iHcpl #39 Nutrition Data

Wow, I found the site (Nutrition Data) a little overwhelming. There was too much information there in too many formats. I had trouble navigating the site and finding anything useful or new. I was able to figure out my BMI which is something I really didn't want to know.

I used apple cobbler as a recipe to figure out nutritional information. It had 430 Calories, 20 grams of fat, and 6gm of saturated fat. It was low in cholesterol and had a glycerol load pf 31 which was 1/3 of the daily recommended amount (100).

I liked the Recipes.sparkpeople.com site better. I used one of the potato salad recipes from GMA as my favorite recipe. When I ran it through the nutrition calculator with a recipe that serves 12, it came back very high in all of the calories and fat!

I then ran it through with no-fat or low-fat ingredients (cream cheese, sour cream and Mayo) and turkey bacon in place of regular bacon the numbers were much better, but I'd have to taste test it before I made it for a group.

Here is the recipe: Potato Salad

8-10 large baking potatoes
3 eggs
8-10 slices of bacon
8 oz cream cheese
6 oz sour cream
1 c mayonnaise
1/4 c yellow mustard
1 large vidalia onion
1 small jar sweet Gherkin pickles, chopped
2/3 tbsp sweet Gherkin pickle juice
1 small jar pimentos, drained and chopped
1 16 oz block sharp cheddar cheese, grated
salt and pepper to taste

Nutritional Information: Normal recipe
Nutrition Facts
12 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1,022.7
Total Fat 70.6 g
Saturated Fat 27.6 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 10.0 g
Monounsaturated Fat 28.7 g
Cholesterol 382.0 mg
Sodium 1,845.7 mg
Potassium 1,642.3 mg
Total Carbohydrate 51.6 g
Dietary Fiber 4.8 g
Sugars 2.4 g
Protein 45.4 g
Vitamin A 20.8 %
Vitamin B-12 40.1 %
Vitamin B-6 49.0 %
Vitamin C 33.7 %
Vitamin D 8.5 %
Vitamin E 12.0 %
Calcium 24.7 %
Copper 20.9 %
Folate 25.0 %
Iron 27.4 %
Magnesium 23.5 %
Manganese 26.1 %
Niacin 45.7 %
Pantothenic Acid 26.7 %
Phosphorus 67.4 %
Riboflavin 46.1 %
Selenium 65.8 %
Thiamin 51.7 % Zinc 33.1 %

Nurtitonal Information: Low-fat recipe
Nutrition Facts
“Doctored” recipe
12 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 401.4
Total Fat 15.6 g
Saturated Fat 7.6 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.3 g
Monounsaturated Fat 5.0 g
Cholesterol 287.7 mg
Sodium 370.7 mg
Potassium 1,228.9 mg
Total Carbohydrate 46.8 g
Dietary Fiber 4.8 g
Sugars 2.6 g
Protein 19.6 g
Vitamin A 15.7 %
Vitamin B-12 14.5 %
Vitamin B-6 37.2 %
Vitamin C 33.8 %
Vitamin D 8.5 %
Vitamin E 5.1 %
Calcium 23.9 %
Copper 13.8 %
Folate 24.0 %
Iron 18.5 %
Magnesium 18.5 %
Manganese 24.5 %
Niacin 14.7 %
Pantothenic Acid 17.1 %
Phosphorus 41.1 %
Riboflavin 30.8 %
Selenium 35.6 %
Thiamin 12.6 %
Zinc 14.9 %