I’m guessing there’s an error somewhere, because this doesn’t seem possible.

  • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 天前

    Oil is the thing you want to carry when you’re though-hiking and you want max calories/lb of weight carried. Obviously you can’t eat only oil but you can use it to make oil-heavy dishes such as spaghetti aglio e olio.

  • Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world
    49·
    2 天前

    Oil is literally fat.

    The only thing more calorically dense is alcohol.

    Edit: my brain mixed the two. Fat is more dense than alcohol.

      • potate@lemmy.ca
        40·
        2 天前

        60g of oil is 540 kcal-ish. The chili pepper is comparatively calorie free, so yea, 440kcal makes total sense.

        Is it the tsp that’s throwing you off? I think there’s a typo - 4 tbsp would be about 60g. 4tsp I would expect to be about 20g.

        I way prefer dealing in mass for cooking and baking personally…

        • Logi@lemmy.world
          11·
          2 天前

          It is broken down into 43g fat, 10g cars and 4g protein. Using another commenter’s numbers of 9kcal/g for fat and 4kcal/g for the others gives 443 kcal. So yeah, well within margin.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      4·
      1 天前

      Lazy copy paste, no guarantee any of this is right because I’m on mobile:

      Nutrition Facts

      Valeur nutritive

      Per 4 tsp (60 g)

      pour 4 c. à thé (60 g)

      Calories 440

      Fat / Lipides 43 g

      Saturated / saturés7 g

      % Daily Value* % valeur quotidienne*

      57%

      38%

      + Trans / trans 0.5 g

      Carbohydrate / Glucides 10 g

      Fibre / Fibres 5 g

      Sugars / Sucres 2 g

      18%

      2%

      Protein/Protéines 4 g

      Cholesterol / Cholestérol 0 mg

      Sodium 680 mg

      Potassium 250 mg

      Calcium 30 mg

      30%

      5%

      2%

      14%

      Iron / Fer 2.5mg

      • 5% or less is a little, 15% or more is a lot
      • 5% ou moins c’est peu, 15% ou plus c’est beaucoup
  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 天前

    Oil 43g x 9 kcal/g = 387 kcal. Carbs 40 g x 4 kcal/g = 160 kcal. Protein 4 g x 4 kcal/g = 16 kcal. Total 387+160+16 = 563 kcal. Definitely different. Could it be that oil is 34 and not 43 g? With the oil actually ubeing a tad under the rule-of-thumb 9 kcal/g this might then add up.

  • Canaconda@lemmy.ca
    41·
    3 天前

    Hey OP. I think those numbers are based off the 60grams not the 4tsp.

    4tsp of olive oil is 18 grams. 60grams of olive oil would be about 500 calories. I would assume they weight similar.

    • usualsuspect191@lemmy.caOP
      101·
      3 天前

      That’s my thought too, although 4tbsp would be a pretty hefty serving size so I’m betting their mistake was using tbsp when converting to grams (when they meant to use tsp) and then it’s likely correct from there.

        • spongebue@lemmy.world
          4·
          3 天前

          Grams are a measure of weight (well, mass if you want to be really specific). Tablespoons are a measure of volume. In order to do a proper comparison you need to know density.

          Because metric plans things nicely, a gram is one milliliter of water. 4 tbsp is 59.15ml. So… Yeah, pretty damn close to 60, but again that’s when working with water. I would imagine chili flakes are a little less dense and might throw that calculation off a bit.

    • Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      13·
      3 天前

      It’s not though. 4 tsp of butter is significantly less calories than what that label states.

      So there’s definitely something wrong. I’m thinking they either meant tbsp instead of tsp, or looked up the wrong one.

      I found the same brand on amazon. It’s exactly what I thought.

      https://a.co/d/0cMp8JUi

  • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
    3·
    2 天前

    I remember reading somewhere that uranium is calorie dense.

    So if you’re trying to bulk up, have a lil’ uranium snack. As a treat!