This might be a silly question but was just working out calories for today. I have some sweet potatoes and was thinking I might bake one for lunch. When I checked the calorie counter it is 115k for a baked potato and only 84k if you boil or steam it. Does anyone know why there is such a difference?
Apologies if I'm being thick. It is Monday morning x
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Thank you both. That could possibly be it. I tend to use new potatoes and leave the skins on. Only started using sweet potatoes recently x
It's because you're looking at the cooked calories rather than the raw calories. There is less water in a baked sweet potato as it sort of condenses in the oven, I think some of the water weight evaporates out. For this reason I find it less confusing to just go with pre-cooked weights...
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