Nutrition Label Confusion...

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ededar
ededar Posts: 36
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
It says there is 700g of chicken in the packet, but there are only 6 legs, and it gives nutrition information for 100g. Does the 700g in the packet include bones, and the 100g is how much one leg would be without it? Or should I divide the 700g by 6 to get the nutrition amount for one leg? I seem to get these problems all the time, why can't they just say 'one leg' :sad:

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  • mcarter99
    mcarter99 Posts: 1,666 Member
    A 100g serving is a bit less than one leg. I would just log a little more than the calories for one serving if I ate one leg.

    They don't do the nutritional info 'per leg' because they have to use a standardized measure. A 700g package could be 8 legs some days and 4 legs others.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Everything has to give a per 100g value in some jurisdictions, and per serving is optional. Weigh it and you'll know the answer.
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