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the uncrustable sandwiches


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Does anyone know if the uncrustables that they serve for lunches at school are higher in calories then the ones you can buy at the grocery store?
i was just wondering cause thats all i like to eat at school

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I used to eat uncrustables all the time at school, since I'm really picky with my food and I never had time to make lunch myself. The amount of calories in the uncrustables in your school depend on which type of sandwich and the size. The peanut butter and jelly ones in the grocery store are 2 oz and only 210 calories. I know the peanut butter and jelly uncrustables they have at my school are 4.6 oz sandwiches and are 580 calories! (Its a shame they don't put the calorie content on the wrapper). However, this type of uncrustable is only available to schools and you can't buy them in the grocery store. This tricked me at first because I thought I was only eating 210 calories for lunch, even though the sandwich was huge. I was pretty surprised when I look up the calories on their website.. :/ 

When you buy one at your school, check how many ounces it is and then look up the calories on the smucker's website. They have all the nutritional information for uncrustables sent to schools. 

omg i will deffinately stop getting those.
i started just getting them because i thought theyd be lower calorie and healthier than the actual lunch. but im mistakenly wrong! that stinks i cant belive schools would give those out.  thats absolutely terrible. now i dont know what im gonna do i thought i was eating 210 calories!

did you notice when you were eating them how many ounces it said on the wrapper ? The ones you have at your school might be the same ones they have in the grocery store at 210 calories. The ones at my school are like super sized for some weird reason but I'm not sure if every school orders this size. If you like peanut butter and jelly, I would just bring your own to school if you can. I make my own with whole wheat and natural peanut butter and it tastes just as good and fills you up better than the white bread they use. 

I definitely agree that schools should find something healthier to sell for lunch.. i couldn't believe that they were just as bad as getting pizza or fried chicken (or both!) :/ 

uncrustbale bread contains 90% more calories

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