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Dry bulk ingredients, such as sugar and flour, are measured by weight in most of the world ("250 g flour"), and by volume in North America ("1 ⁄ 2 cup flour"). Small quantities of salt and spices are generally measured by volume worldwide, as few households have sufficiently precise balances to measure by weight.
For example, in a recipe that calls for 10 pounds of flour and 5 pounds of water, the corresponding baker's percentages are 100% for the flour and 50% for the water. Because these percentages are stated with respect to the weight of flour rather than with respect to the weight of all ingredients, the sum of these percentages always exceeds 100%.
The tables below include tabular lists for selected basic foods, compiled from United States Dept. of Agriculture sources.Included for each food is its weight in grams, its calories, and (also in grams,) the amount of protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, fat, and saturated fat. [1]
While regular or whole milk has an average of 3.5% fat, reduced-fat milks have at least 25% less fat than regular milk. Low-fat milk must contain less than 1.5% fat and skim or ‘fat-free’ milk has no more than 0.15% fat. [12]
The precise equivalence between calories and joules has varied over the years, but in thermochemistry and nutrition it is now generally assumed that one (small) calorie (thermochemical calorie) is equal to exactly 4.184 J, and therefore one kilocalorie (one large calorie) is 4184 J or 4.184 kJ. [10] [11]
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per 250 mL cup Human milk [1] Cow milk (whole) [2] Soy milk (unsweetened) [3] Almond milk (unsweetened) [4] Oat milk (unsweetened) [5] Energy, kJ (kcal) 720 (172) 620 (149) 330 (80) 160 (39) 500 (120) Protein (g) 2.5 7.69 6.95 1.55 3 Fat (g) 10.8 7.93 3.91 2.88 5 Saturated fat (g) 4.9 4.55 0.5 0.21 0.5 Carbohydrate (g) 17.0 11.71 4.23 1.52 16 ...
Similarly, for every 3500 calories consumed above the amount one needs, a pound will be gained. [5] [6] Wishnofsky noted that previous research suggested that a pound of human adipose tissue is 87% fat, which equals 395 grams of fat. He further assumed that animal fat contains 9.5 calories per gram.