How many calories are in FISH & CHIPS?

Poll

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how many cals do YOU think are in fish and chips.

rules:
average portion
chip shop, not home made
NO TRYING TO LOOK IT UP!

i'm just interested to know how many people 'know'. i've looked it up on the net and get estimates ranging from 350-2000 cals. no-one seems to know! :mad:

600?

well the only real calories from it will be coming from the fat that its cooked in and the batter... fish is low in calories and so are potatoes...

I reckon that it lies somewhere between 400 and 600 because surely they don't contain that many calories...

Reply 3

Mr Intensity

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1200?

I think it'll be a really high amount. Last week I looked at a Pizza box (was having my treat for the week!) and saw it was 1600 which I thought was crazy! Still ate it though, mmmm :frown:

Reply 4

Tyler Durden

17

I've put 1100-1200. These things are often deceptive. A standard pizza from a supermarket is quite often 1000 calories, and I would say this is that kind of league. Why?

Edit: Post above is uncannily similar! :eek:

Reply 5

aaaaz

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Pretty confident it's around the 600 mark.

Reply 6

~Kirsty~

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Do any of you want the real answer (from a professional)? :wink:

(some of those guesses are way out!)

Reply 7

Tyler Durden

17

Go on then Miss Pro - put us out of our misery.

Reply 8

~Kirsty~

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Actually you were quite close! :eek:

It varies, as portion size/type of oil etc varies, most of the calories are from the fat, since they are dripping in the stuff,

But i would say a good estimate is 1500 kcals. :smile:

As you say a supermarket pizza is 1000, and Fish and chips is easily more... imagine whats in a takeaway pizza since supermarket ones are much much smaller!

Reply 9

Isis07

Fish and chips are actually one of the healthier takeaway options

Reply 10

~Kirsty~

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It actually depends - I would say its better than a whole pizza, better than a full indian/chinese etc to yourself, with fried rice. But if boiled rice was chosen, and the dish shared between 2 the indian or whatever would be a lot lot healthier.

Reply 11

aaaaz

10

I can understand a mean of around 950 with a standard deviation of 300 but 1500?!?

Reply 12

Bear_Grylls

19

Fish and Chips are not to bad, you get good protein from the fish, as long as you dont live off the stuff, its ok.

Reply 13

Isis07

~Kirsty~

It actually depends - I would say its better than a whole pizza, better than a full indian/chinese etc to yourself, with fried rice. But if boiled rice was chosen, and the dish shared between 2 the indian or whatever would be a lot lot healthier.

Well yes, but then fish and chips between two people would be better too if we're comparing standard takeaway portions.

Personally I've never yet managed to eat a standard takeaway portion of anything - there is simply wayyyyyyy too much food. Luckily on the rare occassions I have a takeaway my local will now do kiddies portions for me. lol

600

aaaaz

I can understand a mean of around 950 with a standard deviation of 300 but 1500?!?

A study was published a few weeks ago, which found that the average was 1500! It was much more than even i thought - My guess before that was 1000 however.

Reply 16

~Kirsty~

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Bear_Grylls

Fish and Chips are not to bad, you get good protein from the fish, as long as you dont live off the stuff, its ok.

Exactly - i would say once a month is best, but nomore than once a week is the general advice i give anyway.

Reply 17

~Kirsty~

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Isis07

Well yes, but then fish and chips between two people would be better too if we're comparing standard takeaway portions.

Personally I've never yet managed to eat a standard takeaway portion of anything - there is simply wayyyyyyy too much food. Luckily on the rare occassions I have a takeaway my local will now do kiddies portions for me. lol

Thats cool! I should do that! lol!

I would eat a full fish and chips (you can't freeze them), but if i was home alone i would freeze half my indian.

I think you eat it all because you've been given that much, if you were given less you would porobably still feel just as satisfied. (my theory anyway) I don't get fish and chips much since at uni they cost £5... they are only £3.00 at home!

Reply 18

tinkerbellejess

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I can see how they would easily be 1500 cals on average. When I get fish and chips, I always share the chips, or jsut have a couple. I prefer the fish anyway and can never eat a whole portion! I think I get bored of the taste of chips once I've had a few, and that's partly why I never eat the whole portion.

Reply 19

~Kirsty~

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The way i think about it which is shocking, is that for a woman a full portion would be on average enough to meet your daily energy needs.

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