Hey, today I bought a packed of dried bananas - no not those sugar coated banana chips just plain dried bananas, with the preservative sulphur dioxide or something like that. However I looked at the calorie information and it says there's 300 cals per 100g, I'm sorry but I just think that's so much... that seems to be more calories than there would actually be in a banana. So does drying fruit add calories? If not, why are these banana's so flipping high in them?!
2007-03-01 04:26:01 · 9 answers · asked by Kim M 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
It doesn't add calories, it's just that fruit is mostly water. When you dry fruit, you remove the water, so it's more condensed, and there's not as much "filler" (which was the water)
2007-03-01 04:30:35 · answer #1 · answered by Alecto 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No drying fruit does not add calories, it simply removes the water. The only way it would add calories is if some type of sweetener were added to it. From what I can tell, there was nothing added to your bananas, so you do have a problem with your serving size. 100g of dried banana has about 350 calories, but that is likely the amount in the whole bag. A true SERVING of dried fruit is 1/4 cup, and a serving of dried banana has about 87 calories. If you don't have a measuring cup, that is about the size of a large egg
2007-03-01 04:55:02 · answer #2 · answered by simplynxplicable@verizon.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not an expert but I don't think drying something out can make it have more calories. That would be black magic or something. Maybe it is the serving size that is the problem. Just eat a banana! They are so good and you don't lose any of the fiber or taste.
2007-03-01 04:31:25 · answer #3 · answered by Joan H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drying fruits decrease calories, the banana chips you bought must have had somthing in it for it to be that much calories
2007-03-01 04:31:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you sure that they aren't covered with something, because that would defy the laws of physics if your dried bananas magically gained energy(calories) after being dried....especially if the mass is the same.
anyways, fresh fruit is better for you and higher in nutrients!
2007-03-01 04:43:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The only way it would add more calories is if they added sugar in some form. Also, some preservatives have calories.
2007-03-01 04:31:02 · answer #6 · answered by reconnermom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u are going to eat fruits, i would recommend fresh ones. inspite of the calorie content, why would u want to ingest smth that has sulfur in it?
2007-03-01 04:29:56 · answer #7 · answered by braille 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.thefruitbook.com
2007-03-02 15:50:36 · answer #8 · answered by square 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-03-01 04:33:34 · answer #9 · answered by LifesJourney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋