Chopped

SATSUMA

A head of lettuce and not much else.

shivpepper

Anyone know the calories in the pesto dressing?Emailed but they just said they'd be adding all of them to an app soon and didn't tell me.

anewme

Think chopped is now going into Liffey Valley as well , instead of Subway

techdiver

anewme wrote: »

This is the advice from chopped, which came with the dressing details

A few tips - if you’re calorie conscious we always suggest:
(1) lemon juice - it’s almost cal free, healthy and delicious;
(2) staying away from our olive oil based dressings - although full of healthy natural fats, they are very high in calorie count;
(3) asking for your chosen dressing on-the-side in a ramekin - you can then manage your dressing amount yourself.

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but how is one supposed to ascertain this? They don't publish the ingredients of their dressings at all, so there is no way to know what is in these dressings? I think the publishing of calories without dressings is pointless to be honest and they are trying to hoodwink people into thinking they are eating less calories than they are. It would be quite easy for them to publish the calorie count of their dressings also, but that wouldn't make it such an attractive offer afterall.

Alf Veedersane

techdiver wrote: »

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but how is one supposed to ascertain this? They don't publish the ingredients of their dressings at all, so there is no way to know what is in these dressings? I think the publishing of calories without dressings is pointless to be honest and they are trying to hoodwink people into thinking they are eating less calories than they are. It would be quite easy for them to publish the calorie count of their dressings also, but that wouldn't make it such an attractive offer afterall.

The calorie count of a dressing is meaningless without the quantity. The calorie counts they do give are for ~ fixed quantities.

That said, they should consider putting a figure for X ml and while people will still underestimate the quantity of dressing they have used, at least the info is there.

harr

techdiver wrote: »

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but how is one supposed to ascertain this? They don't publish the ingredients of their dressings at all, so there is no way to know what is in these dressings? I think the publishing of calories without dressings is pointless to be honest and they are trying to hoodwink people into thinking they are eating less calories than they are. It would be quite easy for them to publish the calorie count of their dressings also, but that wouldn't make it such an attractive offer afterall.

You probably could add about 150-200 kcal to any of the salads if you include the dressing.
That’s going by the volume of the dressing in the little tub.
I don’t mind adding the dressing myself as I only drizzle it over the salad rather than mixing it in.
A couple tablespoons of olive oil isn’t the worst thing you could be eating for lunch.

Tar.Aldarion

I got one recently and there was so much dressing on it that I had to bin it, horrible. Must have been 500+ cals from it alone.

harr

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I got one recently and there was so much dressing on it that I had to bin it, horrible. Must have been 500+ cals from it alone.

I know I learned my lesson before and now only get dressing on the side...

looksee

I had one and enjoyed it - though there was too much. It had a huge lump of ham in it plus the other ingredients that I asked for. I think you would need a bit of practise working out combos as I felt mine was slightly lacking - I had intended to ask for apple and got something else instead, the apple would have given it the bit of fresh sweetness it needed.

GarIT

Chopped is no different from any other fast food restaurant. You're kidding yourself if you think it's healthy.

harr

GarIT wrote: »

Chopped is no different from any other fast food restaurant. You're kidding yourself if you think it's healthy.

Of course it’s healthy but and it’s a big but it depends on what you order, tons of healthy options in chopped and a lot more to offer than your regular fast food place.
Just because a salad has the same calorie count as burger does not make them equal.
If you order carefully you can have a substantial Healthy meal with a mix of protein, fats and carbs.

Tar.Aldarion

GarIT wrote: »

Chopped is no different from any other fast food restaurant. You're kidding yourself if you think it's healthy.

MARINATED TOFU GARDEN SALAD.
SALAD CHOICE, ORGANIC TOFU, BROCCOLI, SPRING ONIONS, ROAST BEETROOT, ROAST. TOMATO, ROAST CARROT

Ah yeah, sure a kebab is the same :pac:

anewme

techdiver wrote: »

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but how is one supposed to ascertain this? They don't publish the ingredients of their dressings at all, so there is no way to know what is in these dressings? I think the publishing of calories without dressings is pointless to be honest and they are trying to hoodwink people into thinking they are eating less calories than they are. It would be quite easy for them to publish the calorie count of their dressings also, but that wouldn't make it such an attractive offer afterall.

I asked them online and they emailed me the dressing calories.

They were scary .I agree that’s the reasons they don’t publish the calories.

Also agree it’s not healthy, it’s a fad packaged as bring healthy. My friend st lush gets a Dublin deader, he thinks he being healthy I reckon he’s clocking up over 1000calores at lunch

anewme

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

The calorie count of a dressing is meaningless without the quantity. The calorie counts they do give are for ~ fixed quantities.

That said, they should consider putting a figure for X ml and while people will still underestimate the quantity of dressing they have used, at least the info is there.

They gave me quotes for 60g of dressing

The olive oil was 540 for 60g and the lemon herb vinaigrette was 407kl for 60ml. Most of the others were about 225. 69ml is tiny

anewme

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

The calorie count of a dressing is meaningless without the quantity. The calorie counts they do give are for ~ fixed quantities.

That said, they should consider putting a figure for X ml and while people will still underestimate the quantity of dressing they have used, at least the info is there.

They gave me quotes based on for 60g of dressing

The olive oil was 540 for 60g and the lemon herb vinaigrette was 407kl for 60ml. Most of the others were about 225. 60 ml is tiny and would not go far on all that lettuce

George White

emo72 wrote: »

One opened up beside me. Was looking at all the beautiful ingredients under the glass. They would make your mouth water. But then they only give a tiny amount of ingredients and smother it in green leaves. I'm not so keen then.

I find them soulless.
Plus they can't make a decent Waldorf salad.
They did a waldorf salad that was chicken, ham, walnuts, celery, apples. There were no grapes and no mayonnaise sauce.
We all know what a Waldorf salad - "Apples, celery, walnuts, grapes!" "In a mayonnaise sauce!".
Bruce Boa would roar in his grave.

Alf Veedersane

anewme wrote: »

They gave me quotes based on for 60g of dressing

The olive oil was 540 for 60g and the lemon herb vinaigrette was 407kl for 60ml. Most of the others were about 225. 60 ml is tiny and would not go far on all that lettuce

Same as anything:

Give a serving size and nutritional breakdown thereof.
Let people think they're having a standard serving.
Profit.

Mellor

anewme wrote: »

They gave me quotes based on for 60g of dressing

The olive oil was 540 for 60g and the lemon herb vinaigrette was 407kl for 60ml. Most of the others were about 225. 60 ml is tiny and would not go far on all that lettuce

60ml of olive oil is a huge amount.
In you are adding more of that to a salad, then chopped isn't the issue

anewme

Mellor wrote: »

60ml of olive oil is a huge amount.
In you are adding more of that to a salad, then chopped isn't the issue

Sorry but it is, the average portion of dressing whatever it is, when “squirted” into the salad is a lot more than 60ml

60ml is 4 tablespoons. A lot more than 4 tablespoons would be the average dressing

Richmond Ultra

techdiver wrote: »

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but how is one supposed to ascertain this? They don't publish the ingredients of their dressings at all, so there is no way to know what is in these dressings? I think the publishing of calories without dressings is pointless to be honest and they are trying to hoodwink people into thinking they are eating less calories than they are. It would be quite easy for them to publish the calorie count of their dressings also, but that wouldn't make it such an attractive offer afterall.

What dressing do you want ingredients for and I'll pm it to you tomorrow?

Mellor

anewme wrote: »

Sorry but it is, the average portion of dressing whatever it is, when “squirted” into the salad is a lot more than 60ml

60ml is 4 tablespoons. A lot more than 4 tablespoons would be the average dressing

I said olive oil, not dressing. Big difference.
60ml of olive oil is a lot on a salad. If you used that on a salad at home, the calories would be no different. So it's very bizarre to use that to complain about chopped.

60ml is 60ml. No need it convert it to anything.
Most tablespoons hold less than a "tablespoon" (15ml). But it's around two shot glasses of oil.

Richmond Ultra

The container for the dressing to go with your salad is 2oz. That makes it 60ml.

anewme

Mellor wrote: »

I said olive oil, not dressing. Big difference.
60ml of olive oil is a lot on a salad. If you used that on a salad at home, the calories would be no different. So it's very bizarre to use that to complain about chopped.

60ml is 60ml. No need it convert it to anything.
Most tablespoons hold less than a "tablespoon" (15ml). But it's around two shot glasses of oil.

There’s difference of maybe 100 calories.

60 ml of lemon herb dressing is over 400 calories for 60ml. The average serving on a salad in chopped would be considerably more than 60 ml. So people are not aware of how much calories they are consuming in the dressing.

Why do you think that Chopped display their calories for salads but not for dressings.?

Where is the transparency.?

anewme

Richmond Ultra wrote: »

The container for the dressing to go with your salad is 2oz. That makes it 60ml.

It’s tiny. When they put it in at the serving station, it’s a lot more than 4 tablespoons of dressing.

techdiver

Richmond Ultra wrote: »

What dressing do you want ingredients for and I'll pm it to you tomorrow?

Cheers. Oriental, Piri Piri, Mexican, Cajun Lemon, Lemon Herb.

Thanks again.

anewme

Stay away from lemon herb!

Mellor

anewme wrote: »

There’s difference of maybe 100 calories.

60 ml of lemon herb dressing is over 400 calories for 60ml. The average serving on a salad in chopped would be considerably more than 60 ml. So people are not aware of how much calories they are consuming in the dressing.

Why do you think that Chopped display their calories for salads but not for dressings.?

Where is the transparency.?

Lemon herb is a vinigrette. It's probably 80% olive oil. Of course its similar to plain olive. Dressings that mostly oil are high in calories.

Saying its about 100 cals difference with all dressings is dumb. You own posts contradicts you.

anewme wrote: »

You'd be right in thinking that.

Lemon juice 8 calories.
BBQ zesty 70 calories
Low fat sweet chilli 96 calories
Cajun lemon/ fitzwillam 177 calories
Spiced herb or piri piri 180
Low fat mayo 188 calories
Ceasar 192
Chopped house 196
Honey mustard 225
Balsamic vinaigrette 227
Lemon herb vinaigrette 407
Olive oil 504

Think I left out a couple, Mexican, Greek and Thai are around 182 calories

This is all for 60g dressings in the salads, they put 35,g into the wraps

Not, you said before they put 60g in the salads. But now you are saying 60g is a tiny amount and they put in way more. :rolleyes:

anewme

techdiver wrote: »

Cheers. Oriental, Piri Piri, Mexican, Cajun Lemon, Lemon Herb.

Thanks again.

I put the calories in page one of the thread.

anewme

Mellor wrote: »

Lemon herb is a vinigrette. It's probably 80% olive oil. Of course its similar to plain olive. Dressings that mostly oil are high in calories.

Saying its about 100 cals difference with all dressings is dumb. You own posts contradicts you.



Not, you said before they put 60g in the salads. But now you are saying 60g is a tiny amount and they put in way more. :rolleyes:

Your tone is rude and condescending.

I did not say they put 60g of dressing the salads, THEY said it in an email to me.

THEY said THEY put 60g dressing (be it oil/vinegrette or whatever) on a salad and 35g on the wraps.

I think they put a lot more in, as the servers tend to be heavy handed with the squirter and they dont measure. It would be easy to put 80-100g of dressing on one of those salads to coat the leaves and not realise it. 60g is not a huge amount for the amount of leaves.

Other people have also said here that they got salads that were swimming in dressing.

It was Chopped's recommendation to ask for the dressing on the side in the little pot.

Ive been behind a person in the queue to have a server ask them "which dressing would you like, piri piri, mexican or lemon and herb) so people may not realise that its vinigrette.

My point is people are eating Chopped thinking they are healthy as someone else says here, that's the sales pitch, its really fast food.

It can be healthy, depending on what you pick, but Chopped not displaying the calories of the dressings alongside the salads is not transparant in helping people make healthier choices.


Anway, I posted the dressings up to help people, that was the question asked, not to be labelled dumb.

Richmond Ultra

techdiver wrote: »

Cheers. Oriental, Piri Piri, Mexican, Cajun Lemon, Lemon Herb.

Thanks again.

I got some of the products/sauces broken down. I left out piri piri, I'll sort that out next week. I picked 100g as it was easiest for calculations.

Every thing in grams. I'm not writing calories, fat etc each time after the numbers but they go down the same format.

Cajun Lemon
304 calories
30.9 fat
2.5 saturates
2.4 sugar
0.8 protein
1.6 salt

Mexican
305
30.9
2.5
3.9
2.6
0.8
1.5

Thai
308
31.2
2.5
3.7
2.3
1.0
1.7

Low fat Mayo
314
32.7
2.6
2.3
2.2
0.5
1.3

Orleans
336
32.8
2.8
7.6
6.3
1.1
1.3

Dubliner Caesar
320
32.9
2.6
2.8
2.3
0.9
1.6