I'm guessing there's an error somewhere, because this doesn't seem possible.

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[–] 118 points 8 months ago (11 children)

All food oil is 9kcal/g, carbs and protein are 4kcal/g.

The chili oil is mostly oil.

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 8 months ago (10 children)

    Sure, but this stuff is like triple the density of oil if 4 tsp is 60g

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  • [–] 40 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    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...

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    4 tablespoons is 2 oz is 60g.

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 56 points 8 months ago

    Key word here is OIL.

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  • [–] 47 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    Oil is literally fat.

    The only thing more calorically dense is alcohol.

    Edit: my brain mixed the two. Fat is more dense than alcohol.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    Are you sure its tsp and not Tsp?

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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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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    You have to drink 3 litres of this each day to get your required calcium

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  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    That's actually about on par with butter, so it's not that insane

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

    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.

    https://a.co/d/0cMp8JUi

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    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    Seeing as how you can run a diesel engine on the oil component, yes. Very.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    French and english labels? Tabarnak 🇨🇦

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago*

    Fat is rather dense in calories (9 calories per gram) and oil is basically all fat.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Is she the reason I havent been losing weight!

    Edit: MINE SAYS THE SAME!

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

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    I dare you to eat the entire jar. For science.

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

    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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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    DAM that's a salty boy! That sodium lol

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    That sodium is pretty obscene too

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Not enough protein!

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

    I can't load the picture, may anyone can give me the whole nutritional facts on that chili oil jar?

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

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

    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!

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