Why are pickles zero calories but cucumbers do?

Why do pickles have no calories

Pickles are cucumbers soaked in evil” as the phrase goes and it’s circulating all over the net, printed on shirts and other merchandise that it even has its own page on facebook.

Whatever the true meaning behind the phrase, pickles are definitely not evil and are in fact proven to be healthy disregarding the taste since not all people love eating pickled cucumbers.

Pickles, like any other fruits and vegetables, are a good source of fiber, antioxidants, iron, magnesium, calcium, and are excellent in maintaining a healthy digestive system. Because of the high fiber content in pickles, daily intake is believed to help prevent the risk of developing cancer of different types.

Currently, there are numerous selections of pickles that are produced and can be purchased in the market. The process in which pickles are made, that includes the different spices and herbs used in the fermentation, are said to have its own health benefits.

Pickles are normally low in sugar, free from fat, and low in calorie content. Some manufacturers even claim to have zero calories in its product label to attract the interest of the health conscious population. However, zero calorie pickles and other food products do contain small amounts of calories in it which are called free food”.

Free food refers to the variety of food that has less than 5 grams of calories per serving.  The calorie content is so small that FDA permits the use of zero calories” ad (per serving) in the labels of free food products considering that these types of food have little caloric effect on the individual. Be that as it may, one should take into consideration that too much eating or over indulging oneself on free food products like zero calorie pickles, calories in it can still accumulate in one’s body system.

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2. If the serving size is small enough, it may say zero calories...but I'm fairly certain that there are calories (although minimal) in pickles.

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3. in america if something has less than 10 cal per serve(maybe 5) they can print it as 0 calories.

   

4. Because they aren't 0 cals. They are delicious though.

   

6. Pickles are cucumbers that have been fermented. The sugar that's in cucumbers is eaten/converted by bacteria, giving it a sour taste and leaving 0/negligible calories.

   

7. The vinegar that the cucumbers are placed in to become pickles has a negative caloric value. Cancels out.

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8. As far as I'm aware mini pickles contain on average 4cals

   

9. Wow mixed answers here. So they equal 0 or what?

   

11. they cant be zero, thats ridiculous. stupid rounding tricks is all that is

    http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...roducts/3006/2

    

12. Originally Posted by Mr_Aryze

    

    Wow mixed answers here. So they equal 0 or what?

    
    Who cares? If you're counting dill pickle calories then you take bodybuilding way too serious

    

13. Originally Posted by Mr_Aryze

    

    Wow mixed answers here. So they equal 0 or what?

    Nothing is zero calories except water.

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14. Yea I realized that this was a stupid post soon after I made it, but threads have a tough time dying here I guess haha. Here's why it was a stupid post: 100g cucumber = 15 calories 28g cucumber = 4 calories Jar of pickles nutrition label: 1 28g serving = 0 calories These fit perfectly together. For nutrition labels, 4 cals = 0 cals because of rounding.

    Also, I don't do this but if I was going to be real strict about my 0 cal counting, I would count every serving of 0 calorie food as 4 calories. Except water, as FourtoEight said.

    

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17. yeah they def. arent 0 cals..but then again they dont have enough cals to really worry about it any way....i love snacking on pickles whenever im hungry but cant afford any more cals...i probably eat 5-6 small pickles every day...hasn't affected me yet in any way

    

18. Originally Posted by ispoody1243

    

    in america if something has less than 10 cal per serve(maybe 5) they can print it as 0 calories.

    its 5
    

    Originally Posted by ZMan45

    

    Because they aren't 0 cals. They are delicious though.

    This^^^
    

    Originally Posted by PhiSig2298

    

    Who cares? If you're counting dill pickle calories then you take bodybuilding way too serious

    and that^^^
    

    Originally Posted by FourToEight

    

    Nothing is zero calories except water.

    inb4someonecorrectsme

    salt
    

    

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19. Because you see, when you pickle cucumbers, magic happens. The calorie fairies come down and make the cucumber salty and delicious and most importantly calorie free! But srsly, pickles have the same amount of cals as cucumbers, when you go by mass. The reason it says 0 is that the nutritional facts are for a mass of 28g; this amounts to 4 cals but USDA regulation allows them to round down to 0. If you were to find the calories of 28g of cucumber, it was be 4cals or less.

    In any case, don't eat too much cuz yea they are calorie sparce but i think 28g has like 500mg of sodium which is like 20percent of the value u need, so if you eat too much u will retain water, and look puffy and "gain" weight.

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21. why would you count something about 10 calories? thats near nothing, go walk the stairs up and down and 10 calories are gone again lol

    

22. Originally Posted by PhiSig2298

    

    Who cares? If you're counting dill pickle calories then you take bodybuilding way too serious

    I don't think that would be about taking bodybuilding too seriously, but rather just being stupid about it.

    

23. vinegar dissolves calories

    

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24. Originally Posted by robwein83

    

    I don't think that would be about taking bodybuilding too seriously, but rather just being stupid about it.

    
    It was a joke.. But seriously OP, unless you're eating jars of pickles, you're fine.

    

26. Originally Posted by saw7988

    

    Also, I don't do this but if I was going to be real strict about my 0 cal counting, I would count every serving of 0 calorie food as 4 calories. Except water, as FourtoEight said.

    Unless you're being as meticulous at counting calorie expenditure, you're just wasting your time.

    

27. Originally Posted by FourToEight

    

    Nothing is zero calories except water.

    inb4someonecorrectsme

    I bet this water has calories

    

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28. Never tried pickles... might have to give them a go

    

    

29. Originally Posted by PhiSig2298

    

    It was a joke.. But seriously OP, unless you're eating jars of pickles, you're fine.

    I actually am eating jars of pickles. But even then, at 5 cals a pickle thats only 80 cals/jar (it says theres 16 pickles/jar). And to me it looks like there's more like 8-10 pickles/jar.... so whatever. The only thing is the sodium and my potential high blood pressure..... but this pickle thing will probably be temporary anyway.

    

31. I just bought some mini dills which are 5 calories per pickle with an average of 19 pickles per 32oz jar. Look at the ingredients - some of them have high fructose corn syrup which will jack up the calories.

    

32. Originally Posted by Leeds001

    

    Never tried pickles... might have to give them a go

    

    Mind is blown. Never had a burger with pickles on it?!!

    

33. *insert deceiving picture of pigs here*

    now THAT's a pickle! bacon-flavoured.

    

34. Such a small amount they can just put 0 i believe

    

36. Originally Posted by HunterCML

    

    The vinegar that the cucumbers are placed in to become pickles has a negative caloric value. Cancels out.

    brb, downing a bottle of vinegar to cancel out things...

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37. Waiting for this to spread to all the over weight people who diet by doing nothing but eating "lite label packages"

    Too bad they'll buy the sweet pickles.....