[VegPal]

When a food item like canned baked beans is packed in sauce is it OK to drain the item and then take the drained portion and use that to calculate Calories and Points.

For example the drained weight of the beans is 200g.
Is it OK to then divide that by the serving size listed on the can in this case 130g and use that serving size to determine the Calories/Fat/Fiber and thus the points. Or does the fluid have to be included too?

Thanks for your help.

[Kelly_S]

The fluid is already included in the nutritional amount...so if it is 1/2 a cup serving that would be 1/2 a cup with fluid.

[Divers]

What about canned pineapple? I have canned pineapple and the NI on the can is in mL not in oz or g or something I can weigh. I can't measure the pineapple chunks in mL. I think this is a stupid way to post NI. What do I do for this?

[Kelly_S]

What brand? Mine is always in cups...

[Divers]

i'm from canada and its del monte. but every brand of pineapple i have seen is in ml. Is that strange or what?

[Kelly_S]

Have you tried using a conversion table to see if it will convert ml to cups for you?

[Divers]

Found this: Milliliters into Grams: Multiply the specific gravity of the substance by the number of milliliters, to obtain the weight in grams.

But not sure what they mean by specific gravity? Any idea?