Wine Calories

Perhaps the calories come from the alcohol Louise. Lum Del Mar, California, USA

Alcohol has 7 cals per gram.

fat = 9 cals per gram alcohol = 7 cals per gram carbs = 4 cals per gram protein = 4 cals per gram

David

Thanks to both of you, you'd think a woman would know this, calorie counters that we are (some of us anyway). I've always thought it was just FAT, CARBS and PROTEIN!!! Louise:o)

Ethanol is classified as an energy bearing non nutrient. It has 7 Calories per gram.

Wrong units, use Kcals.

A food Calorie is the same thing as a scientific "real" kcal or kilocalorie (not Kcal), that is 1000 scientific calories or 4184 Joules..

---The Mad Alchemist---

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It's a food Calorie = 1000 calories

Hence the wrong units.

By definition, a food calorie is the same thing as a scientific calorie. But the body does not know that definition. In terms of nutrition, not all calories are the same. Eat (or drink) 25,000 calories a day of sugar and you are going to gain weight. Eat 25,000 calories a day of wood or coal or diamonds and you will not. Calories are the same if they are burned in a fire but nutritionally they are not. Sugars can be converted directly to fat in the body. Other calorie bearing nutrients must be converted to sugar before they are converted to fat. That uses some of their energy. Many dieticians don't like to admit it but they are not the same. Alcohol is not used the same by the body as sugar.

Ray

No it isn't. A dietary Calorie (usually given with a capital C to avoid confusion) is 1000 scientific calories.

Cite?

Which says that "The difference between calories and kilojoules is that one calorie equals 4,2 kilojoules and vice versa." A scentific calorie is 4.184 Joules (not kilojoules), so there's your factor of

1000 difference.

Gives the following definitions:

"calorie Definition: With a lowercase c, the term refers to the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius Context: When it comes to staying healthy, counting calories is much less important than eating a balanced diet.

Calorie Definition: With an uppercase C, the term refers to the amount of energy required to raise one kilogram of water (about 2.2 pounds) one degree Celsius; one Calorie, or kcal, is equal to 1,000 calories Context: Nutrition is measured in Calories."

Unlike alcohol, protien, and fat, neither wood, coal, nor diamonds are digestible in any way. Is your statement meant to be relevant in any way, shape or form?

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Darren, yes I was making a point but this is getting too far off topic. I should not have responded above. If you want to respond directly to me I will discuss this. I could not respond directly to you.

Ray .

Ray Calvert said on 12/17/2004 11:47 AM:

Now you have me wondering: Before the yeast goes in, the must that we all make wine from is disgustingly sweet. I'd imagine that the calorie count would be pretty high on a glass of unfermented must. Do you think the finished product is as high in calories (regarless of the type of calorie)? Just wondering.

Do you think the finished product is as high in calories (regarless of the type of

Ya know, Joe, I hate it when somebody asks a question like that. ;-) It took me 45 minutes to research & calculate the answer!

It seems that 23Brix juice would have about 900 Calories per Liter from carbs, while dry 12% wine would have about 650 Calories per Liter. I guess the difference is in the CO2 & heat given off.

Yeast use the sugar for energy like we do. However in the absence of oxygen they can only do a partial metabolism of the CHO molecule and produce alcohol as a result. We on the other hand produce latic acid in anaerobic conditions.

Depending on how high your brix percentage is it's around 150-250g/l sugar.