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For comparison purposes, that 1377 - 1400 calories per pound for the dried cranberries equates to about 240 calories per pound for fresh. Water rules! Plus commecial drying processes tend to vitually eliminate vitamins C and A.
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Excellent! I shall transfer my obsession and… eat 1000 calories of butter instead!
[QUOTE=WhyNot]
Do you know why that is? It just occurred to me that I have a small home food dehydrator, and I could dry my own unsweetened cranberries fairly easily. But if they’re going to lose their Vit C and A, I don’t know if there’s a whole lot of point.
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The articles that I read specifically accuse the commercial drying metods for vitamin loss. they usually go on to say that home drying does not delpete vitamins nearly as much. I have not researches why, but it sounds like you’re OK.
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Excellent! I shall transfer my obsession and… eat 1000 calories of butter instead![\quote]
That would be about 1.20 sticks of butter, or .75 stick with breading and deep fried.
[QUOTE=Speaker for the Dead]
Excellent! I shall transfer my obsession and… eat 1000 calories of butter instead!
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Once again, butter wins a battle without even trying.
[QUOTE=Fear Itself]
Calculating from the information at NutritionData, sweetened dried cranberries come in at about 1377 calories per pound.
40 grams = 123 calories
1 gram = 3.075 calories
448 grams (1 pound) = 1377.6 calories per pound.
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1 gram of cranberries = 3 calories
Realize that for pure sugar or pure protein, 1 gram = 4 calories. Dried cranberies seem to be practically pure sugar/protein by weight, so whether or not they’re sweetened doesn’t even matter!
But anyway, it’s definately NOT the same thing as candy and is NOT empty calories. A pound of cranberies, although not super-abundant in vitamins (I don’t suppose those survive the cooking, drying, and storing), still contains many minerals. There’ll be a whole lot of calcium, magnesium, and potassium in a dried pound, which is good because we need those elements in ridiculous doses and usually don’t eat enough.
[QUOTE=WhyNot]
Do you know why that is? It just occurred to me that I have a small home food dehydrator, and I could dry my own unsweetened cranberries fairly easily. But if they’re going to lose their Vit C and A, I don’t know if there’s a whole lot of point.
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Hijack: I just made banana chips. About two pounds of fresh bananas made less than a sandwich-size baggie full. I think that Younger preferred the bananas, anyway.
Have you noticed that your urine does not have an odor? My late Mom’s nursing home fed all the inmates cranberry juice with every meal because that eliminates the urine odor.
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But anyway, it’s definately NOT the same thing as candy and is NOT empty calories. A pound of cranberies, although not super-abundant in vitamins (I don’t suppose those survive the cooking, drying, and storing), still contains many minerals. There’ll be a whole lot of calcium, magnesium, and potassium in a dried pound, which is good because we need those elements in ridiculous doses and usually don’t eat enough.
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Actually, dried cranberries are extremely low in nutrition.
[QUOTE=Hello Again]
Actually, dried cranberries are extremely low in nutrition.
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Wow, you’re right. Cranberries, fresh or dried, are entirely devoid of minerals. Nevermind then, they’re exactly the same as candy.
[QUOTE=Alex_Dubinsky]
Wow, you’re right. Cranberries, fresh or dried, are entirely devoid of minerals. Nevermind then, they’re exactly the same as candy.
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I *think * you’re being facetious, but actually, a Snickers bar has quite a lot more nutrition than an equal caloric measure of dried cranberries (about 2/3 cup).
(use the drop down menu to select the standard bar (2 oz)
[QUOTE=Doctor Jackson]
That would be about 1.20 sticks of butter, or .75 stick with breading and deep fried.
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What about bacon? You can’t have butter without bacon (well, you can, but it’s kinda pointless).
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan]
What about bacon? You can’t have butter without bacon (well, you can, but it’s kinda pointless).
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Oog. Now I’m hungry but my heart is cowering in fear.