If 100g mushroom has 3.3g carbs, 3.1g protein and 0.3g fats where’s the rest of the 100g? As it what makes it up?
How do macros not equate to the total weight of a food, not exclusively for mushrooms but more generally
In: Chemistry
Most of the remaining weight is water. Mushrooms are over 90% water by weight and even that is very dry compared to a lot of other fruits and vegetables. If you fry mushrooms you evaporate the water making them shrink and become very light. And even then they are still mostly water.
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