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[url]http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2667/2[/url]
That site says 200 grams has 180 calories, but it sorta looks like that is cooked. I have a sweet potato about 6x3 inches and weighed it and it's a little over a pound (480 grams), so by that logic this one potato has over 400 calories in it, which I find hard to believe considering a regular potato of about this size would have 200 calories or less .... ???
a 7oz sweet potato is about 180 cals. your huge 17oz sweet potato is 430 cals.
[QUOTE=MikeK46;550274173]a 7oz sweet potato is about 180 cals. your huge 17oz sweet potato is 430 cals.[/QUOTE]
That's 7 ounces, [b]uncooked[/b] = 180 calories, right?? Mine weighed over a pound uncooked, not cooked
[QUOTE=Losefatordie;550278053]That's 7 ounces, [b]uncooked[/b] = 180 calories, right?? Mine weighed over a pound uncooked, not cooked[/QUOTE]
Yes, about 25 calories per ounce.
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so whats the difference in weighing them cooked and uncooked?
I weigh mine cooked and use the same website for the nutritional info.
Are sweet potatoes super high compared to russet? A decent sized russet is only 100 caloriesish.
[QUOTE=Ozo nasty;550288623]so whats the difference in between weighing them cooked and uncooked?
i usually weigh them cooked and use the same website.[/QUOTE]
If you want to be the 'most anal' about *accurate* calorie counting - then weigh raw and use that as your calculation figure/ recorded figure.
Cooking (depending on time/ method) will alter water weight differently - so you end up with a different 'perceived' weight, when all you have really done is dehydrate the food.
Classic example is steak - >
raw
vs medium
vs well cooked
^
you could start with 6 oz raw
Cooked raw and you get 5.5 oz
medium end up with 5 oz
well done end up with 4 oz
All have the SAME calories at the end of the day (as the only real difference is water loss) -> but if you enter 'steak, cooked' into a calorie counter you only get a single figure - so you could be over/ under estimating your cals.
Sure - for a single item it isn't *that* much, but over time it can count.
25 calories per raw ounce.