I'm guessing there's an error somewhere, because this doesn't seem possible.
Key word here is OIL.
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All food oil is 9kcal/g, carbs and protein are 4kcal/g.
The chili oil is mostly oil.
Sure, but this stuff is like triple the density of oil if 4 tsp is 60g
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...
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.
Dang. Wouldn't have expected that either. Then again, I don't use a ton on food because I don't want things to be sopping in oil.
60g is excessive. I think they got their serving size wrong. Unless this is to make an entire big bowl of Sichuan chicken or something, rather than adding in after.
I don't think I've ever paid attention to the recommended serving on a hot sauce. XD
4 tablespoons is 2 oz is 60g.
It says teaspoons...
It also says 60g, which maths with everything else.
Minor translation error on units they don’t use in China.
Probably an error and they accidentally calculated for 4 tablespoons instead of 4 teaspoons.
4 tablespoons is 2 oz is 1/4 cup is 60g
Oil is literally fat.
The only thing more calorically dense is alcohol.
Edit: my brain mixed the two. Fat is more dense than alcohol.
Four teaspoons isn't very much though. Most oils and fats are about 60 calories per teaspoon, which would only be about 240 to 260 for the amount listed on the jar.
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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.
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.
The whole jar says 210g, so unless you're supposed to use ~30% of the container, somebody messed up a conversion.
That’s about how much I use.
And 4 tbsp would be triple 4 tsp, or 54 grams. Similar ballpark at least.
google says that 60grams is the common conversion for 4 tablespoons.
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.
"oil"
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.
Seeing as how you can run a diesel engine on the oil component, yes. Very.
You have to drink 3 litres of this each day to get your required calcium
It's been rough, but my bones are in good shape
Who needs bones when you'll be at the toilet all day?
That's a bonus! Always ready for a colonoscopy.
That's actually about on par with butter, so it's not that insane
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.
I didn't even notice the tsp, I just looked at the info for 60g of butter to compare to 60g of chili sauce
it's just the case of the missing B. The grams are totally fine.
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.
I can't load the picture, may anyone can give me the whole nutritional facts on that chili oil jar?
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
Thank you! sorry for asking it to other🙏
French and english labels? Tabarnak 🇨🇦
Fat is rather dense in calories (9 calories per gram) and oil is basically all fat.
Is she the reason I havent been losing weight!
Edit: MINE SAYS THE SAME!
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!
The densest is yellow cake with frosting.
I dare you to eat the entire jar. For science.
60ml a.k.a. 4 tbsp sounds like a lot of chili oil to put in one serving. And I really enjoy teh spicy chili.
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Have you even watched the LA Beast consuming 24,000 calories of olive oil? The best science!
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The wildest part of Lao Gan Ma is sodium if you ask me. Some of the Chinese import ones are over 1000mg per serve, though the domestically made ones are a bit healthier. That said, you're probably not using 4 tsp of the stuff in most things.
probably not using 4 tsp of the stuff in most things
That's hard when putting it on rice. So addicting, but yes, not good.
DAM that's a salty boy! That sodium lol
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