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by cncool 4167 days ago
I would say a 630 calorie donut is pretty huge. After looking at the calorie info for a bunch of Tim Hortons donuts, the average seems to be around 250 calories.
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Are you in Canada? I wasn't familiar with Tim Hortons, but Wikipedia indicates its a Canadian bakery chain.

Come on down to the US and you will find 600 calorie donuts aplenty.

Dunikin' Donuts goes from 220 to 550 calories, with the average somewhere around 350, so 600 kcal seems like quite a bit.
> I would say a 630 calorie donut is pretty huge

Therein lies the rub: most people can't fathom they're eating way too much since they feel like it's normal because habit and social.

Sugar (and now HFCS) in everything magnify this problem. I wonder how much calories food would have if manufacturers reduced the amount of sweeteners. Probably makes the food taste worse though.