is irrelevant here).