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Nutrition Info misprint?


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I just bought a 130g cherry muffin, and on the nutrition panel, it says:

Servings per Package: 1
Serving Size: 130g

Energy per serve: 671kj (160cal)

Energy per 100g: 1030kj (247cal)

But that doesn't make any sense because how can the 100g be more cals than the serving size of 130g?

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Anybody know? =( I'm starting to worry about how many calories I just consumed/

It doesn't give you the calories for the serving size, you have to convert them.  It looks like it's completely screwed up in the energy per serving, perhaps they meant to have 2 servings originally and forgot to recalculate.

1.3*247 = 321.1 calorie

So that means that the muffin I had was 321 calories? Ugh x.x

Thanks anyway. I wish they would print the right info next time =/

Probably.

The per 100 g information is likely right.  It just doesn't happen to be for the entire package. I imagine it would be not an exact science to "premeasure" baked goods, but 30 grams ... that seems like a big difference. 

Just like the concept of buying something that appears to be a "single-serving" size, then reading the label and finding out that it is actually 2, or 2.5.  That happens a lot.  Take your calculator to the grocery store.  You will need it!

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So that means that the muffin I had was 321 calories? Ugh x.x

Thanks anyway. I wish they would print the right info next time =/

That's about average for a muffin, unless it's like the size of your thumb.

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