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Zucchini, Mint & Feta Frittata: 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)
Egg204 gF003729 — Egg, chicken, whole, raw1087.3 (533/100 g)259.9 (127.4/100 g)25.7 (12.6/100 g)0.6 (0.3/100 g)0 (0/100 g)17.3 (8.5/100 g)306 (150/100 g)95.9 (47/100 g)285.6 (140/100 g)
Zucchini250 gF009775 — Zucchini, green skin, raw172.5 (69/100 g)41.2 (16.5/100 g)2.5 (1/100 g)5.5 (2.2/100 g)2.5 (1/100 g)0.5 (0.2/100 g)0 (0/100 g)42.5 (17/100 g)530 (212/100 g)
Leek80 gF005164 — Leek, raw102.4 (128/100 g)24.5 (30.6/100 g)1.3 (1.6/100 g)3.3 (4.1/100 g)2.5 (3.1/100 g)0.2 (0.2/100 g)9.6 (12/100 g)25.6 (32/100 g)212 (265/100 g)
Feta60 gF002452 — Cheese, fetta (feta)643.8 (1073/100 g)153.9 (256.5/100 g)10 (16.6/100 g)0.2 (0.4/100 g)0 (0/100 g)12.4 (20.6/100 g)660 (1100/100 g)189 (315/100 g)44.4 (74/100 g)
Fresh Mint8 gF005700 — Mint, fresh, raw18 (225/100 g)4.3 (53.8/100 g)0.2 (3.1/100 g)0.4 (4.4/100 g)0.6 (7.2/100 g)0.1 (1.1/100 g)2.2 (28/100 g)16.8 (210/100 g)30.4 (380/100 g)
Olive Oil27 gF006177 — Oil, olive997.7 (3695/100 g)238.4 (883.1/100 g)0 (0/100 g)0 (0/100 g)0 (0/100 g)27 (99.9/100 g)0 (0/100 g)0 (0/100 g)0 (0/100 g)
Wholegrain Bread120 gF001553 — Bread, wholemeal, commercial1191.6 (993/100 g)284.8 (237.3/100 g)12.5 (10.4/100 g)47 (39.2/100 g)8.3 (6.9/100 g)3 (2.5/100 g)501.6 (418/100 g)159.6 (133/100 g)254.4 (212/100 g)
Whole recipe4213.3100752.25713.860.41479.4529.41356.8
Per serving (÷ 2)2106.6503.526.128.56.930.2739.7264.7678.4

Oxalate

36 mg per serving (73 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)
Wholegrain Bread120 gas weighed3542
Leek80 gas weighed1714
Zucchini250 gas weighed410
Fresh Mint8 gas weighed564
Olive Oil27 gas weighed51
Feta60 gas weighed21
Egg204 gas weighed00
Per serving (÷ 2)36
Zucchini
Zucchini is a summer squash and the OHF groups them.

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.

Not counted

These lines contribute nothing to the figures above, because they carry no weight or no composition match. Finishing salt and pepper added to taste are deliberately excluded: the amount is the cook's, so counting it would be inventing a number.

  • Iodised table salt, to taste
  • Ground black pepper, to taste

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.

Egg
Whole eggs counted or weighed raw without shell before cooking; ledger key carried over verbatim from the published book.
Zucchini
Weighed raw, diced or grated, before cooking; ledger key carried over verbatim from the published book.
Leek
Weighed raw, white and pale-green part only, thinly sliced before it is softened in the pan; the cooked leek record was rejected because the weight is taken raw.
Feta
Crumbled straight from the block or brine; ledger key carried over verbatim from the published book.
Fresh Mint
Fresh leaves picked from the stem and weighed raw, which is the state every recipe adds them in; the dried-herb record would misstate both water content and volume.
Olive Oil
Measured from the bottle, plain or extra-virgin; AUSNUT has a single olive oil record and the ledger key is carried over verbatim.
Wholegrain Bread
Weighed as bought to serve alongside; 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.