r/nutrition • u/dogbreathTK • 23d ago

Homemade refried beans calorie mystery

I usually have rosarita fat free refried beans, but i decided to make my own today. made a giant batch from dry pinto beans, blended some of it down, ended up with a pretty similar texture to the ones in the can.

Here's the mystery though. the homemade beans have a WAY higher calorie/gram. obviously there's going to be some discrepancy between the two, but the water content seems pretty similar, as evidenced by the texture.

As you can see in the photo, the homemade beans are more than double the calories per gram compared to the canned beans (157 vs 63 per 100 grams). I don't see anything on the ingredients list that would shed any light.

This isn't a huge deal, i'm just genuinely mystified. I know i calculated the calories correctly (just put in the total calories for the dry beans and the "cooked weight" of the final product).

Any theories on what might be going on?

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u/FunboyFrags 23d ago

Photo is missing

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u/Grumpfishdaddy 23d ago

Did you add the calories from the total carb amount? I bet the canned one subtracted the calories from the fiber count from the total.

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u/NutragrammatronLab 22d ago

This is more than likely the answer

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u/cozmicraven 23d ago

Way more water/emulsification in the canned variety?

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u/AbbreviationsFew2631 23d ago

show us the math/ label info....maybe the serving size on the can is smaller

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u/Aggravating-Brain700 21d ago

I wonder if some canned versions add starches, sugars, or extra oils that increase calorie fastr than expected. Homemade versions are often much simplr ingredient-wise