What a great idea I thought, a Calorie checker provided by the NHS....
Something you can actually trust.....?
That is until you check it and find it's littered with mistakes - really, can't they get even this right? How many diets has this ruined?
OK...Try checking the kCal on a slice of wholemeal bread.....215kCals
Toast it and it becomes....252kCals (really?...just by adding heat we gain 47kCals?)
White bread?
Toasted with 10g of butter.....144kCals
On it's own (no butter)......265kCals
You have to very carefully check serving sizes Jumberly 
The bread and toast are listed as 100g serving size - toast loses water in cooking and is therefore more dense.
The toast and butter, is listed as a medium slice, which is less than 100g and therefore fewer calories.
I hope this helps
Sorry moreless just saw your reply after posting mine, didn't mean to duplicate 😄
No problem Mouse, it appears we're on the same wavelength! 
Hi Jumberly,
Had a quick look and it does sound crazy! The wholemeal bread/toast is bewildering, but the white bread is quoted at 100g, whereas the one with 10g butter is for one slice, so that may explain that apparent discrepancy. From what I can see this appears to come from Nutracheck and not the NHS as such. Personally I avoid bread and butter if possible, it's one of my downfalls (and I have many!)
Just a thought, does bread get lighter when it's toasted, so you can have more slices for 100g and that would make it more calories?
Mostly I tend to use the calorie checker/counter on MFP, and then add a dash of common sense, plus check the calories quoted on the packet/tin/jar that the food comes in. I also have a calorie counter book, old, but still gives me an idea of what is what!
Mouse 🐭
Oh dear - a bit of an eye opener there tut tut tut silly NHS must try harder..
Calorie counting is confusing, and you need to be a bit of a detective as well as a mathematician!! Food labels aren't any easier to use either as some quote "per serving " 😕 But as moreless says, it is important to weigh everything initially until you get to know the calories. Bread varies a lot due to size, many thicker seeded slices weigh almost 50g per slice, 1/3 of my daily carbohydrate allowance 😕
Hope you can get your head around things, 😊 Anything you can't understand, just ask 😊
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