Remember that calorie counts on nutrition labels are often inaccurate (by as much as 20-30%). In particular, they are systematically biased against unprocessed food, meaning that highly processed foods look better by comparison.
Some sources for this:
- https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160201-why-the-calorie-...
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/science-reveals-w...
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/01/06/...
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/140307-ca...
- https://www.businessinsider.com/calorie-counts-arent-accurat...
- https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/stop-counting...