Chicken question - Bone v No Bone

hmichaud09

So you bake boneless and boned chicken the same way, a little olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder.

MFP I find Bone in Skin on chicken at about 48 calories an ounce. Bone in no skin 25 calories an ounce. (ok I get the calories are in the skin...) Boneless and skinless 1 ounce is 30 calories.

My question is shouldn't an ounce of white chicken meat equal out? (Bone or no bone. Skin aside, as it is consumable....)

jemhh

The bone in assumes a certain portion is going uneaten (the bone) so the calories are less than an ounce of fully consumable chicken.

Be sure to use USDA entries. You can check them against the USDA' s website.

lynn_glenmont

Be sure to use entries that match how you weighed the food (raw v. cooked), and as jemhh suggested, check against the USDA nutrient database (ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods)