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Does the calories and nutrition on a bag of frozen Edamame account for only the edible beans or does it account for the pods too?  I've only been recently introduced to this food and I want to be sure I understand how the calories are accounted for. 

Thanks in advance for any help on this.

 ... I've never thought about this before. Now I'm curious, too!

I think you could possibly try weighing the beans not in the pods and then looking up a count for just the beans, if you're weighing. Per a search on CC, a shelled cup of beans is about 120 or so calories for 80g, on average. Divide that by four (to get 20g) then times it by five: you're looking at about 150 calories per 100g shelled beans. Roughly!

Good question! Now you've got me wondering too.

I've wondered this too. I just assume it counts the shell, and then if anything, I'll be overestimating instead of underestimating.

The beans come frozen and I usually steam them on the stove.  I would have to shell them when hot then weigh them, I guess.  That sort of takes the fun out of eating them right from the pod.  I've found them better than popcorn.  I wish I knew definitively what the calorie count is for the beans.

I get the ready to eat ones from Trader Joes and the bag says 120 Calories per 1/2 cup (75g) "shelled." Based on the servings in the bag, I think it means in the out of the pod or just the edible bean. I have a food scale and the math never works out when I weigh them in the pod.

Edamame is 120cals per half cup of shelled beans (edible parts only). I've never actually counted the number of pods, but there's estimates on the net. If I wasn't writing term papers I'd look it up.... ok, back to term papers!