Same-portion calorie comparison

How many calories are in vegetable stew with meat?

Potato, sausage, butter and sour cream make a denser stew than zucchini, chicken and tomato sauce. Build the entire pot or serving in Calk.

Vegetable stew: lower- and higher-calorie Calk versions side by side

Same 300 g portion, different choices: protein, sauce, butter and oil, onion, carrot, tomato, vegetables and mushrooms, potatoes, grains, pasta.

How vegetables, meat and sauce change a stew

In these two examples, the changes are: protein — chicken → sausage, sauce — tomato sauce → sour cream, butter and oil — olive oil → butter, onion, carrot, tomato — tomato → carrot, vegetables and mushrooms — zucchini → cabbage, potatoes, grains, pasta — added: potato.

Lower calorie 182 kcal 300 g 61 kcal per 100 g

higher vs lower calorie +190%

Higher calorie 527 kcal 300 g 176 kcal per 100 g

Lower calorie Calk card for Vegetable stew: 61 kcal per 100 g, protein/fat/carbs 38/34/28

Higher calorie Calk card for Vegetable stew: 176 kcal per 100 g, protein/fat/carbs 16/73/11

The zucchini, eggplant and tomato base is roughly 40–50 kcal per 100 g. The potato, carrot and cabbage base starts at nearly twice that calorie density.
A generous amount of pan-seared sausage replaces a smaller share of lean chicken in the second stew.
Butter and a generous amount of sour cream add more fat than the splash of olive oil used with the tomato sauce.

Vegetable, bean and meat stew calories

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Questions about calories in vegetable stews

How many calories are in vegetable stew with chicken or sausage?

The two versions shown in Calk contain 182 and 527 kcal per 300 g. Potato, sausage, butter and sour cream make a denser stew than zucchini, chicken and tomato sauce.

Why is potato-and-sausage stew with butter and sour cream higher in calories than tomato vegetable stew with chicken?

The zucchini, eggplant and tomato base is roughly 40–50 kcal per 100 g. The potato, carrot and cabbage base starts at nearly twice that calorie density. A generous amount of pan-seared sausage replaces a smaller share of lean chicken in the second stew.

How do I calculate my own vegetable stew?

Open Vegetable stew in Calk and add each vegetable, meat or legume, sauce base, butter or oil and the cooked serving weight.

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