How many calories are in the mashed potatoes?

Dishes that we usually cook from potatoes,differ in diversity and a fairly wide range of energy values: from 65 (in puree on water) to almost 200 kcal per 100 grams (in fried on animal fat, for example). How many calories in mashed potatoes are a separate topic for conversation, because depending on the additives, the energy value of the final product can also vary significantly. Let's consider the main options.

Lean puree

This dish is well cooked during fasting. This light, dietary option does not harm the gastrointestinal tract, it will help to keep the figure, well feeding the body with carbohydrates, of which eighty-five percent is potatoes. In its raw form, its calorific value is 77 kcal. But it is interesting that peeled and boiled in water, it reduces its energy value to 65. If from it to cook puree on broth, without using butter and milk, then the caloric content generally drops to 40-45 kcal per 100 grams of product (depending on the density mashed potatoes). This happens because potatoes absorb the broth, adding to the volume.

With milk

If you add a small amount in the pureenot too fat milk (2.5%) - literally, half a glass, then the caloric content of mashed potatoes can increase to 50. That is, compared to raw potatoes, mashed potatoes "lose" up to 30 kcal per 100 grams. In both cases, one can not worry too much about the "severity" of such a meal, it can not go about any harm to the figure, because there are practically no fats and proteins - some carbohydrates. By the way, that's why doctors do not recommend eating potatoes for lunch so that they can correctly digest the body without overloading the pancreas.

With butter

The most saturated version is with cow butter(solid or melted). This dish is additionally saturated with fats. Caloric content per 100 grams can increase to 100! Such puree dieticians recommend eating with vegetables. Accordingly, puree with butter is not recommended and fasting. But the mashed potatoes with fried onions and a piece of sausage, like many people like, can "tighten" by 150 calories.

More information about potatoes can be found in the section Potatoes.