Sour Cream substitute

More about: Sour Cream substitute

What it calculates

The “Sour Cream substitute” calculator computes Calories of the substitute in kcal from 3 parameters: amount in the recipe (g), what to replace (1 = sour cream with yogurt, 2 = yogurt with sour cream), yogurt type (1 plain whole-milk, 2 greek whole-milk, 3 greek nonfat).

For following a recipe precisely and scaling portions.

Example calculation

With parameters Amount in the recipe = 200 g, What to replace (1 = sour cream with yogurt, 2 = yogurt with sour cream) = 1, Yogurt type (1 plain whole-milk, 2 Greek whole-milk, 3 Greek nonfat) = 2 the result is 194 kcal (Swap 1 : 1 by weight. Values per 100 g from USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy): sour cream 198 kcal and 19.35 g fat, plain whole-milk yogurt 61 kcal and 3.25 g, Greek whole-milk 97 kcal and 5 g, Greek nonfat 59 kcal and 0.39 g).

How to use

1. Enter amount in the recipe, what to replace (1 = sour cream with yogurt, 2 = yogurt with sour cream) and yogurt type (1 plain whole-milk, 2 greek whole-milk, 3 greek nonfat) — each field above is adjustable with a slider.
2. Calories of the substitute (kcal) is calculated automatically as you type.
3. Check the worked example below to see the formula applied to real numbers.
4. Copy the result or bookmark this calculator.

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