Calories in Cooked Ground Turkey

StaciMarie1974
StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
in Food and Nutrition
My biggest pet peeve about nutrition is that meat labels have nutrition as packaged. That is, raw. But cooking changes the weight and depending on how you cook it, you can also decrease fat. I understand they can't put all that on the label because everyone cooks differently.

But... If you drain & rinse ground turkey (85/15) how much of a difference can it make? I can find resources online to discuss that for ground beef, but can't find any actual calorie # for ground turkey. 220 calories per 4 ounce raw w/ 17 grams of fat becomes?

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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,264 Member
    I won't answer on principle. :flowerforyou:
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    For the record, $ dictates my food choices somewhat. Today 85/15 ground turkey was $9.99 for 3 pounds. Ground beef 80/20 was $4.29 a pound and only available in package quantities that make it impossible to buy 3 pounds. WHY do they do that? Sell 2.5 or 3.75. I guess because they can make you buy more than you want...
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    I do not drain my turkey but I do use a paper towel to soak up some of the fat from my sausage and bacon. You probably already guessed this but I would suggest just logging the whole thing. I'm sure you overestimate some exercise calories here and there or may not be spot on with some food calories. Just consider it a built in buffer. Maybe someone some day will figure out a formula for calories drained!
  • VoodooSyxx
    VoodooSyxx Posts: 297
    Why would you drain and rinse ground turkey? There's barely any fat in there to begin with, and it's not like fat is a bad thing.
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    Just log what it says. A little overestimating can act as a cushion for off days, or food you don't know the exact count if.
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    Because I'm not a fan of soupy nachos... I don't avoid fat in general. But I'm not going to drink the fat that separates out from browning/crumbling ground beef/turkey. I eat plenty of nuts, oils, fish, etc.
    Why would you drain and rinse ground turkey? There's barely any fat in there to begin with, and it's not like fat is a bad thing.

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