Question about weight of food....

haileyco
haileyco Posts: 68
edited September 27 in Food and Nutrition
I was curious, when entering in meat portions (chicken, pork chop, hamburger, fish, etc) and it is based on weight. Is it the weight before or after it is cooked?

Thanks :flowerforyou:

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  • jamielise2
    jamielise2 Posts: 432 Member
    Depends on the listing. If the listing says "grilled chicken breast" then it is the weight after cooking. If it says raw, then it's the weight before cooking.
  • haileyco
    haileyco Posts: 68
    thanks!!!
  • menchi
    menchi Posts: 297 Member
    You should definitely choose the listings that are specific about cooked or raw. I was so confused by chicken was so much more caloric than turkey until I realized I was entering raw weight for cooked chicken (but did the turkey correctly).

    A side note, I'm a chemist and we never weigh things while they are hot; it messes with the measurement and the scale. I'm guessing most kitchen scales are not that measurement sensitive, but you might want to be cautious measuring hot cooked food. I try to measure them all raw since I tend to mix things together or forget to measure after I get done cooking.
  • haileyco
    haileyco Posts: 68
    great info
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