Calorie difference between cooked and raw food

Segotias

This came up in a group I'm in.

They were trying to get the calorie breakdown of chips cooked in an airfryer and searched on MFP

The difference between boiled potatoes and the oil the'd added to make the chips was a good bit less than the calorie amount coming from MFP and most other food trackers.

Does anyone have any insight on why the calories increase so much?

timeToLive

Well the data on MFP is sometimes just incorrect, even when you scan a barcode

Besides meat I've never considered the difference of calories of cooked/uncooked and it's never been an issue

calorie tracking has to be done with recording your weight. Over time you'll see how it is affected

Mellor

Segotias wrote: »

Does anyone have any insight on why the calories increase so much?

The calories done increase. Cooked is the same as raw.
Calories of chips in an air fryer is equal to calories of raw potato plus oil.

wench

One of the main differences comes down to food adding or losing water in the cooking process.
So a portion of pasta could double in weight, whereas your air fryer is presumably drying out the potatoes.
The calories in the food haven't changed, but the density per 100g has.

bladespin

Mellor wrote: »

plus oil.

This bit, often overlooked, like milk in your cereal or tea etc.