Viewing the message boards in:

Worst database entries?

24

Replies

  • Posts: 651 Member
    I found a butter entry once for 1cal/gram. Noooooo . . . . . also, I wish!
  • Posts: 105 Member
    Noel_57 wrote: »
    Mutant chicken beasts?

    c2n9gcvvi4ts.png

    This is the one im having the most trouble with...how many calories is 4oz chicken breast????
  • Posts: 243 Member

    This is the one im having the most trouble with...how many calories is 4oz chicken breast????

    It all depends. Some processors brine their frozen chicken breasts in a salt water solution, so it will have a lower calorie count per ounce since it has more water than fresh chicken breasts from the meat case.
  • Posts: 3,565 Member
    edited July 2017

    This is the one im having the most trouble with...how many calories is 4oz chicken breast????

    I had boneless, skinless grilled chicken breast tonight. I searched "USDA chicken breast boneless skinless grilled" and got a value of 43 calories an ounce. I noticed the packaging said 4 oz=120 calories, but that was for raw and I don't weigh out raw chicken breast unless it's going in a recipe raw. USDA entries will generally be the most reliable with meat & fresh produce.
  • Posts: 870 Member
    try2again wrote: »

    I had boneless, skinless grilled chicken breast tonight. I searched "USDA chicken breast boneless skinless grilled" and got a value of 43 calories an ounce. I noticed the packaging said 4 oz=120 calories, but that was for raw and I don't weigh out raw chicken breast unless it's going in a recipe raw. USDA entries will generally be the most reliable with meat & fresh produce.

    You asked me this before about a cut of chicken I used. It was a premeasured cut of chicken breast that was 4 oz raw with brine. So it would have less than 43 calories per ounce because part of the weight was water. So 120 calories might make sense if you account for 3 oz meat and 1 oz water.
  • Posts: 3,565 Member
    edited July 2017

    You asked me this before about a cut of chicken I used. It was a premeasured cut of chicken breast that was 4 oz raw with brine. So it would have less than 43 calories per ounce because part of the weight was water. So 120 calories might make sense if you account for 3 oz meat and 1 oz water.

    Absolutely. And then if you weigh cooked, once the water is cooked out, 4 oz of just meat would have a higher calorie count.
  • Posts: 870 Member
    try2again wrote: »

    Absolutely. And then if you weigh cooked, once the water is cooked out, 4 oz of just meat would have a higher calorie count.

    No. It was a 3oz piece of meat raw to begin with, which shrank after cooking. Sorry if I didn't clarify.
  • Posts: 3,565 Member

    No. It was a 3oz piece of meat raw to begin with, which shrank after cooking. Sorry if I didn't clarify.

    Lol... no, I got it! I was just comparing 4 oz of raw vs 4 oz of cooked ;)
  • Posts: 25,763 Member

    I once had someone tell me in all earnestness that they logged their bananas as small - 90 calories and then bought the largest bananas they could so they'd get more banana for the same number of calories.

    :o
  • Posts: 1,639 Member
    Anytime I build a recipe with banana in it, the default banana it gives me is well over 1000 calories for one... seems legit.
  • Posts: 3,565 Member
    Anytime I build a recipe with banana in it, the default banana it gives me is well over 1000 calories for one... seems legit.

    The recipe builder is a thread in itself. I got several thousand calories for dried basil the other day, and you can't enter the generic "olive oil" or you get "chicken breast sauteed in olive oil". :/
  • Posts: 4,590 Member
    Yeah. So much baloney. When I'm in doubt, I google the item and compare it to the entries. Still not infallible, but better than nothing. Also if I can find a USDA entry that helps.
  • Posts: 4,590 Member
    also, KEKs? AHAHAHA! How many Shadilays is that worth?
  • Posts: 4,590 Member

    This is the one im having the most trouble with...how many calories is 4oz chicken breast????

    Google says it's 162 if no skin and is baked.
  • Posts: 888 Member
    Wish I could figure out how to post a picture. When I searched cream cheese, 2 T was over 7,000 calories. Wtf?
  • Posts: 15,532 Member
    Luna3386 wrote: »
    Wish I could figure out how to post a picture. When I searched cream cheese, 2 T was over 7,000 calories. Wtf?

    Clearly a calorie dense version.
This discussion has been closed.