eli5: why is potato chips so high in calories but potatoes are relatively low?
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People are saying it’s fat but that’s really very low. What’s actually causing it is the relative weight of a chip vs a potato once the water has been removed.
A few google searches show the numbers line up pretty evenly no matter what you look at, so:
28 grams of fried potato chip is about 150 calories
28 grams of baked potato chip is about 140 calories
28 grams of uncooked potato is about 22 calories. That’s because it’s heavier due to the water content. If you dehydrated the potato you’d end up with about 140 calories per 28 grams, even without frying it
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