How a Less Than 2% Fat Milk Label Translates to 30% Total Calories
The less than 2% fat label on a milk carton creates the impression that the fat content, calorie wise, is also less than 2%, when it could actually be 30% or more of total calories.
That’s because fat is on a different level altogether, calorie wise, from its carbohydrates and proteins counterparts. While carbohydrates and proteins equal 4 calories per gram, fats are a whopping 9 calories per gram.
Let’s Do the Math So let’s take a look at this nutrition facts label. It clearly says Calories from Fat 29. Total calories are 94, so that makes the 29 fat calories 30% of total calories.
How did that happen? Looking down further at the nutrition facts label, note that carbohydrates are 9.6 grams and proteins are 6.8 grams. Add them together and multiply by 4 calories and you get 65, which makes up the other 70% of total calories.
Fats are only 3.2 grams, but multiply that by 9 calories and you get 29 calories, just like it says on the label (well, actually it’s 28.8, but let’s round it off).
Not that that’s bad, but remember that there’s more to the label than what it says.
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November 6th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Jeffrey, since you’re trying to GAIN weight and muscle, then I don’t think you have anything to worry about when you drink milk =)
November 6th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
why do u gota tell me all this? now I might not be drinking milk after reading all this…and im drinking a glass right now…i drnk one before bed to insure i have a good number of calories to gain weight/muscle.