Points Formula

[alyrose]

Hello!

I've been following this on and off for a few years. I have the old cardboard calulator along with the booklets but it's really not very convinient to carry to Tescos when you do your weekly shopping! So I researched for a while and now have a formula for calculating the points of something instead so you can just whip out your phone if it has a calulator or even just do it in your head! It may be of some use to someone so I thought I should post it!

Points = (Calories/70) + (Sat Fat/4)

For example my salad today was 278 calories and 0.9g sat fat.

(278/70) + (0.9/4)
= 4 + 0.25
= 4 - 4.5 POINTS


If you are unsure ROUND UP ALWAYS! It's better to be safe than sorry

 

[mrss2010]

Hello!

I've been following this on and off for a few years. I have the old cardboard calulator along with the booklets but it's really not very convinient to carry to Tescos when you do your weekly shopping! So I researched for a while and now have a formula for calculating the points of something instead so you can just whip out your phone if it has a calulator or even just do it in your head! It may be of some use to someone so I thought I should post it!

Points = (Calories/70) + (Sat Fat/4)

For example my salad today was 278 calories and 0.9g sat fat.

(278/70) + (0.9/4)
= 4 + 0.25
= 4 - 4.5 POINTS

If you are unsure ROUND UP ALWAYS! It's better to be safe than sorry

Does this work for new pro points system?

 

[alyrose]

No this is for the old system although pro points are usually double what the old system was (apart from fruit and veg which are all 0 I believe in the new system)

 

[lisi]

Thanks for this - really useful!!

I've bought an old calculator for the old system on ebay, but knowing this will help when I'm out and about as I don't always have the calculator on my person

 

[sparkles37]

Thanks, this is great to know.