Fruit weights

earlnabby
earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
edited March 2 in Food and Nutrition
Silly question, but for fruits like oranges and clementines, do you weigh them before or after peeling (since you don't eat the peel?

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  • serindipte
    serindipte Posts: 1,557 Member
    I only weigh what I eat. (No peeling, no cores, seeds, etc)
  • BombshellPhoenix
    BombshellPhoenix Posts: 1,693 Member
    I do after and for fruits with pits, I weigh it, eat it and then weigh the pit and subtract that gram amount out :D
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    I do after and for fruits with pits, I weigh it, eat it and then weigh the pit and subtract that gram amount out :D
    If you are using the built in MFP entries pulled from the USDA nutrient database and going by weight, ^^^^this is the correct way. Only the edible portion is counted.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Thanks. That is not something I actually thought about until I was taking a couple of clementines out of the fridge today. They are small so I always counted two as a serving but decided to weigh them this time and, without peels, the two count as 1.5 servings. Obviously this is a minor thing for me since I am losing on schedule so I have been accurate enough with my occasional guesstimates.
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