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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????

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.