I'm guessing there's an error somewhere, because this doesn't seem possible.
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All food oil is 9kcal/g, carbs and protein are 4kcal/g.
The chili oil is mostly oil.
Sure, but this stuff is like triple the density of oil if 4 tsp is 60g
60g of oil is 540 kcal-ish. The chili pepper is comparatively calorie free, so yea, 440kcal makes total sense.
Is it the tsp that's throwing you off? I think there's a typo - 4 tbsp would be about 60g. 4tsp I would expect to be about 20g.
I way prefer dealing in mass for cooking and baking personally...
It is broken down into 43g fat, 10g cars and 4g protein. Using another commenter's numbers of 9kcal/g for fat and 4kcal/g for the others gives 443 kcal. So yeah, well within margin.
Dang. Wouldn't have expected that either. Then again, I don't use a ton on food because I don't want things to be sopping in oil.
60g is excessive. I think they got their serving size wrong. Unless this is to make an entire big bowl of Sichuan chicken or something, rather than adding in after.
I don't think I've ever paid attention to the recommended serving on a hot sauce. XD
4 tablespoons is 2 oz is 60g.
It says teaspoons...
It also says 60g, which maths with everything else.
Minor translation error on units they don’t use in China.
Probably an error and they accidentally calculated for 4 tablespoons instead of 4 teaspoons.
4 tablespoons is 2 oz is 1/4 cup is 60g