EXPLORE, WITH CONTEXT

Calories, with context

Understand where the calories in your meal come from, one selected ingredient and portion at a time.

The meal name is only the beginning

A bowl has no fixed calorie count. The standard chicken bowl example here totals 660 calories because it includes white rice, black beans, chicken, tomato salsa, cheese and romaine at their published portions. A different set of selections produces a different result. Add a tortilla, a dressing or a side only when you plan to include it.

Use ingredient comparisons to isolate one change, and check the serving assumptions before interpreting the result.