How to weigh meats: raw/cooked

texaswindsong
texaswindsong Posts: 10 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
In the calorie counter, Do I weigh raw meat before or after cooking? 4 oz of ground chicken is 2.55 ounces after cooking.

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  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    While I'm not a meat eater, logic dictates that the most accurate way to assess the calories in anything is to weigh it raw since cooking can produce variable weight results due to how much water/fat is removed in the cooking process.

    Whichever method you use, just make sure you find the right MFP data base entry and verify it with the USDA data base.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,053 Member
    I do raw when practical, and when not, don't sweat it that I have to used cooked. The important part for me is finding the correct entry in the database to use. Unfortunately, the "verified" green check marks are used for both user-created entries and system entries.

    To find system entries for whole foods, I get the syntax from the USDA database and plug that into MFP.

    For packaged foods, I verify the label against what I find in MFP.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    as long as you are consistent - buti try to do raw because that 4oz could be 3.5/3 or 2.2oz depending on how long you cook it for

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