Comments on: Nutrition information for carbohydrates

By: Paola

Paola — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:47:06 +0000

I’ve added some pulses and some veg to these tables for Ginni.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:16:59 +0000

Chickpeas, canned: 119 cal/100g

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:26:57 +0000

That’s brilliant and really easy to look things up. I’ll make a point of checking for info. Would anyone other than me find a similar table of drink calories useful? (fruit juices etc)

By: Paola

Paola — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:14:51 +0000

I’ve added a panel of links after the comments (copied from Useful stuff -> Nutritional information).

Thanks for the udon info. I want the tables to be accurate (although I know that up to 50% deviation is allowed for some food labelling). I take the calorie-count data with a pinch of salt. I would like to replace it over time with information we collect ourselves from packs.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:49:41 +0000

i forgot to say, this is really really useful – could we maybe get a sidebar add of a page with links to the different pages so it’s easy to count/plan meals in future?

Do you want data to add or to keep it clean with just the calorie-counter data? I’m making udon noodles for lunch – one serving noodles plus 1/2 teaspoon “flavouring” is 260 calories, where a serving is 200g. So 130 calories per 100g, better than spaghetti! I would never have guessed that.

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:41:19 +0000

Cool, look forward to reading it, Sylvia. :-)

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:34:20 +0000

P.S. I’m thinking things through and writing lots and will be posting an essay here shortly along with a plan for moving forward.

By: Paola

Paola — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:37:42 +0000

Thanks for the heads up. I rechecked the numbers from calorie-count.com and my calculations. When the uncooked quantity is more than the uncooked amount, it's for baking potatoes, which are more dense (water lost, not gained). I've adjusted the table accordingly. Nope, you're not wrong to work things out from raw. That's exactly what I do too.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:09:02 +0000

Er, I don’t understand how things gain calories as a result of being boiled or baked. The addition of water should make them weigh more and so the calories per 100g should be down?

When working out calories, I tend to work with the raw values – so 100g raw onion plus 1 teaspoon olive oil = fried onions. Then I serve myself 40% of those and add that 40% to my total. Is this wrong?

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:11:16 +0000

Oh, ignore that, I was getting cooked and uncooked confused.