Pre packed roast chicken breast

Ahluvly

Hi everyone,

Right, I don't eat the skin on roast chicken. How many calories or what % would you deduct when entering it into your diary on MFP? I've no idea how much fat etc is in it?

IronSmasher

Do you know what you've eaten?

kathyms13

if its pre packed then type in the name of brand it tells you everything. i use bernard mathews chunks and it has all the info.

Ahluvly

I know how many calories etc is in it, I just wondered what people deducted if they didn't eat the skin.

eilmeister

I think what she's asking is how taking the skin off the chicken changes the numbers printed on the package. Because on pre-packaged roast chicken, the printed nutrition facts would include the skin, but she's taking it off.

@ OP: I'd look at some entries for chicken with and without skin from the database, and see how the numbers compare. Then subtract a similar percentage from the numbers from the package. That should give you at least a ballpark number.

IronSmasher

She might mean where the deli just give you a rotisserie chicken, absolutely no info on it because it's just a chicken.

richx83

nothing, keep the values the same. It is better to over estimate the values than under estimate them.

IronSmasher

34 samples of crisply roasted chicken skin averaged out to be per 100g; 501kcal, 21.5g protein, 0g carb, 46.1g fat, 0 sugar/starch/fibre, 12.9g sat fat, 22.5g mono, 7.7g poly, 0.6g trans, 170mg cholesterol,

Ahluvly

Thanks everyone!!!!

em9371

theres a generic entry with and without skin so that should help you out, i think even taking the skin off though the cals will be higher than a breast cooked without skin as some of the fat will have soaked into the meat.

Chicken - breast, meat and skin, cooked, roasted
Chicken - breast, meat only, cooked, roasted

or just buy raw chicken breasts and a george foreman, they take literally 5 mins to cook the night before, lower in cals / fat and will save you a fortune :-)