Cooked off calories?

giammarcor
giammarcor Posts: 217 Member
edited September 28 in Food and Nutrition
Okay, this may sound like a silly question, but sometimes I'm a silly guy. Does the calorie content of food change when it's cooked? For instance, if a spare rib has 200 calories in it raw, do any of those calories cook off during the barbecue process? Would that same rib have fewer calories when cooked?

Thanks for your answers!

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  • kennie2
    kennie2 Posts: 1,170 Member
    bump! they might cos it drips off fat doesnt it?
  • jrich1
    jrich1 Posts: 2,408 Member
    the majority of meat that cooks off is water content, you might cook some fat off but nothing that would be measureable
  • skittybang
    skittybang Posts: 1,525 Member
    Interesting question! ( from one brilliant to another) I usually will count the calories as a whole, prior to cooking, just in case. You never know what's left or what you're missing. I like to measure the highest the calories can be to disallow myself the "wiggle room." :)
  • mapexdrummer69
    mapexdrummer69 Posts: 445
    The water weight of the food will decrease, but overall macronutrient changes would be miniscule. That being said, HOW you prepare it will change the caloric values. Frying, adding oil, etc.
  • giammarcor
    giammarcor Posts: 217 Member
    The water weight of the food will decrease, but overall macronutrient changes would be miniscule. That being said, HOW you prepare it will change the caloric values. Frying, adding oil, etc.

    Yes, I kind of figured the method of cooking would change it and certainly anything added to it will change it. Okay, maybe the rib was a bad example. How about pasta? When cooked they release a lot of the starch, would that change the caloric content?
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