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Weight of meat before or after cooking?

sara1077
sara1077 Posts: 89 Member
edited January 31 in Health and Weight Loss
What is most accurate for calorie count? Weighing meat before or after cooking.

i had a pack of lean steak (1 lb) and it was 3 pieces. I had put in my diary that it would be 5.3oz (16 divided by 3). After I grilled it, each piece was about 3oz.

Thanks!

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  • ritchiedrama
    ritchiedrama Posts: 1,304 Member
    Always before is usually the general consensus.

    It is easy to find raw information for foods that you will cook..

    eg 100g raw chicken = 20g protein and so on..
  • spoiledpuppies
    spoiledpuppies Posts: 675 Member
    I just figured this out today at least for some skinless, boneless chicken breasts The label said 4 oz per serving with 18 servings = 72 oz (which is what was in the package). So that would be raw. I boiled 4 raw pounds (64 oz, or 16 servings) and ended up with 16 servings of just 2.6 oz cooked.
  • clockworkgeisha
    clockworkgeisha Posts: 48 Member
    If it's store bought, I think they calculate calories on uncooked weight. Also, meat shrinks and loses water when you cook it, so that mainly accounts for the drop in weight, not a loss of calories, alas!
  • sara1077
    sara1077 Posts: 89 Member
    Got it! Glad i asked :-)
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