Pork chop - real protein content ?

Oflamez

Generic - Pork Chop (With Bone, Raw), 140 gram cals 194 prot 22 0fat 11 0 0


Raw - Pork Chop - Bone In, 140 gram cals 178 prot 31 0 fat 5 0 0


Which one is accurate ?
Is the second one measured after cooking ?

Basically I had 140 grams of pork chop measured raw, I calculated the butter it was fried in later separately.

jemhh

Check the USDA database.

lemurcat12

Yes, always check the USDA database or learn to recognize the USDA database entries in MFP. Weighing raw is great (use an entry that specifies raw), but realize it won't include the weight of the bone. When I have bone-on meat I usually use the cooked entry so I can weigh without the bone or deduct the leftover bone more easily. (Then use the entry that specifies cooked, of course.)

Oflamez

Checked it says 29 g protein, so what do I do now ? Not care bout 7 g protein difference ?

Also in the above example bot uses the word raw and yet there is a 9 g protein difference, why ? Maybe the 31g listing is cooked

jemhh

Oflamez wrote: »

Checked it says 29 g protein, so what do I do now ? Not care bout 7 g protein difference ?

Also in the above example bot uses the word raw and yet there is a 9 g protein difference, why ? Maybe the 31g listing is cooked

Anybody can add a food to the MFP database with whatever numbers they want. The USDA database is an authoritative source. Use an entry that matches it or create one that does. Forget that the erroneous entry exists. USDA entries specify cooked or uncooked.

Francl27

Use USDA raw, but it will vary depending on how much fat there is on your piece of pork too (or trim all the fat and look for 'usda pork chop raw lean'). I pretty much always have to estimate a little when logging pork or beef.

Oflamez

Francl27 wrote: »

Use USDA raw, but it will vary depending on how much fat there is on your piece of pork too (or trim all the fat and look for 'usda pork chop raw lean'). I pretty much always have to estimate a little when logging pork or beef.

yes and also highly depends on how much bone is in it, but I'm happy with the average values

Francl27

Oflamez wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

Use USDA raw, but it will vary depending on how much fat there is on your piece of pork too (or trim all the fat and look for 'usda pork chop raw lean'). I pretty much always have to estimate a little when logging pork or beef.

yes and also highly depends on how much bone is in it, but I'm happy with the average values

Well that's the thing though - it only includes the edible part. So your bone shouldn't be included in the weight (which is pretty much impossible if it's raw). Another reason why it's such a pain to log. You can weigh it raw, then cook it, and weigh your bone after that and subtract it (assuming bone weight doesn't change when cooked, which is probably not the case, but close enough).

In that case honestly I just weigh it and log it cooked.

cwolfman13

Oflamez wrote: »

Checked it says 29 g protein, so what do I do now ? Not care bout 7 g protein difference ?

Also in the above example bot uses the word raw and yet there is a 9 g protein difference, why ? Maybe the 31g listing is cooked

in the database search, "pork chop - USDA" or some such thing.

kshama2001

This is the correct entry for raw pork chops: "Pork, fresh, loin, center loin (chops), bone-in, separable lean only, raw." You'll need to subtract the weight of the bone to get the correct weight to use.

To get the correct terms to use on MFP, look the food up on http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods . It may seem like a pain, but it's really not, and then once you've added all your frequent foods, they are in your food diary in Recent.