Nutritional totals are figured on a per-serving basis including all foods in the ingredients list. We simply total the nutritional information for all foods in the ingredients of a recipe, and then divide by the number of servings it makes to arrive at the per-serving nutritional information. For many recipes servings information is unknown, in which case we simply provide the nutritional information for the entire recipe. This, of course, often results in enormous numbers. We encourage you to provide servings information for any recipes you have tried, in order to improve our nutritional information.
Ingredient sizing can vary.
Obviously, the size of the can or package you use may differ from the size the recipe author used. We encourage recipe authors to explicitly specify the exact size in these cases, but not all authors have. Some ingredients are included in the nutritional data, even though they do not make it into the final product. At this time, Recipezaar is unable to distinguish between ingredients in the dish, and those that are only used in preparation and then disposed, for example, marinade ingredients or deep-frying oil. Thus, be aware the nutritional facts may be inflated as a result of including these ingredients.