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Discrepancy between Macros and Calories

Here’s a nutrition label for 90/10 Ground Beef:

>Calories: 200
>
>Protein: 22g
>
>Fat: 11g
>
>Carbs: 0g

22g protein * 4 calories = 88 kcals

11g fat * 9 calories = 99kcals

88+99 = 187 Kcals

187 /= 200

Now why is this off? You might say, food labels can be up to 20% off of the true calories…. if that is true, why would they show a calorie count higher than actual????

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Answer

The may have used Atwater Specific Factors instead of Atwater General Factors to calculate the total calories.

See here: https://www.fao.org/3/y5022e/y5022e04.htm

Also note that the values on the nutrition label are rounded.

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