Can this be possible?

the O Reilly connection

I noticed that battered sausages have the same calorie content as normal sausages. How is this possible? Battered sausages are deep fried and normal sausages are raw. Does cooking sausages in oil not increase the calorie content?

Cill94

They don't. It's only possible if you're comparing entirely different serving sizes for each.

You can't add a layer of batter around a piece of food and not increase the calories.

the O Reilly connection

The back of the pack is 100g = . The 100g serving sizes are roughly the same.

Cill94

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122910866#Comment_122910866

Which would mean there is less sausage in the battered ones.

the O Reilly connection

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122912450#Comment_122912450

So it's possible then?

Cill94

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122914590#Comment_122914590

No, because you’re not comparing equivalent portion sizes of meat.

It is very much impossible to deep fry a sausage in batter without the calories increasing.

the O Reilly connection

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122915068#Comment_122915068

OK thank you.

LastApacheInjun

It wouldn't strike me as odd.

Sausages are massively high in fat. Probably not far off the calories for batter, gram for gram. 50g of sausage, wrapped in 50g of batter, is probably roughly the same calories as 100g of sausage.

That said, the 100g of sausage would probably give you more protein, keeping you fuller for longer, and is therefore the better choice.

Mellor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122914590#Comment_122914590

How many sausages per 100g.

There’s two options;
Battered is heavier, so there’s more calories, or,
Battered is same cals/weight, meaning it started as a smaller lower cal sausage.