shanghai garden instant noodles?

[Lewberry pie]

on the back it says 100 grams gives 115 cals, yet on the front it says 235 cals despite being a 108 grams packet, now i hear you and i am fuming but the madness doesn't stop there because on the back it also says half a pack weighing 204 grams is 235 cals, perhaps the sachet of flavour may account for the extra. maybe.

now i scanned the packet with myfitnesspal to get some sense and that says 1 pack is 590 cals.

mind the other day i tried to calculate my calories i needed and converted my weight of 188 pounds into 188kg for some reason.

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by Lewberry pie

on the back it says 100 grams gives 115 cals, yet on the front it says 235 cals despite being a 108 grams packet, now i hear you and i am fuming but the madness doesn't stop there because on the back it also says half a pack weighing 204 grams is 235 cals, perhaps the sachet of flavour may account for the extra. maybe.

now i scanned the packet with myfitnesspal to get some sense and that says 1 pack is 590 cals.

mind the other day i tried to calculate my calories i needed and converted my weight of 188 pounds into 188kg for some reason.

Perhaps when you cook the noodles the weight changes.

[Lewberry pie]

Originally Posted by Hammer

Perhaps when you cook the noodles the weight changes.

because they absorb water?

[bonsai]

But water doesnt have any calories?

Try zero noodles or shirataki noodles,practically no calories and low carb but they are pricey.

[Lewberry pie]

Originally Posted by bonsai

But water doesnt have any calories?

Try zero noodles or shirataki noodles,practically no calories and low carb but they are pricey.

so how are they changing when all that is added is water?

will look out for them cause i'm minted and money is no object to me just look at me lidl noodles

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by Lewberry pie

because they absorb water?

Yeah so that would explain why 100g (cooked) gives 115kcal but a whole packet (108g dry presumably should be 204g cooked) gives 235kcal. Doesn't explain where your phone gets 590 from though.

Originally Posted by bonsai

But water doesnt have any calories?

Try zero noodles or shirataki noodles,practically no calories and low carb but they are pricey.

What's in them then? Just fibre?

[Lewberry pie]

Originally Posted by Hammer

Yeah so that would explain why 100g gives 115kcal but a whole packet (108g dry presumably should be 204g cooked) gives 235kcal. Doesn't explain where your phone gets 590 from though.



What's in them then? Just fibre?

water is no calories though.

ingredients are.

wheat flour, veg oil, sugar, dried chicken powder, salt, garlic, white pepper, ginger, yeast extract, tumeric, stabiliser, dried carrot, dried coriander, colour.

[Titus]

Originally Posted by Lewberry pie

water is no calories though.

ingredients are.

wheat flour, veg oil, sugar, dried chicken powder, salt, garlic, white pepper, ginger, yeast extract, tumeric, stabiliser, dried carrot, dried coriander, colour.

Water has no calories but the weight of the food changes. Water adds weight, resulting in a cooked measure of say 100g having less calories than a dry measure of say 100g.

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by Lewberry pie

water is no calories though.

ingredients are.

wheat flour, veg oil, sugar, dried chicken powder, salt, garlic, white pepper, ginger, yeast extract, tumeric, stabiliser, dried carrot, dried coriander, colour.

Doesn't matter.

54g dry = 100g cooked = 115 kcal

108g dry = 204g cooked = 235kcal

When the packet says 100g is 115kcal it means once you've cooked it. If you ate the full 100g packet without cooking it then you'd still get 235kcal.

[Lewberry pie]

Originally Posted by Hammer

Doesn't matter.

54g dry = 100g cooked = 115 kcal

108g dry = 204g cooked = 235kcal

When the packet says 100g is 115kcal it means once you've cooked it. If you ate the full 100g packet without cooking it then you'd still get 235kcal.

and that's only half the packet, that's the least satisfying 470 calories i've ever had

unless its 590