Need help with nutrition values for homemade chicken broth

toadqueen

I eat a homemade chicken broth each day but really have no clue about the calories, carbs, fat, or protein. The broth is derived from boiling chicken quarters or drumsticks in water for several hours. It is just water and chicken fat I think. I had been using someone else's MFP entry but think that that calories were way to low and the carbs too high. I do not strain my broth so it is very fatty - usually gelatinous. Sometimes, I add sea salt.

I usually eat .5-1 cup with or without the boiled chicken flesh. Any ideas on how to calculate?

Last new post for tonight!

pondsbb

USDA's estimate. Soup, stock, chicken, home-prepared (1 cup):

86 calories
2.88 g fat
0.77 g saturated fat
1.397 g monosaturated fat
0.511 g polysaturated fat
7 mg cholesterol
252 mg potassium
8.47 g carbohydrate
0 g fiber
6.05 g protein

creepykbear

The carbs do seem high on that. Don't most people use carrots and onions and celery when they make stock? Which would make the carb count higher? If you're just making it with meat - how can it be higher carbs than the meat?

camtosh

Have you tried entering your own recipe in MFP? That should give you the correct carb count for your method.

pondsbb

I don't understand how you could get the count since you take the meat out after you cook it. I would think you would have to estimate it.

Cheesy567

pondsbb wrote: »

I don't understand how you could get the count since you take the meat out after you cook it. I would think you would have to estimate it.

The collagen that leaves the cartilage during the cooking (and makes the broth gelatinous) is protein. An incomplete protein, meaning you don't want it to make up the only source of protein for the day as it lacks some essential amino acids, but it's protein.

I use an entry that lists about 85 cal/cup, mostly fat and protein. It's an estimate, of course, but I trust it more than the 20cal/cup entries.

pondsbb

Cheesy567 wrote: »

I use an entry that lists about 85 cal/cup, mostly fat and protein. It's an estimate, of course, but I trust it more than the 20cal/cup entries.

Can you post the totals Cheesy?

toadqueen

Thank you all for the assistance. I found the 86 calorie homemade chicken bone broth you mention Cheesy567. The 1:2 fat to protein ratio looks realistic as does the 0 carb.

I should have waited for this. I tried to increase my calories yesterday eating my usual foods in larger quantities and really did a number on my digestive system, hence this 4am EST post. I increased my chicken and broth 3xs as much for dinner and followed it with a 2oz hamburger as a late night snack. I also had fast food (Wendy's jr cheeseburger patty plain, no bun) for the first time in over a month. Good thing I've been fasting on Wednesdays this month with our July challenge.