True, legends and misconceptions about the caloric content of salad olivier

In post-Soviet times, the festive table of Russians and other CIS residents was enriched with new dishes that were previously inaccessible due to the lack of necessary ingredients. Now in the salad included salads, which include mushrooms, olives, and a variety of cheeses, and crabs, shrimps, and other shellfish ... You can not enumerate everything. But still the salad is the most favorite and certainly present on the solemn table.

However, it should be noted that along with the appearance of previously considered exotic products in our life, ideas for nutrition, counting calories and harmful ingredients of delicious dishes (and the dishes themselves) quickly burst into our lives. And now people who used to enjoy their favorite delicacies on great holidays before, start to wonder, for example, the caloric value of salad olivier.

Composition of your favorite salad

Nobody doubts that Olivier is not the most dietary dish. Moreover, it is also not useful (from the point of view of nutritionists). Start with the first ingredient - potatoes. Many diets deny its very existence! Still: in the prepared form it does not contain any vitamins, one fiber, which is very conducive to gaining weight. And in the adored Soviet people, a dish for potatoes accounts for about a quarter of the volume (according to the preferences of individual families - maybe more, maybe less). Even not a question - the caloric content of salad olivier can no longer be acceptable.

Then comes the meat component. The classic version provides "Doctor" sausage, with the present abundance - the choice of the hostess. But usually it is cooked, and it increases the calorific value of the salad olivier to indecent heights. But there are still eggs there! And pickled cucumbers that are not included in the list of allowed products for those who want to lose weight, because they cause thirst, and then - the desire to eat something.

And the main scarecrow is mayonnaise. He is artificial, unnatural, fatty, harmful - under his influence, caloric content of salad begins to go wild.

Relativity of Estimation

But it's not so scary at all. First of all, different housewives prepare a favorite dish in different ways. Each adds his note to the usual recipe. If we consider that the main "heaviness" is made by cooked sausage, then those who do not use it, but watch the figure, can breathe peacefully. Replacing the sausage for meat (especially for chicken), beef or veal tongue, wild bird, and even steeper - for seafood (for example, shrimp) reduces the caloric value of salad olivier at times. In addition, many put carrots in the dish, which reduces the amount of meat used.

Calorie Calculation

People who thought about us before, how much damage a salad of olivier can do, the caloricity of which was considered to be sky-high, did not reach a consensus. Average calculations are reduced to indicators from 170 to 280 kcal per 100 g of favorite food. But there are also those who claim that less than three hundred this figure is not omitted. This statement seems dubious to us, since the ratio of foods in the salad varies from house to house, and the composition is very variable. So if you are very concerned about the caloric value of the Olivier salad, take the tables, remember what products were bought, and the ratio of the ingredients in your version, and calculate everything yourself.

Controversies between fans and opponents

At the same time, many supporters of traditions do not agree with the assessments of their predecessors. Most do not argue with the fact that Olivier does not bring benefits (except saturation), but they do not eat it every day! And if you consider that the calorie content of salad with olive sausage is much higher than with the same chicken, then when you replace one with another, the salad will not lose its taste, but it will win in "diet".

The second "harmful" component is mayonnaise. But you can also use fat, "heavy" instead of fat, and even unsweetened yogurt.

As a result of all these replacements, the calorie content of the salad of olivier is reduced to 100, which is less than the caloric content of a glass of juice.