I’m guessing there’s an error somewhere, because this doesn’t seem possible.
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
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”.
Or
- tablespoon = T
- teaspoon = t
I get that. But I think we can all agree that labels can have errors. I think that this is one of those errors.
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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.
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.
French and english labels? Tabarnak 🇨🇦
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.
Is she the reason I havent been losing weight!
Edit: MINE SAYS THE SAME!
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.
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.
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.
I’m more interested what happened afterward?
That sodium is pretty obscene too
