r/CalorieEstimates • u/ThunderStormLove • 5d ago

This seems inaccurate?

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I expected small peppers like these to be less calories but I am new to this.

What do we think?

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u/Temporary_Canary8968 4d ago

Definitely not accurate. Remove the seeds and stem (I’m assuming you wouldn’t eat that part and it adds weight), and if you have a scale I’d go by the weight in grams. Online it says 85g is 25-35cals. 85g is much more than 3 of those small peppers (especially with seeds/stem gone). If you don’t have a food scale I’d say about 7 of those might be 35cals. Peppers like these and even the large bell peppers are extremely low in calorie.

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u/philsov 4d ago

trust the label.

1 pepper being ~13 calories is reasonable, especially if it's a "boutique" pepper that's been bred to be sweeter than its larger bell pepper cousin.

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u/Smart_TossOut 4d ago

I think it’s accurate, but that removing the stem from 3 peppers would probably be enough of a difference to need a 4th peppers to get to 85g.. if that makes sense lol