Calories in egg whites

EMPIREMIND

EMPIREMIND

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I realized something isnt adding up here.

1 Carton of member mark egg whites delivers 50g protein, 0fat, 0carbs but lists 250 calories... If protein is 4cals per gram this carton should be 200 cals. Where is the extra 50 coming from??? Additives? Fillers? Thinking i shouldnt buy these anymore...
 
Good question! Something is definitely off here. You'd think they would be required to report additives. My guess is that they either got the grams P/carton wrong or the calories.
 
^if they use a small enough serving size on the label they round it to zero, it's not zero.

That is too far off to be rounding though, very odd.
I'd just go by standard eggwhites nutrition and weigh it out maybe.
 
Labels, for the most part, count carbohydrates and protein as 5 kcal/g and fat as 10 kcal/g

That's why you see labels using nice round numbers like 120 Cal/ serving instead of 133
 
I've seen a lot of labels that are incredibly off, check out a no sugar monster drink, check that math out, lol
 
mbell4377 said:
I've seen a lot of labels that are incredibly off, check out a no sugar monster drink, check that math out, lol
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Agree. My liquid egg whites claim to contain "about" 10 egg whites and 50 g P. I spent years buying the biggest possible jumbo eggs, and they had 8 g P/egg - half of which would have been yolk. Unless, the liquid egg whites are coming from ostriches, there is no way they are getting 50 grams of protein from 10 whites!
 
mbell4377 said:
I've seen a lot of labels that are incredibly off, check out a no sugar monster drink, check that math out, lol
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Again not really... Rounding must also be considered

Erythritol, the sweetener they use, only has 0.2 kcal/g.

Per serving there are 2 g of erythritol (label as a carb) but only 0.4 kcal

It's <0.5 calories so they round down to zero
 
You're talking 12g if you go either way with cho/pro and 5g if fat.

Don't stress over it. It's 50kcal. You'll burn it off working out? If you goal is in a deficit, 50kxal won't make a difference in the grand scheme of things
 
money0351 said:
Labels, for the most part, count carbohydrates and protein as 5 kcal/g and fat as 10 kcal/g

That's why you see labels using nice round numbers like 120 Cal/ serving instead of 133
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EMPIREMIND said:
So anyone have an idea of how many carbs in a carton?
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EMPIREMIND said:
Ok. But where the extra 50 calories go? Fat Carbs or protein?
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Yes negligible amounts...
But like I said, proteins, on food labels, are counted as 5 Calories/gram

5x50=....

Yes I know it looks weird but if you look at it in terms of a serving, the difference is not huge. But when you are taking into account the difference caused by rounding and multiplying it by 10 servings, the imaginary calories start to add up
 
Thanks fellas. Personally im not tripping at all in regards to the calories if its related to fat or protein, but if they are carbs i cannot afford them in my diet and just wont use at this point. If its 50 cals from carbs, thats 12.5 and thats not going to be feasable. I was doing two cartons a day. That could damn near knock me out of keto, and thats just two of 7 meals... You see my concern
 
money0351 said:
Yes negligible amounts...
But like I said, proteins, on food labels, are counted as 5 Calories/gram

5x50=....

Yes I know it looks weird but if you look at it in terms of a serving, the difference is not huge. But when you are taking into account the difference caused by rounding and multiplying it by 10 servings, the imaginary calories start to add up
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You learn something new evryday. Thanks.
 
That's also f#{%ed btw.
Label laws are so much nicer up here.

My whites are 120 for 30g protein.
 
EMPIREMIND said:
Thanks fellas. Personally im not tripping at all in regards to the calories if its related to fat or protein, but if they are carbs i cannot afford them in my diet and just wont use at this point. If its 50 cals from carbs, thats 12.5 and thats not going to be feasable. I was doing two cartons a day. That could damn near knock me out of keto, and thats just two of 7 meals... You see my concern
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Numbers don't make you fat or get you ripped, they don't put you in or out of keto. The C/P/F you eat do. Watch the scale and the mirror and stop tripping over numbers (you say you aren't, and then progress to obsess over a label).
As humans, we tend to over complicate everything-this thread is a perfect example. Just eat healthy, bust a$s in the gym and observe the results. If it's not working, change something
 
scherbs said:
Numbers don't make you fat or get you ripped, they don't put you in or out of keto. The C/P/F you eat do. Watch the scale and the mirror and stop tripping over numbers (you say you aren't, and then progress to obsess over a label).
As humans, we tend to over complicate everything-this thread is a perfect example. Just eat healthy, bust a$s in the gym and observe the results. If it's not working, change something
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The whole point of this thread is inquiring if anyone knows where the 50 cals come from. Period. This is the nutrition section, not weight loss, training or otherwise. In nutrition macros and micros matter. Maybe not in your overall program, but in mine and many others it does. Just like protein spiking, I, as a consumer have the right to know what i put in my body. Bodybuilding is my lifestyle. I invest alot into it, and contrary to your beliefs, details do matter. It is general consensus that in order to be in ketosis you need to keep carbs under 30grams a day. My question was related to nutrition. If that is beyond your knowledge of the subject, with all due respect, how about not even posting at all, it doesnt contribute to the op.
 
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