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Why do some brands of beans subtract the calories from fiber while others do not?

I have noticed with bags of dried beans, different bags will have the EXACT same macros and serving sizes, while there will be a fairly large difference in calories because one will not count the calories from fiber, while another will. Although the ones that do not subtract fiber often match with the USDA’s listing. Kinda confused here, why do they subtract that many calories from the total?

Examples:

Target’s pinto beans have a calorie density of 2.28 calories per gram, while the USDA listing for them has it at 3.57.

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Answer

the target label seems to have wrong amount of fiber. 12g fiber in 35g dry pinto beans is way too much. that’d be about 35g fiber in 100g dry pinto beans. most legumes have between 10-25g fiber per 100g. pinto beans would be somewhere in the middle of this range.

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