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Eating and Drinking => Kitchen Natter => Topic started by: vron on May 14, 2015, 15:01

Title: baked potatoes
Post by: vron on May 14, 2015, 15:01

How many calories in a 100g cooked baked potato, or a 300g cooked baked potato.

Been searching for an answer but each site differs

My calorie counter from 1969 says a 200g baked spud is 170cals,  so 300g = 255 cals, (and boiled potatoes are 80 cals per 100g)

Others sites say 300g = 278cals or 279cals and even 327 cals. All very confusing.

Hope you can help me find a UK site that can enlighten me.   :D

Title: Re: baked potatoes
Post by: mumofstig on May 14, 2015, 15:19

NHS choices

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/weight-loss-guide/Pages/weight-loss-guide.aspx

says, old potatoes weighed with skin 100g = 52 cal

Title: Re: baked potatoes
Post by: Annen on May 14, 2015, 15:57

Nutracheck says  baked potato with skin 97kc per 100g  :unsure: :wacko:

Title: Re: baked potatoes
Post by: mumofstig on May 14, 2015, 16:23

Wonder if the differences are some are before cooking and some are after cooking?

Title: Re: baked potatoes
Post by: GrannieAnnie on May 14, 2015, 16:51

But I thought that Weightwatchers advocated that a 100g raw potato is the same calories as a 100g baked potato, before butter or fillings.  As the only difference is that there is less water in the cooked one?

Title: Re: baked potatoes
Post by: mumofstig on May 14, 2015, 17:09

less water means the same potato, after cooking, will weigh less  :wacko:

Title: Re: baked potatoes
Post by: GrannieAnnie on May 14, 2015, 21:52

True!  what a dimwit I am! lol

Title: Re: baked potatoes
Post by: vron on May 15, 2015, 16:20

Thank you ladies, knew you wouldn't let me down

Title: Re: baked potatoes
Post by: chrissie B on May 15, 2015, 21:29

Different types of potatoe will have different levels of sugars in them .
chrissie b