The FastDay Forum

So, who else finds calorific values of cooked and uncooked foods confusing when a recipe gives the amount of calories for that food item. And why are the listed calories on tinned products never straightforward when you look them up...is it just me? Lol

[carorees]

I presume that the figures for cooked foods take account of water loss/gain depending on the cooking process. After all 100g of cooked pasta is bound to have fewer calories than 100g of dry pasta, while tomatoes will lose water so 100g cooked tomatoes should have more calories than 100g raw ones.

I know what you mean about tinned products...each brand is slightly different.

I reckon that an approximate value is ok after all I don't think the calorie count on the back of packets is especially accurate even though they quote the calories very precisely!