Potato problems..please help!!

Well i bought a bag of potatoes and on the bag it says 272 calories per 200 gram serving...do you think they mean cooked or raw...when i searched for raw potato on calorie count it says a large potato (369 grams) has 284 calories...does it mean that i bought some very high cal potatoes? they look normal to me but why are mine 272 calories for just 200 grams?

Calorie count's potato is the average of a variety of products.  Maybe your potato product just has a lower moisture content than most potatoes?  Also, I think it may be estimating the calorie count for cooked, not raw.

I think thats maybe cooked, I always thought potatoes were roughly 70-80 calories for 100g of raw potato.

thank you for the replies...yea i hope that is the case...either way potatoes are yummy!!!

Potatoes are pretty generic, regardless of the variety.   About 70-90 cals per 100g raw. 

Original Post by gi-jane:

Potatoes are pretty generic, regardless of the variety.   About 70-90 cals per 100g raw. 

 so what do you think should i just assume the calorific value is for cooked 200 gram serving?

Cooked, the calories don't really change unless something's been added.  A 6oz raw potato is going to lose some calorie-free water when it's baked so it will come out of the oven slightly lighter but exactly the same calories as when it went in.  Put a knob of butter on top and that's a different thing, of course.

I don't really know what your bag of potatoes is adding to get from 70-90 cals per 100g to 142 cals per 100g unless it's assuming that you're going to turn the spuds into chip shapes and plunge them in a deep fat fryer....

Calorie counts for vegetables are never exact.  Just use the items in the data base and trust that. 

Baked though, they do lose a fair amount of moisture so 100g might be more cals? I'd just weigh them out raw though if you're worried x