How do you log your eggs?

Mad_Goose

Hi I was wondering how you guys log your eggs? I scan my egg box and it says 60 cals per egg. Yet some eggs are much larger than others. I want to be as accurate as possible. 60 cals per egg regardless of egg size doesn't seem very accurate.

livingleanlivingclean

I go by size - I buy and log jumbo eggs, yes some are heavier than others, but it evens out in the end.

Alatariel75

i weigh them...

Mad_Goose

Alatariel75 wrote: »

i weigh them...

I looked for eggs in grams on the database. Egg whites per 100 grams was the only thing I could find. Apart from some other generic entry. But it didn't specify weather it was raw or cooked per 100 grams. What do you use in the data base?

livingleanlivingclean

Mad_Goose wrote: »

Alatariel75 wrote: »

i weigh them...

I looked for eggs in grams on the database. Egg whites per 100 grams was the only thing I could find. Apart from some other generic entry. But it didn't specify weather it was raw or cooked per 100 grams. What do you use in the data base?

Look for egg (raw)... You can probably change the serving size to 1g.

MichelleWithMoxie

I log them as large @ 70 cals/egg

Alatariel75

I use whole large egg usda. Then it has a drop down box and I can go by grams.

Mad_Goose

Thanks guys. You we really helpful.

DX2JX2

I go by package info and work on the assumption that 1.) differences between individual eggs wouldn't be that large on an absolute basis (the difference between a large and jumbo egg is only 20 calories), and 2.) things will work out over the long-term (some eggs will be larger and some smaller such that they'll average out to the package info).

Catawampous

USDA entry for whole eggs, raw. Weigh them. Cook them how I want. adding the butter or whatever. Weigh the left over shell then subtract amount from original gram total before cooking. There is also a USDA for eggs hardboiled. Same concept. Shells dont weigh that much so if I'm in a hurry I dont minus them off.

lemurcat12

If you get supermarket eggs the sizes are quite standardized, so you can log a large egg (or whatever size the package says). If yours are various sizes, learn what a large egg looks like and log them as jumbo if larger, medium if smaller or some such.

I get farm eggs that vary in size and because I usually make omelets I weigh them (when I'm logging), because I am weighing the feta I add and the vegetables and so on anyway. If I do a fried egg I just estimate which I am good at by now.

VioletRojo

Here's a link to the USDA entry for whole eggs. I made an entry in My Foods for eggs that is exactly as it's listed in the USDA database. I weight the egg without the shell and record the raw weight.
https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/112?fgcd=&manu=&lfacet=&format=&count=&max=50&offset=&sort=default&order=asc&qlookup=eggs&ds=Standard+Reference&qt=&qp=&qa=&qn=&q=&ing=

KosmosKitten

I weigh them in grams depending on what size eggs I buy. A large egg isn't going to way the same as a jumbo egg, for example. Usually, it's a 20g difference between the two.

Weigh them after you crack the shells, obviously. :P

toxikon

I go with what it says on the box. I usually buy large eggs and the box says 72 cals each. Eggs are one of the things I don't bother weighing, as they go straight from shell into a hot pan (and I'm not dirtying a bowl to weigh them!).

Sp1tfire

I log my farm fresh ones as jumbo. I've noticed that the yolks seem pretty uniform and any 'extra' is usually white and the calories from a bit of extra white doesn't seem important to me to track.

cwolfman13

I always just logged what was on the carton...never a problem...it's not like the calorie difference is going to be particularly material.

Lasmartchika

I once had a jumbo egg with 2 yolks in it... I didn't log it. :laugh: Had no idea how to log it.

yskaldir

The difference between large and extra large is like 10 calories.

OhMsDiva

MichSmish wrote: »

I log them as large @ 70 cals/egg

That part

Wynterbourne

I weigh them and use the USDA entry.

ahoy_m8

toxikon wrote: »

I go with what it says on the box. I usually buy large eggs and the box says 72 cals each. Eggs are one of the things I don't bother weighing, as they go straight from shell into a hot pan (and I'm not dirtying a bowl to weigh them!).

Do you have a scale with a tare function? If so, you can put eggs on scale, tare, crack in pan, put shells on scale, note weight. I weigh them, and I'd say they average 50g but not uncommonly are 10% more or less. As others pointed out, not a huge calorie variance if you're having one or two.

DX2JX2

ahoy_m8 wrote: »

toxikon wrote: »

I go with what it says on the box. I usually buy large eggs and the box says 72 cals each. Eggs are one of the things I don't bother weighing, as they go straight from shell into a hot pan (and I'm not dirtying a bowl to weigh them!).

Do you have a scale with a tare function? If so, you can put eggs on scale, tare, crack in pan, put shells on scale, note weight. I weigh them, and I'd say they average 50g but not uncommonly are 10% more or less. As others pointed out, not a huge calorie variance if you're having one or two.

10% isn't that big a variance even if you're having a dozen!

Also, that's not quite how you use the tare function. You don't actually need to tare the scale to do the above, just weigh the whole egg and the shell only and then note the difference between the two.

You can use the tare function as described above if you want but then you'd need to note the difference in the negative number.

MinuitMinuet

Large egg-72c
Small egg-60c
Pretty accurate so far.

peaceout_aly

Mad_Goose wrote: »

Hi I was wondering how you guys log your eggs? I scan my egg box and it says 60 cals per egg. Yet some eggs are much larger than others. I want to be as accurate as possible. 60 cals per egg regardless of egg size doesn't seem very accurate.

You can weigh them on a food scale or opt for Egg Beaters or Egg Whites which are even easier to weigh out. Personally, I don't get all that strict. If there's a barcode, I scan it. I think I use 90 cals as the basic "1 Large Egg" measurement.

SarahSloth342634

All eggs are different. I just scan the box on Mfp. For egg whites I use the default which is about 17calories.