Cooked vs Raw

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1krazycat
1krazycat Posts: 8 Member
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Hi, does anyone know a good app to convert cooked chicken, fish, meat to raw in grams?

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  • BarbaraHelen2013
    BarbaraHelen2013 Posts: 1,940 Member
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    I’d be surprised if any app could do that with any meaningful degree of accuracy!

    Too many variables - how was it cooked? Steamed, grilled, roasted, boiled, fried etc all will impact the resultant weight and calorie content. Not to mention added oil/butter from the specific cooking method.

    It’s best to weigh meat raw and add oil/butter as a separate item but if you’re asking the question because you’re not in a position to weigh an item in it’s raw state then second best is to find a database entry for your item that states that it’s cooked and preferably includes the cooking method.

  • Justin_7272
    Justin_7272 Posts: 341 Member
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    This website is the best I've found;

    https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/usda-table-cooking-yields-meat-and-poultry

    The last document is a spreadsheet listing various foods with various cooking methods. It's decently accurate.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
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    Why would you need to do the conversion? It would be as accurate or more so to just use an entry for cooked meat.

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