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I'm guessing there's an error somewhere, because this doesn't seem possible.
Key word here is OIL.
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.
Are you sure its tsp and not Tsp?
Teaspoon is abbreviated to "tsp", tablespoon is "tbsp".
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.
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.
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.
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 🇨🇦
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.
Chicken 🐓
Oops, it's actually 4 tsp, thus 20ml. Much more reasonable, I guess.
Have you even watched the LA Beast consuming 24,000 calories of olive oil? The best science!
I'm more leaning toward the chili aspect.
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
Not enough protein!
That sodium is pretty obscene too
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