Last night I was busy figuring out my foods, and calorie counts for today, when I noticed that I didn't have Miracle Whip in my data base. I go to my cupboard to get the MW jar to type in the info, and fit day say's that I already have this so I look, and I do. But, and here is the odd part. My old jar says 40 calories per tablespoon, and the new jar says 35 calories per tablespoon. I keep doing a double take, niether one of them are light MW, same size jar even the same style jar. I know this wouldn't make a difference but I was trying to find any reason for a differnce in calories. I even had DH look at both jars and her couldn't find anything. Has this happened to anyone else? I am trying to now figure out which count to go by. Maybe they have changed there formula for making it? What does everyone think?

Wilma

I think they probably changed the formula. Either way, it's a negligilbe amount. There's probably an 800 number on the jar, you could call the company and and ask about it for curiousity sake.

I would check the Kraft website and see if they have the calories listed. Check out where the food is distributed from. That may be the difference.

Lori

Another possible explanation is that there has been a change in you state's (or the state of maufacture's) labeling laws. Or simply in the plant's method of calculating calories. For example, if the "actual" calories are 37, some manufacturers would round up to 40, and other's would round down to 35. I believe both are legally acceptable in most states.

Unless you're eating cups of the stuff (Eww), it's a negligible difference. Even two apples, identical in appearance and weight can have more of a calorie difference between them than 5 or 10 calories.