I’m guessing there’s an error somewhere, because this doesn’t seem possible.

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    Oil is literally fat.

    The only thing more calorically dense is alcohol.

    Edit: my brain mixed the two. Fat is more dense than alcohol.

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    I remember reading somewhere that uranium is calorie dense.

    So if you’re trying to bulk up, have a lil’ uranium snack. As a treat!

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        60g of oil is 540 kcal-ish. The chili pepper is comparatively calorie free, so yea, 440kcal makes total sense.

        Is it the tsp that’s throwing you off? I think there’s a typo - 4 tbsp would be about 60g. 4tsp I would expect to be about 20g.

        I way prefer dealing in mass for cooking and baking personally…

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          It is broken down into 43g fat, 10g cars and 4g protein. Using another commenter’s numbers of 9kcal/g for fat and 4kcal/g for the others gives 443 kcal. So yeah, well within margin.

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    Hey OP. I think those numbers are based off the 60grams not the 4tsp.

    4tsp of olive oil is 18 grams. 60grams of olive oil would be about 500 calories. I would assume they weight similar.

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      That’s my thought too, although 4tbsp would be a pretty hefty serving size so I’m betting their mistake was using tbsp when converting to grams (when they meant to use tsp) and then it’s likely correct from there.

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        The whole jar says 210g, so unless you’re supposed to use ~30% of the container, somebody messed up a conversion.

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          Grams are a measure of weight (well, mass if you want to be really specific). Tablespoons are a measure of volume. In order to do a proper comparison you need to know density.

          Because metric plans things nicely, a gram is one milliliter of water. 4 tbsp is 59.15ml. So… Yeah, pretty damn close to 60, but again that’s when working with water. I would imagine chili flakes are a little less dense and might throw that calculation off a bit.

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    The wildest part of Lao Gan Ma is sodium if you ask me. Some of the Chinese import ones are over 1000mg per serve, though the domestically made ones are a bit healthier. That said, you’re probably not using 4 tsp of the stuff in most things.