How on earth would I calorie count this?

[concernedchild]

I want to try making my own health shots. But obviously a lot of the pulp will be filtered out - how do I count it? Because it's going to up my fruit and veg total without actually contributing? I don’t know if im just overthinking this

[Lemsipper]

Probably best to google “calories in apple juice” for example. Then measure how much ml of juiced apple you have produced and then log that.

[concernedchild]

@Lemsipper

Probably best to google “calories in apple juice” for example. Then measure how much ml of juiced apple you have produced and then log that.

But it'll all be blended up together and strained, so I won't know

[Tatas]

What fruit / veg are you including in the juices?

[Lemsipper]

Are you using a juicer or blender OP?

[concernedchild]

@Lemsipper

Are you using a juicer or blender OP?

Blending then straining it through cheese cloth because we don't have a juicer

[concernedchild]

@Tatas

What fruit / veg are you including in the juices?

At the moment I'm following a recipe I've seen online

Pineapple
Raspberry
Strawberry
Orange
Ginger
And then I was going to add celery

[ScottBakula]

I don't know anything much about calorie counting when it comes to this kind of thing .
So I'd count all of the calories for each piece of fruit / veg even though you don't eat /drink it all.

Then on a Saturday night you get to eat 2 'free' jaffa cakes 😛

[concernedchild]

@ScottBakula

I don't know anything much about calorie counting when it comes to this kind of thing .
So I'd count all of the calories for each piece of fruit / veg even though you don't eat /drink it all.

Then on a Saturday night you get to eat 2 'free' jaffa cakes 😛

I like that view point 🤣 I suppose most of the vitamins must be in the juice anyway and it'll be at most 60/70 calories per serving

[ScottBakula]

Oh hang on you need some fiber as you are not eating the pulp
A Small bag of twiglets should sort that . There is fiber in twiglets . . . Um right?🤔 . .there IS ! I won't be told otherwise 😄

[concernedchild]

@ScottBakula

Oh hang on you need some fiber as you are not eating the pulp
A Small bag of twiglets should sort that . There is fiber in twiglets . . . Um right?🤔 . .there IS ! I won't be told otherwise 😄

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 it definitely wouldn't be my only source of fruit and veg through the day but I love the sentiment

[Tatas]

Oo that sounds tasty!

Add up the calories of the fruits you're juicing, then the fibre content too - then just subtract the calories for the fibre content if you're straining it! Should be able to google the calories per gram of fibre that you've strained out 😊

[concernedchild]

@Tatas

Oo that sounds tasty!

Add up the calories of the fruits you're juicing, then the fibre content too - then just subtract the calories for the fibre content if you're straining it! Should be able to google the calories per gram of fibre that you've strained out 😊

That sounds like a lot of maths 🤣 I'll just count it as it is and then just accept my deficit will be even bigger 😂

[AtomicBlondeRose]

What app are you using? I’d just find a roughly equivalent shop bought one and log that. Calorie counting isn’t an exact science!

[concernedchild]

@AtomicBlondeRose

What app are you using? I’d just find a roughly equivalent shop bought one and log that. Calorie counting isn’t an exact science!

NutraCheck, that's a good idea!

[RebeccaCloud9]

Blending and straining is essentially just what a juicer does in one go so it'd just be the same. You'll get the vitamins but not the fibre.

[AltitudeCheck]

Most of the calories from fruit are due to the sugar which is water soluble and so will be in the liquid you extract. Almost all the fibre, and some of the other beneficial photochemical, will be in the pulp that you discard, you're throwing away the healthiest, lowest calorie, most filling parts!