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Bircher Muesli with Apple, Almond and Yoghurt: where the numbers come from

Each ingredient is matched to a record in the Australian food-composition data, that record's per-100 g values are scaled to the weight the recipe uses, the results are added, and the total is divided by 2 servings. This page shows all of it, so the estimate can be checked rather than taken on trust.

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Per ingredient

IngredientWeightComposition recordEnergy (kJ)Energy (kcal)Protein (g)Carbohydrate (g)Fibre (g)Fat (g)Sodium (mg)Calcium (mg)Potassium (mg)
Rolled Oats100 gF006143 — Oats, rolled, uncooked1564 (1564/100 g)373.8 (373.8/100 g)12.2 (12.2/100 g)54.5 (54.5/100 g)9.5 (9.5/100 g)9.5 (9.5/100 g)2 (2/100 g)40 (40/100 g)310 (310/100 g)
Milk247 gF005634 — Milk, cow, fluid, regular fat (~3.5%)666.9 (270/100 g)159.4 (64.5/100 g)8.2 (3.3/100 g)13.3 (5.4/100 g)0 (0/100 g)8.4 (3.4/100 g)86.5 (35/100 g)261.8 (106/100 g)350.7 (142/100 g)
Low-Fat Yoghurt200 gF009688 — Yoghurt, natural, low fat (<0.5%)460 (230/100 g)109.9 (55/100 g)11.8 (5.9/100 g)11.8 (5.9/100 g)0 (0/100 g)0.6 (0.3/100 g)168 (84/100 g)468 (234/100 g)592 (296/100 g)
Apple200 gF000106 — Apple, raw, not further defined454 (227/100 g)108.5 (54.3/100 g)0.6 (0.3/100 g)23.8 (11.9/100 g)4.8 (2.4/100 g)0 (0/100 g)2 (1/100 g)8 (4/100 g)220 (110/100 g)
Almonds45 gF006081 — Nut, almond, raw/natural, unsalted1073.7 (2386/100 g)256.6 (570.3/100 g)8.9 (19.7/100 g)2.4 (5.4/100 g)5 (11/100 g)22.7 (50.5/100 g)0 (0/100 g)120.2 (267/100 g)355.1 (789/100 g)
Honey20 gF004380 — Honey232.4 (1162/100 g)55.5 (277.7/100 g)0.1 (0.3/100 g)14.5 (72.3/100 g)0 (0/100 g)0 (0/100 g)1.6 (8/100 g)1.6 (8/100 g)13.2 (66/100 g)
Lemon Juice10 gF004726 — Juice, lemon11.1 (111/100 g)2.7 (26.5/100 g)0.1 (0.6/100 g)0.2 (1.8/100 g)0.2 (2/100 g)0 (0.1/100 g)0.3 (3/100 g)2 (20/100 g)14 (140/100 g)
Ground Cinnamon1 gF002963 — Cinnamon, dried, ground10 (1004/100 g)2.4 (240/100 g)0 (4/100 g)0.3 (27.5/100 g)0.5 (53.1/100 g)0 (1.2/100 g)0.1 (10/100 g)10 (1002/100 g)4.3 (431/100 g)
Whole recipe4472.11068.941.8120.82041.2260.5911.61859.3
Per serving (÷ 2)2236.1534.420.960.41020.6130.2455.8929.7

Oxalate

111 mg per serving (222 mg for the whole recipe, divided by 2). This comes from the Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation list rather than the Australian composition data above, which does not carry oxalate.

IngredientWeightBasismg per 100 gContributes (mg)
Almonds45 gas weighed369166
Rolled Oats100 gas weighed3232
Ground Cinnamon1 gas weighed107211
Low-Fat Yoghurt200 gas weighed36
Apple200 gas weighed24
Milk247 gas weighed12
Honey20 gas weighed31
Lemon Juice10 gas weighed10
Per serving (÷ 2)111
Rolled Oats
The OHF has no rolled-oat row. Oat flour is the same grain milled finer and is weighed dry as rolled oats are, so the basis matches even though the grind does not.

Oxalate in a plant moves with variety, ripeness, soil and cooking, and what you absorb depends on the calcium eaten in the same meal rather than on the figure alone. The full table and what it is worth.

Why these records

Where a generic database item cannot represent an ingredient exactly, the choice is recorded with the ingredient rather than left to inference.

Rolled Oats
Recipes weigh dry rolled oats before soaking or cooking; the AUSNUT record is uncooked, and the ledger key is carried over verbatim from the published book.
Milk
Measured as fluid cow's milk with fat level unspecified, so regular fat is taken per the house rule; ledger key carried over verbatim from the published book.
Low-Fat Yoghurt
Recipe lines say plain low-fat yogurt, and AUSNUT has an explicit low fat (under 0.5%) tier, so it is preferred over the reduced fat (~2%) record which describes a different labelled product.
Apple
Recipes weigh raw apple, peeled or unpeeled depending on the dish; the not-further-defined raw record covers both and matches the ledger key used for the published psoriasis book.
Almonds
Weighed raw, unsalted and unroasted as the recipes use them, whether whole, halved or roughly chopped; roasting in a dry pan changes flavour but not the weighed composition basis.
Honey
Weighed or measured straight from the jar; ledger key carried over verbatim, and the plain honey record is preferred over the raw honey entry.
Lemon Juice
Measured as squeezed juice, not whole fruit; ledger key carried over verbatim from the published book.
Ground Cinnamon
Measured dry from the jar in 0.5-3 g amounts; ledger key carried over verbatim from the published book.

What this is and is not

These figures match the ones shown on the recipe page exactly, because both come from this same arithmetic.

A composition database gives representative values for a food, not an analysis of your tin, your loaf or your cut of meat. Brands differ, produce varies, and yields change with how long something cooked and how hard it was drained. Treat every figure here as an estimate of the right order rather than a measurement, and where a number matters clinically, take it to whoever is managing your care. CERNERE publishes the working so it can be argued with, not to imply a precision food does not have.