I'm guessing there's an error somewhere, because this doesn't seem possible.
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Hey OP. I think those numbers are based off the 60grams not the 4tsp.
4tsp of olive oil is 18 grams. 60grams of olive oil would be about 500 calories. I would assume they weight similar.
That's my thought too, although 4tbsp would be a pretty hefty serving size so I'm betting their mistake was using tbsp when converting to grams (when they meant to use tsp) and then it's likely correct from there.
The whole jar says 210g, so unless you're supposed to use ~30% of the container, somebody messed up a conversion.
That’s about how much I use.
And 4 tbsp would be triple 4 tsp, or 54 grams. Similar ballpark at least.
google says that 60grams is the common conversion for 4 tablespoons.
Grams are a measure of weight (well, mass if you want to be really specific). Tablespoons are a measure of volume. In order to do a proper comparison you need to know density.
Because metric plans things nicely, a gram is one milliliter of water. 4 tbsp is 59.15ml. So... Yeah, pretty damn close to 60, but again that's when working with water. I would imagine chili flakes are a little less dense and might throw that calculation off a bit.