usualsuspect191This chili oil is apparently very Calorie dense
Hey OP. I think those numbers are based off the 40grams not the 4tsp.
4tsp of olive oil is 18 grams. 40grams of olive oil would be about 500 calories.
google says that 60grams is the common conversion for 4 tablespoons.
Grams are a measure of weight (well, mass if you want to be really specific). Tablespoons are a measure of volume. In order to do a proper comparison you need to know density.
Because metric plans things nicely, a gram is one milliliter of water. 4 tbsp is 59.15ml. So… Yeah, pretty damn close to 60, but again that’s when working with water. I would imagine chili flakes are a little less dense and might throw that calculation off a bit.