Calculating calories for chicken wings

drajbirbal

Hello, everyone. I started using MFP almost two months now, and my progress has been wildly successful.

I need your advice on calculating nutritional value when creating recipes with poultry that includes bones. Specific example:

Baked chicken wings - label on raw chicken wing package shows 210 calories for 4-oz serving of chicken wing. Does 4-oz serving mean:

1. 4-oz raw weight, including bones?
2. 4-oz raw weight, meat only?
3. 4-oz cooked weight, including bones?
4. 4-oz cooked weight, meat only?

Obviously, this makes a big difference when looking at something like wings, where a 5 baked wing meal may range from 250 calories to 750 calories, depending on the amount of chicken used to calculate the recipe.

Thanks!

echmainfit619

I use 80 calories per wing (on average). I'm talking about the half wings (the flat pieces and drummies) that you would get at Buffalo Wild Wings. And that's for the wings alone, not any sauces. I use dry rubs which add very few, if any, calories.

Phrick

I emailed Foster Farms once to ask exactly this - their label says a serving is 110g so I asked if that was total weight, or just edibles. I received the response that the 110g serving is for the skin and meat portions only. The lady that replied did not indicate cooked vs raw, but I figure the weight of the bones isn't going to change THAT much when cooked (sure, some, but not a lot), and most raw meat packaging nutrition data is for the raw product. So I recorded the weight of the raw wings and later subtracted the weight of the bones after cooking, and accepted the discrepancy as being worth it

asdowe13

I go with #2

KylaDenay

I pick #2 also

drajbirbal

Fantastic! Thanks so much for the prompt responses.

I agree, #2 makes the most sense. I will use the raw weight, meat and skin only, to calculate the nutrition values.

Thanks again for everyone's support.