How to calculate the quantity of food by calorie calculation on Mint website?

When we calculate the calories of food, do we calculate them according to the weight of edible parts or according to the whole? In other words, the calorie per 100g given by food calorimeters such as mint refers to the whole or edible part.

The answer is: the edible part!

For example, if a corn weighs 200g, the heat given by mint is 106 calories/100g, and the edible part of corn is 100g/46g, then its heat should be calculated as follows:

Heat = (200 * 46/100) *106 = 97.52 kcal.

Knowing the proportion of edible parts of food in the whole, when calculating calories, multiply this ratio, for example, corn is 0.46.

Generally 100% staple food and meat are edible parts, but nuts such as walnuts and pine nuts; Watermelon, banana; Crab, shrimp, these foods with skins and shells should be calculated according to this method, otherwise you think that you have eaten a lot of calories, which is actually not enough.