Oven vs Microwave cooking

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Looking on the packaging of some McCain ready baked Jackets on the nutritional information part it shows different values for oven baked vs microwave. Does oven cooking reduce sugar and does microwaving reduce proteins and Fibre? I have never seen this on packaging before

Energy Oven baked 839
Energy Microwaved 855

Fat Oven baked 1.0
Fat Microwaved 1.0

Carbs Oven baked 43.4
Carbs Microwaved 44.9

Carbs of which sugar Oven baked 4.1
Carbs of which sugar Microwaved 4.6

Fibre Oven baked 3.5
Fibre Microwaved 3.3

Protein Oven baked 3.7
Protein Microwaved 3.3

Salt Oven baked 0.1
Salt Microwaved 0.1
 
Looking on the packaging of some McCain ready baked Jackets on the nutritional information part it shows different values for oven baked vs microwave. Does oven cooking reduce sugar and does microwaving reduce proteins and Fibre? I have never seen this on packaging before

Energy Oven baked 839
Energy Microwaved 855

Fat Oven baked 1.0
Fat Microwaved 1.0

Carbs Oven baked 43.4
Carbs Microwaved 44.9

Carbs of which sugar Oven baked 4.1
Carbs of which sugar Microwaved 4.6

Fibre Oven baked 3.5
Fibre Microwaved 3.3

Protein Oven baked 3.7
Protein Microwaved 3.3

Salt Oven baked 0.1
Salt Microwaved 0.1
that's if you bake them first then reheat in the microwave.
 
Seriously? You can get a very good baked potato just by microwaving on both sides for 4-5 mins, then hot oven for 10-20 mins (depending on how crispy you want it and how hungry you are).

If you have an oven/microwave combo you can heat the oven whilst doing the microwaving, and have a good baked potato in 20 mins.

Baked potatoes are like pasta or rice - there should be no reason to buy a packaged fast-food version full of whatever chemicals used to make it last longer on the shelves when cooking from fresh is so simple, it's one step up from making toast.
 
my microwave has a jacket potato mode :D

sensors the weight/moisture content and decides the cooking duration :D

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Different cooking methods, break stuff down differently. Surprised they've even showed the difference.
Are we going to end up with steamed, boiled, microwave, oven, slowed cooked nutrition as they will all be slightly different.

Then depending how much you cook it depends how many calories and nutrition your body can extract. Generally less cooked/processed the less your body absorbs.
 
you bought microwave jacket potatoes?

He clearly doesn't have time to wait an hour or so for an actual jacket potato.

I'm fairly confident they are horrible and dry though compared to a proper nice huge white succulent baking potato from a market stall
 
He clearly doesn't have time to wait an hour or so for an actual jacket potato.

I'm fairly confident they are horrible and dry though compared to a proper nice huge white succulent baking potato from a market stall

:confused:

Or just put a potato in the microwave for a microwave jacket potato.
 
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