calories in ready made sauces!

[ilovedogs]

How do you count the calories in a ready made sauce? I have some pasta n sauce and it says 465 cals. is this with or without the milk needed to make it. Also what about a packet sauce? Are the calories listed on the back with or without the meat you need to add?

 

[Dramatic_Star]

Its usually just the sauce unfortunatly. Although 465 cals seems a lot for a jar of sauce. If you check per serving, it may be a lot lower which would suggest that you should only consume 1/4 or maybe 1/2 in one meal.

Most of the low calorie sauces have the amount of cals clearly labelled on the front of the jar because its a real selling point. Unfortunatly, the delicious sauces full of fat hide their cals on the back!

 

[Lu4law]

Hi, i tried WW tom and garlic sauce it said i think was 120 cals , it was written half a jar is 60 cal it was not gr8 taste wise- cant complain with the calories....... hope that helps i kinda mix and match when i go shopping just look around brands like lite choices, WW and other diety stuff.

 

[ilovedogs]

Its Bachelors dried pasta n sauce which says 465cals but I wonder if I have to add the milk also?