peas solve this riddle

Quoted message said:

Greetings,

At Wal*Mart they sell two kinds of peas. One can costs 33c and
contains 110 cal per serving. Another can costs 46c and contains 60
cal per serving. The cans are exactly the same size with the same
ingredients listed in the same order with the same serving size. Why
does one can contain almost twice the calories?

Thank you for your time and energy,
William

110 - 60 = 50 / 4 = 12.5 grams of sugar more in the high cal can.

TC

TC said:

Quoted message said:

Greetings,

At Wal*Mart they sell two kinds of peas. One can costs 33c and
contains 110 cal per serving. Another can costs 46c and contains 60
cal per serving. The cans are exactly the same size with the same
ingredients listed in the same order with the same serving size. Why
does one can contain almost twice the calories?

Thank you for your time and energy,
William

110 - 60 = 50 / 4 = 12.5 grams of sugar more in the high cal can.

TC

Greetings,

That is what I thought at first except there are only 5 grams of sugar
per serving in the 110 cal can. The other can has 3 grams of sugar per
serving only accounting for 8 of the missing cals so it isn't that
simple.

William

Quoted message said:

TC said:

Quoted message said:

Greetings,

At Wal*Mart they sell two kinds of peas. One can costs 33c and
contains 110 cal per serving. Another can costs 46c and contains 60
cal per serving. The cans are exactly the same size with the same
ingredients listed in the same order with the same serving size. Why
does one can contain almost twice the calories?

Thank you for your time and energy,
William

110 - 60 = 50 / 4 = 12.5 grams of sugar more in the high cal can.

TC

Greetings,

That is what I thought at first except there are only 5 grams of sugar
per serving in the 110 cal can. The other can has 3 grams of sugar per
serving only accounting for 8 of the missing cals so it isn't that
simple.

William

Well then, this is just a clear example of how the calorie counting
concept completely falls apart when applied in the real world. Food
manufacturers base their numbers on rough estimates put together by the
USDA using averaging and factoring and other assorted fudge factors to
come up with some semblance of an estimate. Then the food manufacturer
is given all kinds of leeway on exactly how he does the calculation.
Then the authorities do nothing to ensure that the manufacturers use
the numbers to calculate the calories properly.

One big, vague, averaged, factored, fudged system of quantifying the
approximate energy value of foods and a system allowing the
manufacturers to use the numbers to their advantage. Hardly a recipe
for accuracy.

TC

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Quoted message said:

Greetings,

At Wal*Mart they sell two kinds of peas. One can costs 33c and
contains 110 cal per serving. Another can costs 46c and contains 60
cal per serving. The cans are exactly the same size with the same
ingredients listed in the same order with the same serving size. Why
does one can contain almost twice the calories?

Thank you for your time and energy,
William

There are lots of different types of peas.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA [email hidden]

Are the serving sizes the same on both cans.

Have you purchased one of each and poured out the liquid to see if the quantity
of peas is the same in both brands. Sometimes they add a lot of water and less
peas.

Ora

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Greetings,

At Wal*Mart they sell two kinds of peas. One can costs 33c and
contains 110 cal per serving. Another can costs 46c and contains 60
cal per serving. The cans are exactly the same size with the same
ingredients listed in the same order with the same serving size. Why
does one can contain almost twice the calories?

Thank you for your time and energy,
William

Quoted message said:

Greetings,

At Wal*Mart they sell two kinds of peas. One can costs 33c and
contains 110 cal per serving. Another can costs 46c and contains 60
cal per serving. The cans are exactly the same size with the same
ingredients listed in the same order with the same serving size. Why
does one can contain almost twice the calories?

Thank you for your time and energy,
William

COMMENT:

What is the actual serving size? My guess is that with numbers that
far off, one of the cans simply has a math error, and is reporting a
mistake.

SBH

Quoted message said:

Are the serving sizes the same on both cans.

Have you purchased one of each and poured out the liquid to see if the quantity
of peas is the same in both brands. Sometimes they add a lot of water and less
peas.

Ora

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Greetings,

At Wal*Mart they sell two kinds of peas. One can costs 33c and
contains 110 cal per serving. Another can costs 46c and contains 60
cal per serving. The cans are exactly the same size with the same
ingredients listed in the same order with the same serving size. Why
does one can contain almost twice the calories?

Thank you for your time and energy,
William

Greetings,

a) Yes. The servings sizes are the same.
b) No. I have not done a side by side compair but I have had both and
one doesn't appear half empty.
c) Perhaps I will do the side-by-side to test the water theory.

William

Jim Chinnis said:

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Quoted message said:

Greetings,

At Wal*Mart they sell two kinds of peas. One can costs 33c and
contains 110 cal per serving. Another can costs 46c and contains 60
cal per serving. The cans are exactly the same size with the same
ingredients listed in the same order with the same serving size. Why
does one can contain almost twice the calories?

Thank you for your time and energy,
William

There are lots of different types of peas.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA [email hidden]

Greetings Mr. Chinnis,

Both peas appear "standard". I would be shocked to find that one type
of "standard" pea had twice the caloric density of another -- but this
is not a field which I know much about.

Thank you for your time,
William

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Quoted message said:

Greetings,

At Wal*Mart they sell two kinds of peas. One can costs 33c and
contains 110 cal per serving. Another can costs 46c and contains 60
cal per serving. The cans are exactly the same size with the same
ingredients listed in the same order with the same serving size. Why
does one can contain almost twice the calories?

Thank you for your time and energy,
William

Young peas ("garden fresh"😉 vs old peas ("mushy peas" or almost).

Older have more (complex) carbs than young, and more protein.

Maybe one is drained weight and the other is gross...

But probably at least one [censored] table...

T.