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This chili oil is apparently very Calorie dense (lemmy.ca)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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I'm guessing there's an error somewhere, because this doesn't seem possible.

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[–] 41 points 8 months ago* (5 children)

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.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    And 4 tbsp would be triple 4 tsp, or 54 grams. Similar ballpark at least.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    google says that 60grams is the common conversion for 4 tablespoons.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

    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.

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