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Why does convection dried cucumbers go up in calories? (hexbear.net)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I found a study that says that dried cucumbers go up in calories because of this or that getting concentrated, but like, the raw cucumber even if eaten whole with all that stuff in there, it still has a minuscule amount of calories. How does drying it raise the calories? Please explain like I'm 5.

The study: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292994599_Nutritive_value_of_convection-dried_Cucumis_sativus

Edit: I tried rereading it but I still don't get it. If you have a bucket of water with 10 stones in it, and then freeze or steam it, we're still looking at 10 stones. I don't get how this works.

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[โ€“] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

probably the calorie density is going up, or less likely the drying process is making more of the calories available to human digestion

[โ€“] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 3 points 10 months ago

Mostly calorie density - the first chart gives all values as per 100g.