problem with aldi meats

AlexEtheridge1996

Hello,

Products from aldi say '100g (as sold)' so am i right in thinking the 100g value are uncooked? However, how accurate is this? Because cooking reduces the weight of most foods significantly and i tend to favour tracking cooked foods

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Francl27

So use a usda entry for cooked meat.

Hornsby

99% of the time you should be weighing uncooked if you want to be as accurate as possible.

You also might be shocked how much 100g varies per package.

AlexEtheridge1996

Francl27 wrote: »

So use a usda entry for cooked meat.

I think that is probably the best idea tbh

AlexEtheridge1996

Right, ok thanks. I just presumed weighing foods (meat) after was more accurate because I dont eat uncooked meat (lol) and uncooked food isnt just purely meat.

AlexEtheridge1996

Hornsby wrote: »

99% of the time you should be weighing uncooked if you want to be as accurate as possible.

You also might be shocked how much 100g varies per package.

Thats true. Different products from different supermarkets are significantly different. I.e. some have more fat etc

mistikal13

Weight it uncooked.

barbecuesauce

AlexEtheridge1996 wrote: »

Hello,

Products from aldi say '100g (as sold)' so am i right in thinking the 100g value are uncooked? However, how accurate is this? Because cooking reduces the weight of most foods significantly and i tend to favour tracking cooked foods

The value is uncooked. That said, I generally use generic entries for meats (unless you're talking about hot dogs or sausage??).

One thing about Aldi--you know those 16 oz tubes of ground beef/turkey? I always weigh those because they are usually more than the package claims. But I always use the recipe builder for that anyway.

barbecuesauce

I just use that entry regardless of whether the meat came from Aldi, Publix, Winn-Dixie, etc

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ahoy_m8

Yep to all the above. As you point out, meat loses a lot of moisture (weight) as it cooks, and how much depends on how and how long it cooks. On the other hand, meat's nutrient composition won't change too much. Hence, two pieces of meat that weigh the same raw and have the name nutritional content can have a ~50% weight difference depending on how cooked. That's why raw weight is more accurate.

Sarasmaintaining

I weigh meat raw before cooking.