Does Cooking Spray Have Calories?
Posted by Zolly | Under Nutrition Friday Jan 29, 2010on the nutrition facts it says like .25 grams which isn’t very much has 0 calories. i’m wondering if you were to use some on say a whole onion or something how many it would have
Yes, cooking spray has calories (not to mention all kinds of other crap). Cooking spray is one of those “boy have we pulled the wool over consumers’ eyes” that manufacturers came up with. Sounds great — zero calories!!!! — when in reality you’re getting as much or more than using a vegetable or olive or nut oil.
Food labels are allowed to say “zero calories from fat” if the amount of fat per serving is less than 1 gram, even though this is an untruth. There are 9 calories per gram of fat, so .25 grams means 2.25 calories per serving.
However, bear in mind that “the average consumer” actually uses 3 to 6 times the “serving size” as stated on the label, that
means your calories would be 7 to 14 calories.
Better to rub a little Walnut or Olive oil on your onion or cookware — same calories from fat by amount used, but these are GOOD fat calories containing Omega 3 and other nutrients…and none of the artificial ingredients and propellants. Use a paper towel, dab some oil on it, and rub your food or your cookware — you’ll use WAY less oil than if you spray.
Anyone who says “yay, cooking spray,” has bought the advertising BS and has had the wool pulled over their eyes…and they obviously have never had any basic nutrition or cooking courses.
Take a look at the other ingredients in cooking spray…then compare the ingredients in olive oil or even a vegetable oil. Hmmmm….what actually are those ingredients? If you must use a spray, use PAM with canola. But…that propellant…some oils come out and tell you that the propellant they use is PROPANE, and propane is what I use for my stove, and not something I want in my body.
I think I remember a weight watchers leader saying that a 2 second spray is one fat serving, which is a teaspoon.
Easy enough to test. Spray into a spoon.
Fat is fat. the beauty of fat spray is that it evenly distributes the fat, rather than pouring the fat on one area.
most cooking sprays are just oils. oils are fats. every gram of fat has nine calories.
Pam Original Canola oil spray for each 1/8 tsp….0.5g contains
4 calories
1% fat
no trans fats
no cholesterol
Not a significant source of saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, fibre, sugar, vitamin a, vitamin c, calcium or iron
phone # is 1-800-461-4556
This is written on the 400 g spray tin.
They always advertised it as non caloric. Also no cholesterol, no fat. It use to be lecithin, but now is depending on what the label says…some is olive oil, and other flavors are dependant on the oil…soy or corn, maybe with safflower or canola. But it adds such a small trace, that is almost unmeasurable.
I used to work for ConAgra foods (the folks who make PAM) and Lady S is TOTALLY correct…especially about the “pulling the wool over consumers’ eyes. We used to sit around thinking of ways to market products so consumers thought our products were good things. Getting around the “calories” per serving was easy — just lower the recommended “serving size” so we could say it was “zero” calories. OK, Lady S wasn’t totally correct, as we estimated that the average consumer used 10-12 times more than the 1/3 second spray that is supposedly the equivalent of “one serving.”
I worked for PAM at ConAgra — and I wouldn’t touch the crap then when I could get it for free (I knew how it was made and what was in it) and I wouldn’t touch it now.
Besides, “soy lecithin” is a major ingredient, and just do a Google search on the serious mental and physical problems that result from soy ingestion (anyone with a thyroid condition should stay as far away as possible from any kind of soy product ).
Like Lady S said, use olive, canola, or other natural oil that has good oils and Omega 3. Besides, the cost for the actual amount of product (not counting the propellants and other garbage they add to stabilize) is rediculous!
It says on the can that 1/3 sec spray has “0″ calories. It says elsewhere that 1 sec has 7 calories.
When I use it, I count “chimpanzee one, chimpanzee two” and that’s usually plenty of spray and still only 14 calories. (About 1.5 grams)
I know the spray has all kinds of “stuff” in it. It’s still the fastest, simplest way for me to cook with very little fat. I don’t think the propellant, etc, will hurt me as much as this 20 extra pounds!
olive oil is high in calories.
cooking spray usually has none.
i use both most every day.
nope. no calories!
one of the only things nowa days lol
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nope not at all
depends on the kind