When to weigh meat?

fernpms
fernpms Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Should I weigh meat before or after it’s cooked? Also, are the weights for lamb chops based on bone-in chops or off-the-bone meat?

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  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,887 Member
    It doesn't matter -- just make sure to pick an entry that indicates cooked (and what method) or raw.

    If there's a calorie count on the label, it's raw unless it says otherwise.

    Weights in entries are without bones, so for bone-in meat I usually weigh cooked (and take the meat off the bone before weighing or I later weigh the bones and subtract).
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    It doesn't matter -- just make sure to pick an entry that indicates cooked (and what method) or raw.

    If there's a calorie count on the label, it's raw unless it says otherwise.

    Weights in entries are without bones, so for bone-in meat I usually weigh cooked (and take the meat off the bone before weighing or I later weigh the bones and subtract).

    Perfectly stated, so I will just expand to discuss picking accurate entries.

    Unfortunately, the green check marks in the MFP database are used for both USER-created entries and ADMIN-created entries that MFP pulled from the USDA database. A green check mark for USER-created entries just means enough people have upvoted the entry - it is not necessarily correct.

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

    https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

    The USDA changed the platform for their database in 2019 and it is unfortunately a little more difficult to use. I use the “SR Legacy” tab - that seems to be what MFP used to pull in entries.

    I have never seen a USDA entry for meat that does not include cooked or raw.

    Note: any MFP entry that includes "USDA" was USER entered.

    For packaged foods, I verify the label against what I find in MFP. (Alas, you cannot just scan with your phone and assume what you get is correct.)

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