Bone-in ribs and nutritional facts

catherineatwood
catherineatwood Posts: 5 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
hello!
We are having bone-in ribs for dinner tonight. The nutritional facts say a serving size is 4 oz. I've always only counted the meat, but figured it wouldn't hurt to see if I do that correctly.
So, is that 4oz all meat, or bone too?

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  • adamitri
    adamitri Posts: 614 Member
    edited April 2015
    I always thought it meant only the parts you could eat. Same with like chicken wings, various fruits etc. I could be wrong though.

    look at something like this? https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/generic/pork-spareribs-cooked-lean-only-eaten?portionid=3045&portionamount=3.000
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Calories should be for the edible portion only.
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    Ribs are delicious and also high calorie compared to say, chicken breast- I enter 100 calories per rib, personally.
  • adamitri
    adamitri Posts: 614 Member
    ASKyle wrote: »
    Ribs are delicious and also high calorie compared to say, chicken breast- I enter 100 calories per rib, personally.

    Why would you do that instead of just trying to accurately calculate what you're eating?
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    adamitri wrote: »
    ASKyle wrote: »
    Ribs are delicious and also high calorie compared to say, chicken breast- I enter 100 calories per rib, personally.

    Why would you do that instead of just trying to accurately calculate what you're eating?

    Because it's a fair estimate, and I'm not making them myself, so it's impossible to know exactly what's in the sauce/the size/etc. Does everyone plan on carrying a food scale around with them for life, or learning how to eat on your own so that it's sustainable forever? I don't, and I know I will get some hate for that statement. It's just MY OPINION.
  • adamitri
    adamitri Posts: 614 Member
    ASKyle wrote: »
    adamitri wrote: »
    ASKyle wrote: »
    Ribs are delicious and also high calorie compared to say, chicken breast- I enter 100 calories per rib, personally.

    Why would you do that instead of just trying to accurately calculate what you're eating?

    Because it's a fair estimate, and I'm not making them myself, so it's impossible to know exactly what's in the sauce/the size/etc. Does everyone plan on carrying a food scale around with them for life, or learning how to eat on your own so that it's sustainable forever? I don't, and I know I will get some hate for that statement. It's just MY OPINION.

    I'm not hating or asking anyone to carry around a scale. I was referring to ribs like the one the OP has, the ones you make at home.
  • catherineatwood
    catherineatwood Posts: 5 Member
    Thank you for the replays. My moms scale went missing so I used the 100 cal idea.

    I don't carry a scale but we do weekly dinners at my moms so I treat it like we are at my house in regards to weighing and measuring.
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