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Calories in Signature cafe Salad layered, quinoa berry & spinach
550Calories
| Amount Per 1 salad, 248 g | |||
| Calories | 550 Kcal (2303 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 207 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 23g | 35% | |
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| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% | |
| Sodium | 330mg | 14% | |
| Total Carbs | 77g | 26% | |
| Sugars | 33g | 132% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 11g | 44% | |
| Protein | 13g | 26% | |
| Vitamin C | 15mg | 25% | |
| Vitamin A | 1.5mg | 50% | |
| Iron | 3.8mg | 21% | |
| Calcium | 100mg | 10% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.
Ingredients And Nutrition Overview
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WeightWatchers Points: 12.1, PointsPlus: 15, SmartPoints: 20
WeightWatchers Points are estimated by carbohydrates, fats, protein and fiber in product. They are not an affirmation of better quality or nutritional value of the product or its manufacturer. Only way to count for dieters. Less points are better.
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Salty! Has over 14% of the daily sodium max
The average American consumes 5,000 mg of sodium daily — twice the recommended amount amount of 2400mg for healthy adults, this is 1 teaspoon of salt.
For medical reasons many people should not exceed 1500mg of sodium.
Surprisingly, you're responsible for only 15% of the sodium in your diet the bigger part - 75% of the sodium that you consume each day comes from processed foods, not home cooking or the salt shaker.
Excess sodium intake increases the risk of high blood pressure, hypernatremia, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and other heart problems.
Are these reasons enough to cut the sodium intake? No doubt! -
Convert Salt tsps to Sodium mg easily
Salt (NaCl) is not excactly sodium (Na).
It is not right to use these terms as synonyms.
The FDA recommended limit of sodium is 2,300 mg per day (or even less - about 1500 mg while one is on low sodium diets).
This is much less than the weight of salt.
(5,750 mg per day or 3,750 mg for low sodium diet) and not so convenient to calculate.
Know how much sodium is in your salt - without a calculator:
1/4 tsp salt = 600 mg sodium
1/2 tsp salt = 1200 mg sodium
3/4 tsp salt = 1800 mg sodium
1 tsp salt = 2300 mg sodium -
13 tsp of sugars per serving
This volume includes both naturally occurring from ingredients and specially added sugars.
USDA tells us that last years each American consumed an average 130 pounds of caloric sweeteners per year!
That works out to 30 tsp of sugars per day approximately 480 extra calories!
Just to think: Eating just 200 more calories daily than your body requires for body functioning and exercise leads to a 20-pound weight gain in a year. -
VERY high fiber >44% DV. Proceed slowly
Fiber is a very important part of your diet, it improves your metabolism and helps keep your digestive system running smoothly.
But taking in too much and too fast can leave you bloated and gassy. -
Naturally high in Vitamin C
You get real, natural easy absorbing Vitamin C from this product, not as a artificial fortified ingredient.
This is great! Let's try to get the best from the real food, because we get too much from artificial ingredients nowdays. -
A very good natural source of Iron
You get real, natural easy absorbing Iron from this product, not as an artificial fortified ingredient.
This is great! Let's try to get the best from the real food, because we get too much from artificial ingredients nowdays. -
Learn about veggies and iron
Veggies such as broccoli, bok choy, spinach, parsley and most leafy greens are naturally high in iron.
However, compared to other high-iron foods, like red meat, fish and poultry, the iron in plant foods is not absorbed as easily by the body. What can you do to increase the absorption of iron from these plant foods?
- Vitamin C increases the absorption - so try having a fresh tomato, lemon juice, or an orange together with your high iron food
- Avoid drinking too much coffee - caffeine can decrease the absorption of iron
- In addition to caffeine, the tannins found in tea can also reduce iron absorption
- If you are a vegetarian, try having iron-fortified breakfast cereals, legumes, and eggs
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Whoa! What a high amount of calories!
This product really has a lot of calories.
Energy(calories) is required to implement body metabolism and physical activity.
If we consume more energy than we use for metabolism and physical activity, all that surfeit will be stored as body fat.
So you're not following a high calorie diet or not trying to gain weight, you may want to revise the wish to eat it.
If You are trying to gain weight or following high calorie diet try out the healthy suggestions:
- Consume more nuts.
Nuts and seeds are high in calories and fiber and full of good Omega fats.
Take any meal and add to it some nuts.
- add extra olive oil to your main dishes and salads;
- increase your healthy carbohydrate intake with whole wheat products such as pasta, crackers an so on;
- eat more brown or wild rice, buckwheat and other grains;
- Even eat some dark chocolate.
Avoid using animal fats, fried foods and greasy snacks as they have huge amount of trans-fats, cholesterol and other unhealthy elements. -
Product contains sulfites
Sulfites (sulphites) are inorganic salts that are used as antioxidant of food preservative or enhancer.
They may appear on food labels in various forms, such as: sulfur dioxide, potassium bisulfite, potassium metabisulfite, sodium bisulfite, sodium metabisulfite or sodium sulfite
Although sulphites do not cause a true allergic reaction, people with sensitivity to sulfites may experience similar reactions as those with food allergies.
Those who have asthma are most at risk to sulphite sensitivity.
BTW sulfites are included in the ten priority food allergens in Canada.
Allergens
Gluten Allergy, Wheat Allergy, Sulfites Allergy, Tree Nuts Allergy, Corn Allergy, Soy Allergy
Salad layered, quinoa berry & spinach Ingredients
Wheat Berries (Wheat Berries, Water, Salt, Canola Oil, Vinegar), Five Way Fruit Blend (Peaches, Apricots, Cherries, Cranberries, Blueberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Sulfur Dioxide Added for Color Retention and as a Preservative), Pomegranate Vinaigrette Dressing (Water, Canola Oil, Pomegranate Juice Concentrate, Red Wine Vinegar, Sugar, Contains Less than 2% of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Honey, Salt, Xanthan Gum, Spice), Red Quinoa (Red Quinoa, Water, Salt, Canola Oil, Distilled Vinegar), Baby Spinach, Cinnamon Almonds (Almonds, Sugar, Natural Honey Powder [Honey (High Fructose Corn Syrup, Wheat Starch, Corn Syrup, Soy Flour, Calcium Stearate and Soy Lecithin], Spices, Modified Food Starch, Salt and Less than 2% Silicon Dioxide Added to Prevent Caking).
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% RDI of Main Nutrition Facts
28%
of RDI* (550 calories) 248 g
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Cal: 27.5 %
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Fat: 35.4 %
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Carb: 25.7 %
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Prot: 26 %
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0%25%75%RDI norm*
Calories Breakdown
- Carbs (54.3%)
- Fat (36.5%)
- Protein (9.2%)
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