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Warning: Calories in pancake mix misleading?
Hi everyone, 1st post here. I'm not on Weight Watchers, but I do pay
great attention to what I eat (calories, fat, etc.) I thought this may be helpful to some here... Am I correct in saying that the calories per serving in Pancake Mix is very misleading? Take Aunt Jemima as an example. I was making some this morning for my kids. (Waffles, not pancakes) The label said the calories per serving (which they say is 1/3 cup mix) is 160. The total fat in a serving is about 2. But wait a minute, you're supposed to add 1/3 cup of oil to make the pancakes or waffles. That's what got my attention. Including oil, there could never be only 2 grams of fat! At 120 calories per tbsp of vegie oil, that adds about 105 calories to the serving. (5.3 tbsp in 1/3 cup... 120 cals per tbsp) So the total calories per "serving" is not really 160, it's 265. It's realistic to have 2 waffles for breakfast. At 320 calories, it's not too bad, but 530 isn't so good! That's 210 extra calories that the label isn't telling you about! Am I correct in my logic? By the way, this morning i realized this and as an experiment, didn't add ANY oil. Just dry mix (which includes the egg) and water. No oil. It came out fine. Maybe a little less moist and a tad less flavor, but definitely worth the 105 cals per waffle savings! John |
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Warning: Calories in pancake mix misleading?
Try using a little applesauce in place of the oil.
-- the volleyballchick "johnb41" wrote in message oups.com... Hi everyone, 1st post here. I'm not on Weight Watchers, but I do pay great attention to what I eat (calories, fat, etc.) I thought this may be helpful to some here... Am I correct in saying that the calories per serving in Pancake Mix is very misleading? Take Aunt Jemima as an example. I was making some this morning for my kids. (Waffles, not pancakes) The label said the calories per serving (which they say is 1/3 cup mix) is 160. The total fat in a serving is about 2. But wait a minute, you're supposed to add 1/3 cup of oil to make the pancakes or waffles. That's what got my attention. Including oil, there could never be only 2 grams of fat! At 120 calories per tbsp of vegie oil, that adds about 105 calories to the serving. (5.3 tbsp in 1/3 cup... 120 cals per tbsp) So the total calories per "serving" is not really 160, it's 265. It's realistic to have 2 waffles for breakfast. At 320 calories, it's not too bad, but 530 isn't so good! That's 210 extra calories that the label isn't telling you about! Am I correct in my logic? By the way, this morning i realized this and as an experiment, didn't add ANY oil. Just dry mix (which includes the egg) and water. No oil. It came out fine. Maybe a little less moist and a tad less flavor, but definitely worth the 105 cals per waffle savings! John |
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Warning: Calories in pancake mix misleading?
Yes, a good reminder for everyone. With mixes you always need to check
whether the nutrition information is "mix only" or "as prepared". Some products helpfully list the nutrition information both ways. I like having the "mix only" information. Other than baked goods, I rarely make mixes according to the directions. I usually add less margarine and/or use reduced-fat margarine, use skim milk rather than whole, etc. --Charlene -- Our national anthem is a great song that has been seriously abused by all the little pop tarts who are invited to perform it at ball games. -- Garrison Keillor email perronnellec at earthlink . net -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Warning: Calories in pancake mix misleading?
your logic is correct also look on the package, sometimes there is an "as
prepared" label, welcome, Lee johnb41 wrote in message oups.com... Hi everyone, 1st post here. I'm not on Weight Watchers, but I do pay great attention to what I eat (calories, fat, etc.) I thought this may be helpful to some here... Am I correct in saying that the calories per serving in Pancake Mix is very misleading? Take Aunt Jemima as an example. I was making some this morning for my kids. (Waffles, not pancakes) The label said the calories per serving (which they say is 1/3 cup mix) is 160. The total fat in a serving is about 2. But wait a minute, you're supposed to add 1/3 cup of oil to make the pancakes or waffles. That's what got my attention. Including oil, there could never be only 2 grams of fat! At 120 calories per tbsp of vegie oil, that adds about 105 calories to the serving. (5.3 tbsp in 1/3 cup... 120 cals per tbsp) So the total calories per "serving" is not really 160, it's 265. It's realistic to have 2 waffles for breakfast. At 320 calories, it's not too bad, but 530 isn't so good! That's 210 extra calories that the label isn't telling you about! Am I correct in my logic? By the way, this morning i realized this and as an experiment, didn't add ANY oil. Just dry mix (which includes the egg) and water. No oil. It came out fine. Maybe a little less moist and a tad less flavor, but definitely worth the 105 cals per waffle savings! John |
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Warning: Calories in pancake mix misleading?
Hi, John. I try not to eat pancakes too often but when we are craving
blueberry pancackes I make them from "scratch" - don't want to have those mixes tempting me too often. I use skim milk, egg beaters and Enova Oil. They didn't seem to cook quite right with the applesauce replacing the oil. Good luck. johnb41 wrote: Hi everyone, 1st post here. I'm not on Weight Watchers, but I do pay great attention to what I eat (calories, fat, etc.) I thought this may be helpful to some here... Am I correct in saying that the calories per serving in Pancake Mix is very misleading? Take Aunt Jemima as an example. I was making some this morning for my kids. (Waffles, not pancakes) The label said the calories per serving (which they say is 1/3 cup mix) is 160. The total fat in a serving is about 2. But wait a minute, you're supposed to add 1/3 cup of oil to make the pancakes or waffles. That's what got my attention. Including oil, there could never be only 2 grams of fat! At 120 calories per tbsp of vegie oil, that adds about 105 calories to the serving. (5.3 tbsp in 1/3 cup... 120 cals per tbsp) So the total calories per "serving" is not really 160, it's 265. It's realistic to have 2 waffles for breakfast. At 320 calories, it's not too bad, but 530 isn't so good! That's 210 extra calories that the label isn't telling you about! Am I correct in my logic? By the way, this morning i realized this and as an experiment, didn't add ANY oil. Just dry mix (which includes the egg) and water. No oil. It came out fine. Maybe a little less moist and a tad less flavor, but definitely worth the 105 cals per waffle savings! John |
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Warning: Calories in pancake mix misleading?
Thanks everyone for your replies! I'll try the applesauce tip, sounds
interesting and seems like it would help w/ the dryness. At first i thought the 160 cals included the oil, so i whipped out the calculator and found that without oil each waffle would be only 50 cals! But then logic kicked in and realized that oil isn't included in the listed calories. The box definitely needs an "as prepared" column. Very very misleading... John |
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Warning: Calories in pancake mix misleading?
you can also make them and keep track of how much oil you use, decrease it
by so much each time to find the minimum needed for taste and texture without using any more than you have to, Lee... who can eat fat free cheese and 1 point bread and miracle whip non fat, but the butter on the outside really needs to be butter on the grilled cheese johnb41 wrote in message oups.com... Thanks everyone for your replies! I'll try the applesauce tip, sounds interesting and seems like it would help w/ the dryness. At first i thought the 160 cals included the oil, so i whipped out the calculator and found that without oil each waffle would be only 50 cals! But then logic kicked in and realized that oil isn't included in the listed calories. The box definitely needs an "as prepared" column. Very very misleading... John |
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