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Calories and Calories from fat? Need help here.

Asked by Mikewlf337 (6262points) January 9th, 2011
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On the back of the nutrition facts on food packaging. There is Calories and then below it there is calories from fat.

Example

Calories-70
Calories from fat-5

Does that mean there is 75 calories or is that included in the 70 calories above it?

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marinelife's avatar

The five calories is included in the 70.

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janbb's avatar

Calories from fat are part of the total calories. You want to watch out for something with a high proportion of fat calories contained in the total calories.

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Fred931's avatar

Adding to @janbb, the Government believes that, in any product serving, fat calories should not make up more than 30% of total calories. 70 calories and 5 fat calories is a great ratio, for example.

And some more: for every gram of fat (any satutransunsaturated whatever), 9 calories are added to the total. The remaining calories come from carbohydrates, such as starches, fibers, and simple sugars, a gram of any adding 4 calories to the total. Going for less sugar and more starches and fiber is better.

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JLeslie's avatar

@Fred931 The 30% is a percentage of total calories per day.

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