White hominy has more calories than yellow?

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    LLV's AvatarLLV , 05-21-2007 05:41 PM
    Why?

    It appears that white hominy has more calories per 1/2 cup than yellow.

    Would anyone have any idea why this is? Not that it really matters, but I just noticed that today and was a little confused about it.
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    maryblu's Avatarmaryblu , 05-21-2007 07:13 PM
    Nah huh...Dedicated Hominy fan that I am, I have in front of me a can of both...the brand is "The Allens". White hominy has 110 per half cup, and the golden has 120......but here is a real difference, and I am not happy. There are 380 mg. of sodium in the golden, and 570 in a half cup of white! Why do they have to put so much !#$!%@$$%#$^% sodium in such a healthy food???
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    LLV's AvatarLLV , 05-21-2007 07:38 PM
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by maryblu
    Nah huh...Dedicated Hominy fan that I am, I have in front of me a can of both...the brand is "The Allens". White hominy has 110 per half cup, and the golden has 120
    I'm seeing different. Maybe it just differs from certain brands. Even calorie king has white hominy listed as higher in calorie than yellow. I looked at other websites as well and I'm still seeing white higher in calories than yellow.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by maryblu
    ......but here is a real difference, and I am not happy. There are 380 mg. of sodium in the golden, and 570 in a half cup of white! Why do they have to put so much !#$!%@$$%#$^% sodium in such a healthy food???
    Well, technically, there are healthier foods than hominy. It's really not all that great nutritionally. Except for a little bit of fiber and zinc, it really doesn't have that many vitamins or anything. I simply eat it because I like it.

    However, you can rinse the hominy to remove SOME of the sodium content.
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    QuilterInVA's AvatarQuilterInVA , 05-22-2007 11:54 AM
    Different varieties of corn have different calories - the same with all food really. Hominy is not that great a food for us to consume often.
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    LLV's AvatarLLV , 05-22-2007 08:30 PM
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by QuilterInVA
    Different varieties of corn have different calories - the same with all food really. Hominy is not that great a food for us to consume often.
    Everything in moderation

    We could definitely be consuming worse. But like I said above, hominy really isn't all that nutritional.
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    sportmom's Avatarsportmom , 05-22-2007 09:56 PM
    I love hominy, but really removed it as a diet staple, when I realized it was no better than corn, which some describe as only worthy as livestock feed and having no place in a weight loss diet. I'm sure that's extreme, but I decided that since I like black-eyed peas so much -- and they're great for you -- that I could live without hominy without crying.
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    LLV's AvatarLLV , 05-23-2007 11:37 AM
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by hrbabe
    I love hominy, but really removed it as a diet staple, when I realized it was no better than corn, which some describe as only worthy as livestock feed and having no place in a weight loss diet. I'm sure that's extreme,
    Well, yes, I would say that's a little extreme. Corn has many health benefits.

    http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?t...dspice&dbid=90

    I'm not a big corn eater, but I do like it once in a while, especially the fresh corn on the cob from my local farmers market.

    So delicious! I eat it all summer long.
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