Google and various websites says 28g of pecans is between 185 and 195 calories, how in the world are praline pecans much less calories?

  • explore_broaden@midwest.social
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    4 months ago

    Sugar only has about 4 calories per gram, so 28 grams would be 112 calories. So a blend of sugar and pecans has less calories per gram (somewhere between). Fat is very dense in calories per gram, and pecans are mostly fats.