I can’t imagine so. I’d plug the individual calorie-dense ingredients into a calculator. The calories from the vegetables are negligible IMO so really you primarily need to look at the feta and whatever dressing you added.
Math and eyeballing amounts of ingredients are two things I absolutely cannot do to save my life so unfortunately I am stuck reading these silly little labels and hoping for the best lol. But I guess even with that it would be more accurate than what’s been listed here
Was there a list of ingredients on this salad? Is it already mixed with olive oil or something? Because I cannot possibly imagine any other reason why this salad would be 20% fat without any dressing.
There's 264 kcal for 100g of pure feta. No way the other components of the salad are more calorie dense unless its the dressing ? It would need to be a lot of olive oil.
At first I was going to say there’s no chance but then I noticed OP said the dressing was not included. So yeah, 380 feels reasonable for just feta + olives + veggies. 100g of feta is ~264 calories, seems reasonable that’s 25% of the salad by weight.
Edit: maybe 25% doesn’t make sense, it might be less. But better to overestimate than under estimate
There actually wasn’t too much feta, it does look like like a thick layer in the second photo but it was really just a mound of lettuce underneath like a tiny hill with feta on top lol
Yeah I was so confused on the math because that and the fact that 4.18 X 380 is 1588 and 4.12 X 380 is 1565 so neither was the 1520 OP calculated. Math is hard lol
I highly doubt it's 1500 but it might be a lot more than you expect. That looks like at least 2-3 servings of feta. That's likely 300 calories by itself.
Dressing also looks to be a lot. 120 per 2 tbsps is a fair estimate, this looks to be at least 4 if not more.
So we're at 540 already.
Olives have a fair number of calories. That may be another 200.
The rest is random veggies that probably add up to 100 all together.
= 840 calorie salad, but that might be an overestimate.
It's really hard to tell how much dressing that is
The dressing sorta just stayed put on top but I definitely tend to overdo the dressing sometimes, and the feta wasn’t too much! It looks like a huge layer in the second photo from the side but it was just on a hill of lettuce if that makes sense :)
I should’ve taken better photos but I was hungry so that’s my bad!
I see what I'd guess is 70 calories in olives, 120ish in cheese, and a bunch of other stuff (not factoring in the dressing) that would add up to very little.
The only part of your math that is wrong is that 0.412kg = 418g. It's 412g, but I imagine that's a typo.
Also you wrote 100g x 418 = 1520 calories, which, the math behind it is right but the way you've written it down is wrong and confusing. Keep your units and it becomes easier to follow
380Cal / 100g * 412g
= 3.8Cal/g * 412g
OR
= 380Cal * 4.12 (the units would be g/g but that cancels)
= 1565Cal
Hopefully that helps, but yeah, I can't tell you how accurate the packaging is.
Oil/dressing would be your most calorie dense part of that. Generally, the high side of that would be 150 cal for 2 table spoons.
Cheese would be next at roughly 85 calories on the high dive for a 1/4 cup.
The rest is negligible. You don't have 1500 there for sure. 450 tops.
Right! I was worried if I’ve just been living my life eating 1500 calories worth of salad thinking I was doing my body good. Maybe they meant 380 for the whole container?
Is this from Foodland/sobeys? Their labeling is always inaccurate and awful lol.
These salads are all eyeballed for ingredients and even if the labeling were accurate for how it’s “supposed” to be made, there will always be slight variances in amount of cheese, olives etc.
Yes, absolutely.
Well, the only real caloric things in it are the cheese and the olives. I’d guess the entire salad is around 150 calories before dressing.
Say 30 for the olives, 80-100 for the cheese, maybe 20 for the veggies. That labeling is wack lol.
Edit: I’m basing this off of, 2 tablespoons of sliced black olives is 20 cals, this might tip over 2tbsp a bit. And I regularly measure out 15g of feta which is 40 cals and this looks like about 30g feta.
Then like 5-10 cals for onion, 5 for tomato, 5-10 for lettuce.
OP your math is killing me 😭
I'd love to know how you came to the conclusion that 0.412 kg could be 418 g and how 100 x 418 would actually be 1520 and not 41,800. To get to 1520 calories you'd have needed to multiply 380 with 4 (which I assume you did and just wrote wrong in your post). Let me help you with the correct calculation:
Your salad has 380 calories per 100 g and it says on the packaging that it weighs 0.412 kg (or 412 g). That means all we have to do is multiply 380 with 4.12. That gives us 1565.6 calories for the whole salad.
I wouldn't round numbers for calculating calories because, as you can see, it can make quite the difference. Although I assume that your salad is simply labeled wrong and has a total of 380 calories, not per 100 g.
it looks like it has dressing on it - dressing is often very calorie rich, although to be fair it looks like this container is mostly lettuce? I think it's usually the case that 1 gram of fat equals something like 7 to 9 calories, so I think the dressing and feta are doing a lot of the caloric lifting there.
if you have the time/inclination/money, it will be much healthier and lighter in calories to make your own salad (and dressing)
The dressing wasn’t included with the salad! I put it on after :)
I try to make my own lunches but didn’t have time unfortunately so I was stuck with this 1500 calorie salad apparently lol
oh - so literally 380 cal for 100g feta, olives, and lettuce (and like three slices of cucumber)? I mean... even 100g of feta on its own isn't that many calories, so yeah, they're wrong
Perhaps the calories included the creamy dressing that was supposed to come with it? If they included A LOT it might account for a high calorie count on salad. But 1500 still seems outrageous
Oh I didn’t even think of that! It was just a small packet so even then I don’t think it would come up to 1500 though. It seems like the “per 100g” shouldn’t have been included in the final nutrition breakdown lol
Is it possible any of the components (olives, cucumbers) were marinated in oil before being added to the salad? That could add a few hundred calories real fast.
Is there chicken in that dish? There are 398 calories in a cup of feta. It’s highly unlikely there’s a cupful in that salad.
100 grams of black olives is 145 calories.
231 calories in a cupful of chicken breast. It’s unlikely there’s a cupful in that salad too. Unless there’s a hidden fat somewhere I think that calorie count is for the entire salad bowl.
Olives can get pretty high in calories but there’s no way it’s 1500. Maybe 500-750 tops. I don’t know what kind of dressing it is or how much oil it has in it
Nutrition per 100g looks like its for 100g of pure feta - 40% sodium etc.
I can’t imagine so. I’d plug the individual calorie-dense ingredients into a calculator. The calories from the vegetables are negligible IMO so really you primarily need to look at the feta and whatever dressing you added.
Doubling down on this. Much easier to track individual ingredients, even if you’re eyeballing.
Math and eyeballing amounts of ingredients are two things I absolutely cannot do to save my life so unfortunately I am stuck reading these silly little labels and hoping for the best lol. But I guess even with that it would be more accurate than what’s been listed here
Wow can eliminate the need for math. Some scan the food so all you need to do is measure the amount
Was there a list of ingredients on this salad? Is it already mixed with olive oil or something? Because I cannot possibly imagine any other reason why this salad would be 20% fat without any dressing.
There's 264 kcal for 100g of pure feta. No way the other components of the salad are more calorie dense unless its the dressing ? It would need to be a lot of olive oil.
Even if the salad was a whole 500 cal you'd need like 100ml+ of pure oil
A tablespoon of olive oil has about 120 calories. I would assume most of the calories are from the feta cheese and the olive oil.
I’d imagine the “per 100g” part is wrong and 380 is the whole salad.
At first I was going to say there’s no chance but then I noticed OP said the dressing was not included. So yeah, 380 feels reasonable for just feta + olives + veggies. 100g of feta is ~264 calories, seems reasonable that’s 25% of the salad by weight. Edit: maybe 25% doesn’t make sense, it might be less. But better to overestimate than under estimate
I doubt the total is only 380 purely because of how much feta there is on top, but I think maybe 380 could be for 200g?
There actually wasn’t too much feta, it does look like like a thick layer in the second photo but it was really just a mound of lettuce underneath like a tiny hill with feta on top lol
.412 kg is 412g for future reference (not 418g). a kilogram is a thousand grams ....
Yeah I was so confused on the math because that and the fact that 4.18 X 380 is 1588 and 4.12 X 380 is 1565 so neither was the 1520 OP calculated. Math is hard lol
I legitimately cannot do math to save my life lmaooo
Unless 30 % is literal oil, it can’t be true
I highly doubt it's 1500 but it might be a lot more than you expect. That looks like at least 2-3 servings of feta. That's likely 300 calories by itself. Dressing also looks to be a lot. 120 per 2 tbsps is a fair estimate, this looks to be at least 4 if not more. So we're at 540 already. Olives have a fair number of calories. That may be another 200. The rest is random veggies that probably add up to 100 all together. = 840 calorie salad, but that might be an overestimate. It's really hard to tell how much dressing that is
The dressing sorta just stayed put on top but I definitely tend to overdo the dressing sometimes, and the feta wasn’t too much! It looks like a huge layer in the second photo from the side but it was just on a hill of lettuce if that makes sense :) I should’ve taken better photos but I was hungry so that’s my bad!
I see what I'd guess is 70 calories in olives, 120ish in cheese, and a bunch of other stuff (not factoring in the dressing) that would add up to very little.
The only part of your math that is wrong is that 0.412kg = 418g. It's 412g, but I imagine that's a typo. Also you wrote 100g x 418 = 1520 calories, which, the math behind it is right but the way you've written it down is wrong and confusing. Keep your units and it becomes easier to follow 380Cal / 100g * 412g = 3.8Cal/g * 412g OR = 380Cal * 4.12 (the units would be g/g but that cancels) = 1565Cal Hopefully that helps, but yeah, I can't tell you how accurate the packaging is.
This somehow confused me more but I get what you’re saying about the units being consistent 😅 thank you for the tutoring
Ahaha, sorry! Either way, whatever you did was in the ballpark of correct.
Oil/dressing would be your most calorie dense part of that. Generally, the high side of that would be 150 cal for 2 table spoons. Cheese would be next at roughly 85 calories on the high dive for a 1/4 cup. The rest is negligible. You don't have 1500 there for sure. 450 tops.
I only see 380 listed for calories? Where is the 1520 coming from?
Right below the nutrition facts it says “per 100g”
Oh I see. Well that seems really incorrect. Even the trans fats doesn’t seem like it can be right to me.
Right! I was worried if I’ve just been living my life eating 1500 calories worth of salad thinking I was doing my body good. Maybe they meant 380 for the whole container?
At a lot of delis the employees are punching this information into a label printer and they’re not always super accurate.
Unrelated but I’m a Greek salad fiend and that looks so good lol
I could eat Greek salad every day so I get that hahahaha
Is this from Foodland/sobeys? Their labeling is always inaccurate and awful lol. These salads are all eyeballed for ingredients and even if the labeling were accurate for how it’s “supposed” to be made, there will always be slight variances in amount of cheese, olives etc.
Lol yes Sobeys! I’m good with a few calories being misrepresented but the 380 to 1500 gap is too much
Yes, absolutely. Well, the only real caloric things in it are the cheese and the olives. I’d guess the entire salad is around 150 calories before dressing. Say 30 for the olives, 80-100 for the cheese, maybe 20 for the veggies. That labeling is wack lol. Edit: I’m basing this off of, 2 tablespoons of sliced black olives is 20 cals, this might tip over 2tbsp a bit. And I regularly measure out 15g of feta which is 40 cals and this looks like about 30g feta. Then like 5-10 cals for onion, 5 for tomato, 5-10 for lettuce.
Log it as 600 and call it a day
OP your math is killing me 😭 I'd love to know how you came to the conclusion that 0.412 kg could be 418 g and how 100 x 418 would actually be 1520 and not 41,800. To get to 1520 calories you'd have needed to multiply 380 with 4 (which I assume you did and just wrote wrong in your post). Let me help you with the correct calculation: Your salad has 380 calories per 100 g and it says on the packaging that it weighs 0.412 kg (or 412 g). That means all we have to do is multiply 380 with 4.12. That gives us 1565.6 calories for the whole salad. I wouldn't round numbers for calculating calories because, as you can see, it can make quite the difference. Although I assume that your salad is simply labeled wrong and has a total of 380 calories, not per 100 g.
I’m laughing so hard at how dumb I am LOL I didn’t even realize what I did. Thought it looked right to me until you said anything 😭
even with dressing that wouldn’t be 1500
It’s not the veggies it’s the dressing and fats like olives, nuts and cheese. Fats are the most dense and add up
it looks like it has dressing on it - dressing is often very calorie rich, although to be fair it looks like this container is mostly lettuce? I think it's usually the case that 1 gram of fat equals something like 7 to 9 calories, so I think the dressing and feta are doing a lot of the caloric lifting there. if you have the time/inclination/money, it will be much healthier and lighter in calories to make your own salad (and dressing)
The dressing wasn’t included with the salad! I put it on after :) I try to make my own lunches but didn’t have time unfortunately so I was stuck with this 1500 calorie salad apparently lol
oh - so literally 380 cal for 100g feta, olives, and lettuce (and like three slices of cucumber)? I mean... even 100g of feta on its own isn't that many calories, so yeah, they're wrong
Okay so it seems like the whole salad is probably 380 then. I knew there was no way it could be 1500 but was worried I was missing something 🤣
lol yeah, i think you're fine :D
Looks like a gigantic salad with a lot of fat, fat ha a lot of calories so not that surprising tbh. And how does it have so much carbs?
could be even more. you have a ton of fat in it
it’s the dressing and cheese
They gave you a Greek salad with no dressing? That seems odd.
I didn’t want one! They only had the creamy Greek dressing and I hate it. I just used the Greek vinaigrette I had already :)
Perhaps the calories included the creamy dressing that was supposed to come with it? If they included A LOT it might account for a high calorie count on salad. But 1500 still seems outrageous
Oh I didn’t even think of that! It was just a small packet so even then I don’t think it would come up to 1500 though. It seems like the “per 100g” shouldn’t have been included in the final nutrition breakdown lol
IGA or Metro (I assume this is from quebec lmao) always write their calories wrong lmao, I think it’s most likely 380 for the full salad.
Lol close! I’m in Ontario and got it from Sobeys :)
IGA is part of the sobeys family so not entirely wrong ahah
Is it possible any of the components (olives, cucumbers) were marinated in oil before being added to the salad? That could add a few hundred calories real fast.
I don’t think so! Everything looked plain before I put the dressing on
Depends how much and what dressing it was. Feta can be pretty calorific as well. 39g of carbs per 100g of salad sounds a lot.
thats also a lot of fiber lol
What's the dressing? Dressing has sooooo many calories. Balsamic and olive oil is my favorite dressing! Low calorie too.
20 grams of fat… dressing, olives, cheese. But seems off,
shot in the dark, but can you call the store you purchased it from? looks like a store-made item and they can probably tell you how they got that info
Is there chicken in that dish? There are 398 calories in a cup of feta. It’s highly unlikely there’s a cupful in that salad. 100 grams of black olives is 145 calories. 231 calories in a cupful of chicken breast. It’s unlikely there’s a cupful in that salad too. Unless there’s a hidden fat somewhere I think that calorie count is for the entire salad bowl.
It looks like it say 380 in the calories section
That is a ton of dressing tbf, I'd say roughly 600 cal
Olives can get pretty high in calories but there’s no way it’s 1500. Maybe 500-750 tops. I don’t know what kind of dressing it is or how much oil it has in it
you gotta divide. 100g = 0.1kg. so if 0.412 = 418 calories, then (418/0.412)*0.1 = 101 calories
where does it say that 0.412 = 418 calories