How Many Weight Watchers Points in a Portion of Edamame?
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 at
5:29 am
AndreaJ asked:
Anybody know the answer to this question?
Anybody know the answer to this question?
It isnt in the weight watchers book and I cant seem to find it online!
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It’s 1 point. (It’s actually .5366, but rounds to 1 point)
This is how I got the answer….
First I went to (Save this calculator for future reference).
Then I went to to find the nutrition value of edamame…a serving yeilds the contents of 10 pods, has 29 calories, 1.4 grams of fat, and .8 grams of dietary fiber. Then I used the calculator to find the answer.
Here’s what you’ll find in a half-cup serving of shelled edamame (or 1 1/8 cup edamame in the pods):
120 calories
9 grams fiber
2.5 grams fat
1.5 grams polyunsaturated fat (0.3 grams plant omega-3 fatty acids)
0.5 gram monounsaturated fat
11 grams protein
13 grams carbohydrate
15 mg sodium
10% of the Daily Value for vitamin C
10% Daily Value for iron
8% Daily Value for vitamin A
4% Daily Value for calcium
I found this info on this page…
Using the WW calculator on line (,http://www.weight-watcher-recipe.com/latest/weight-watchers-point-calculator.html) it rounds to 2 points per serving.