Frozen shrimp weight

spencerhuete3794

Im trying to figure out the correct weight to enter for the shrimp i eat. I weighed out 250g and then cooked them. I emptied the pan twice of liquid and weighed the shrimp at the end of cooking. Cooked they only weigh 100g. Should i enter 100g or ~80cal or 250g and ~200cal. As i eat shrimp pretty often, this makes a big difference.
No the label does not specify how the weight is calculated.

Lietchi

If the label doesn't specify, it most likely refers to the frozen weight.

wilson10102018

Shrimp has 1 calorie per gram THAWED. I eat 2 pounds per week for the past 3 years fixed every way you can imaging. There is no way to measure shrimp frozen because every frozen shrimp has a different amount of water.

spencerhuete3794

Ok thanx. Ill try to knock it down a bit on the calories then, but its still i guess in the end. But a lot of it must be water

Lietchi

Your bag must state what the total weight of the shrimp in the bag is, no? If you don't have the time to thaw them to get rid of the excess water, I would base my weight on the proportion you're taking from the bag: half of the bag, a third, a quarter... You can always weigh a full bag first (workout packaging) to low how much of the weight is actually water.

In any case, the nutritional info on the label is unlikely to be for the cooked weight unless it is explicitly stated.

goal06082021

I would also assume the label gives nutrition info for the raw weight, and use that - there's no way to account for any seasoning or added fat if you use a cooked-shrimp entry that someone else added to the database. If your goal is weight loss, the worst-case scenario is that you're counting some water as shrimp and overestimating your calories, meaning you actually ate a little bit less than you logged. The error is both in favor of loss and not enough to hurt your progress.