Lasagne - what's the difference?

[Ilikebeaver]

Bought some lasagne sheets from waitrose today.

They had two choices:

Waitrose essential lasagne 71p

Waitrose essential egg lasagne 98p

The nutrition value for the calories varies massively though:

Per 2 sheets of lasagne = 280 calories
Per 2 sheets of egg lasagne = 168 calories

Looking at the ingredients, the only difference I can see is that one has egg and one doesn't.

Why is there such a difference in calories?

[wainy]

Are you in Oz?

[calibrax]

Ilikebeaver said:

Looking at the ingredients, the only difference I can see is that one has egg and one doesn't.

Why is there such a difference in calories?

Lasagne ingredients :
Durum Wheat Semolina, Pasteurised Free Range Egg (17%)

Egg Lasagne ingredients :
Durum Wheat Semolina, Whole Egg (19%).

I can only think that the "pasteurised free range egg" is mainly egg white, and the difference is due to the fat content in egg yolk.

EDITED: found the ingredients online

Edited by calibrax on Sunday 8th September 20:01

[mph1977]

calibrax said:

Ilikebeaver said:

Looking at the ingredients, the only difference I can see is that one has egg and one doesn't.

Why is there such a difference in calories?

Without the egg, they needed to use more fat of some sort instead?

that sounds like a logical conclusion to draw in the absence of the ingredient list

[Ilikebeaver]

Ok, digging a little deeper I get confused even more.

Here is the nutrition for the lasagne without egg:

http://m.waitrose.com/mt/www.waitrose.com/webapp/w...

It shows that per 100g, the calories is 355

Here is the nutrition for the lasagne with egg:

http://m.waitrose.com/mt/www.waitrose.com/shop/Pro...

This shows that per 100g the calories is 368.


So now my question is:

How can the per 100g calories be more on one type, but the calories per 2 sheets is considerably more on the other?

This makes no sense to me!


To add:
If you look at the ingredients, there is no additional thing added to the non egg lasagne to replace the egg!

ETA: should I write to waitrose?

[calibrax]

1) look at my edited post above
2) the calories per 100g is probably cooked weight, which will be mostly water.

[Ultuous]

Ilikebeaver said:

So now my question is:

How can the per 100g calories be more on one type, but the calories per 2 sheets is considerably more on the other?

This makes no sense to me!

Different sheet thickness (and therefore weight, volume and calories)?