weight before cooked or after??

anebergall
anebergall Posts: 6
in Food and Nutrition
I made a homemade meatloaf, my families favorite. :) I made them in individual 4oz servings. After cooking, they each weighed 2.9 oz.. I used 90/10 ground beef serloin. Should I use the 4oz weight or the 2.9 oz weight?

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Use the weight that corresponds to the data you use. If the data is for raw ground beef you need the 4 oz weight.
  • anebergall
    anebergall Posts: 6
    Thank you, Yarwell...... the raw meat weight was 4oz.. so, I'll use that. :)
  • BombshellPhoenix
    BombshellPhoenix Posts: 1,693 Member
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/qanda-are-meat-nutrition-labels-based-on-raw-or-cooked-weight/2014/02/04/b6f5e2b4-89c0-11e3-916e-e01534b1e132_story.html

    "On packaged raw meat and poultry products, the nutrition facts are listed based on the product’s raw weight"

    So, unless the packaging states to use cooked value, I always weigh meat raw :)
  • Kattarra
    Kattarra Posts: 190 Member
    BombshellPhoenix wrote: »
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/qanda-are-meat-nutrition-labels-based-on-raw-or-cooked-weight/2014/02/04/b6f5e2b4-89c0-11e3-916e-e01534b1e132_story.html

    "On packaged raw meat and poultry products, the nutrition facts are listed based on the product’s raw weight"

    So, unless the packaging states to use cooked value, I always weigh meat raw :)

    I didn't know this! I've been counting chicken all wrong. Thanks for sharing.


  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    HotMamaInWorks2 wrote: »
    Kattarra wrote: »
    BombshellPhoenix wrote: »
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/qanda-are-meat-nutrition-labels-based-on-raw-or-cooked-weight/2014/02/04/b6f5e2b4-89c0-11e3-916e-e01534b1e132_story.html

    "On packaged raw meat and poultry products, the nutrition facts are listed based on the product’s raw weight"

    So, unless the packaging states to use cooked value, I always weigh meat raw :)

    I didn't know this! I've been counting chicken all wrong. Thanks for sharing.


    there are actually lots of other people that weigh AFTER COOKING!!!!! Don't take 1 persons word for it.

    It's fine to weigh after cooking as long as you're choosing a nutritional entry that corresponds to your cooking method. ie don't choose a boiled entry if you grilled it, etc. But the nutritional information on the label is for the raw weight (unless specified otherwise). That's not one person's word. That's a fact.

  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    yarwell wrote: »
    Use the weight that corresponds to the data you use. If the data is for raw ground beef you need the 4 oz weight.

    Why did this get flagged as spam?
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  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    It doesn't matter as long as you are consistent. I weigh both raw and cooked depending on what I'm making and what's easier. All that matters is that if you weigh it raw, use raw nutrition info. If you weigh it cooked, use cooked nutrition info. Hasn't stopped me from losing over 20lbs sofar.
    diannethegeek wrote: »
    yarwell wrote: »
    Use the weight that corresponds to the data you use. If the data is for raw ground beef you need the 4 oz weight.

    Why did this get flagged as spam?

    I've noticed that a lot of posts are getting flagged for no reason. Usually because the person simply doesn't agree wtih the person's post. I posted about how crappy the new recipe builder is, got flagged. Someone else posted the same thing, got flagged. Someone asked a question about weight loss/calorie restriction and menstruation.. and she got flagged.
  • Kattarra
    Kattarra Posts: 190 Member
    HotMamaInWorks2 wrote: »
    Kattarra wrote: »
    BombshellPhoenix wrote: »
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/qanda-are-meat-nutrition-labels-based-on-raw-or-cooked-weight/2014/02/04/b6f5e2b4-89c0-11e3-916e-e01534b1e132_story.html

    "On packaged raw meat and poultry products, the nutrition facts are listed based on the product’s raw weight"

    So, unless the packaging states to use cooked value, I always weigh meat raw :)

    I didn't know this! I've been counting chicken all wrong. Thanks for sharing.


    there are actually lots of other people that weigh AFTER COOKING!!!!! Don't take 1 persons word for it.

    I was weighing 4 ounces of cooked chicken and using the calories on the label which I know understand is for the raw weight. I thought that it seemed like a lot of meat.
  • anebergall
    anebergall Posts: 6
    Thank you so much for the input.. I'll continue to use the raw weight I guess. It was just that I added other ingredients to the meat to make the meat loaf, including quik oats & I thought that, it would be actually less meat on my scale, being that I had about 6 ingredients not including the meat. Wow, did anyone figure out what the flagging was all about?
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    edited October 2014
    anebergall wrote: »
    Thank you so much for the input.. I'll continue to use the raw weight I guess. It was just that I added other ingredients to the meat to make the meat loaf, including quik oats & I thought that, it would be actually less meat on my scale, being that I had about 6 ingredients not including the meat. Wow, did anyone figure out what the flagging was all about?

    Next time you make a recipe like this, log the weight of individual items. So weigh the bowl first and write that down, tare the scale. Put the meat into the bowl on the scale and jot the weight down. Then tare it, add your oats and jot the weight down, etc for all ingredients. Then if you want to put it into individual pans, weigh the entire bowl and subtract the weight of the bowl, and then divide that weight by how many pans you want to make, and weigh that into each pan (or tare the scale, leave the bowl there and grab the mixture until it reads a negative of the weight you're using, and then tare it and start again).

    Or you can just add all the weights together, assuming you used the same measurement unit for each ingredient. I do either depending on how many ingredients I'm using.

    And the flagging is just people abusing the flagging buttons lol.

    Oh and as far as raw vs cooked weight. I use raw when I make recipes because it's obviously more convenient and makes more sense. But I use raw and cooked depending on what is easier/more convenient, I do not only use cooked/raw.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    Kattarra wrote: »
    HotMamaInWorks2 wrote: »
    Kattarra wrote: »
    BombshellPhoenix wrote: »
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/qanda-are-meat-nutrition-labels-based-on-raw-or-cooked-weight/2014/02/04/b6f5e2b4-89c0-11e3-916e-e01534b1e132_story.html

    "On packaged raw meat and poultry products, the nutrition facts are listed based on the product’s raw weight"

    So, unless the packaging states to use cooked value, I always weigh meat raw :)

    I didn't know this! I've been counting chicken all wrong. Thanks for sharing.


    there are actually lots of other people that weigh AFTER COOKING!!!!! Don't take 1 persons word for it.

    I was weighing 4 ounces of cooked chicken and using the calories on the label which I know understand is for the raw weight. I thought that it seemed like a lot of meat.

    But if you look up nutritional information on nutrition data websites and find info for cooked chicken, then you can log that cooked chicken weight. I do this all the time, hasn't hindered my progress.
  • anebergall
    anebergall Posts: 6
    Thanx Ana3067! That is a great idea using my scale. I didn't think of that! I will do that next time. :smile: Hmmmm...on the flagging.......well alrighty then... Thanx again for taking the time to reply, it was very helpful.
  • Sunitagt
    Sunitagt Posts: 486 Member
    ana3067 wrote: »
    anebergall wrote: »
    Thank you so much for the input.. I'll continue to use the raw weight I guess. It was just that I added other ingredients to the meat to make the meat loaf, including quik oats & I thought that, it would be actually less meat on my scale, being that I had about 6 ingredients not including the meat. Wow, did anyone figure out what the flagging was all about?

    Next time you make a recipe like this, log the weight of individual items. So weigh the bowl first and write that down, tare the scale. Put the meat into the bowl on the scale and jot the weight down. Then tare it, add your oats and jot the weight down, etc for all ingredients. Then if you want to put it into individual pans, weigh the entire bowl and subtract the weight of the bowl, and then divide that weight by how many pans you want to make, and weigh that into each pan (or tare the scale, leave the bowl there and grab the mixture until it reads a negative of the weight you're using, and then tare it and start again).

    Or you can just add all the weights together, assuming you used the same measurement unit for each ingredient. I do either depending on how many ingredients I'm using.

    And the flagging is just people abusing the flagging buttons lol.

    Oh and as far as raw vs cooked weight. I use raw when I make recipes because it's obviously more convenient and makes more sense. But I use raw and cooked depending on what is easier/more convenient, I do not only use cooked/raw.

    I do something similar. I weigh out all the raw ingredients and add them to the recipe builder, then at the end once the finished product is cooked I weigh the entire recipe in grams, and use that as the number of servings. Then when I take a portion for lunch, I just weigh out how much I took. That's as accurate as I can think to be with logging it. Not 100% perfect because maybe I had more chicken and less broth in the soup I took today, but it does the job.
  • anebergall
    anebergall Posts: 6
    All great ideas....I'm still learning, so all input is so helpful.. Calories are new to me, & I'm still learning portions, etc. Carbs definitely work, but I felt deprived & after I went off I would go back into my old eating habits. I like learning the caloric values & believe I can finally learn to maintain, because I am NOT deprived. Just learning to eat healthier & still work in some of the things I like in moderation/plus exercise... wink:

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