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Why Don't The Numbers Add Up? 100g

  • 16-10-2013 9:15pm
    #1
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭


    So I've noticed that the numbers of almost everything on the "per 100g" stats don't add up. For example, look at the stats here for Quorn mince:
    http://quornfoodservice.co.uk/products/quorn-mince/

    Adding up the protein, carbs, fat and fibre, you get 27.5g. There's 72.5g missing...that couldn't all be water? It's hardly 70+% water, it would be slush, surely?


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  • #2
    meijin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,300 ✭✭✭meijin


    Zillah wrote: »
    It's hardly 70+% water, it would be slush, surely?


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_water
    In a newborn infant, this may be as high as 75 percent of the body weight
    it would be slush, surely? ;-)


  • #3
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    New-borns are kind of squishy...

    So it really is just the water content?


  • #4
    john_cappa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,371 ✭✭✭john_cappa


    Lean red meat or chicken is 25% protein and very little carb/fat/fibre. The rest is also moisture. Not that slushy either!


  • #5
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    Look at a packet of oxtail soup etc.. Not much left when all the moisture is gone!


  • #6
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,694 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Zillah wrote: »
    So I've noticed that the numbers of almost everything on the "per 100g" stats don't add up. For example, look at the stats here for Quorn mince:
    http://quornfoodservice.co.uk/products/quorn-mince/

    Adding up the protein, carbs, fat and fibre, you get 27.5g. There's 72.5g missing...that couldn't all be water? It's hardly 70+% water, it would be slush, surely?

    You are 99.9999999999999% empty space / dark matter.


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