To not trust menu calories at all

[Oysterbabe]

How are the calories in these all exactly the same and what the hell are they putting in an egg sandwich to make it nearly 1000 calories? They're just making this shit up right?

I agree. I went somewhere that said apparently adding grilled halloumi to a burger would add 400 calories. That’s a whole half block of halloumi, I doubt very much they would give you that in a burger 🤣

Extra thick bread will make up a lot of those calories, and if there’s butter too, I can easily see how it makes it to nearly 1000.

It is a bit odd they are all the same.

Its the fact they’re all the same that makes me suspicious

Of course they are making it up. Anyone who thinks independent catering businesses are weighing slices of bread, pats of butter, weights of fillings etc etc then looking up calories is naive. As is anyone who thinks corporate catering businesses are conducting scientific experiments in laboratories to measure precisely the calorific content of their meals.

These businesses have an obvious vested interest in putting the calorie numbers on their menus which their customers want to see. It’s like clothing vanity sizing for food.

in your example of course they are made up - how can egg, bacon or sausage sandwich have exactly the same number of calories?! They’ve probably gone with the “average” sandwich.

in general I would say they are to be taken as a guide (ie you’d be able to line the food up in calorific order but not rely on the absolute number).

On that particular menu are they fried eggs? They would explain it (along with the bread)

Medium slice of hovis whole grain (seed sensations) is 138calories. So 2 slices would be 276calories.

The description says extra thick bread so double it again is 552calories.

1 medium egg is about 70 calories, 2 would be 140 so total of 692. They'd have to put a lot of butter and sauce in there to add another couple of hundred calories.

Thick sliced back bacon is 140 calories for 2 slices so same calculation as above.

I was at a pub recently and the roasts were 2000 plus calories each - they were pretty normal sizes and they may have been 1200 or so but no way over 2000!

I’m wondering if that’s a printing typo.

If it was an egg mashed up with lots of Mayo, it could easily be lots of calories. It does look weird though they are all the same.

They are definitely just making them up and cannot be trusted. There is no way that if you had the same bread on an egg, sausage or bacon sandwich that they would have the same calories as the others.

That's not true for most menus though. Most have some science behind them.

Is this a small local place or a large chain?

Your example can’t be correct as all the same. White and granary bread won’t be same cals. A sausage can’t be same cals as an egg.
I’d assume a typo or someone with an objection to it.

This is a large chain. They have the same calories for these printed on the menu and on the app. I thought it was very sus.

Exactly.
They'll have "averages" data from somewhere to substantiate the claim if challenged.

Ultimately though it's pointless tokenism.

My local adds 1000kcal to a salad if you add halloumi 😱

For some reason the app has quoted this instead of the halloumi comment!