What's the best way to calculate the calories in a bone-in pork chop?

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SallyinIL
SallyinIL Posts: 85 Member
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Tonight I'll be making pork chops for dinner. They have a bone in them. I'll be searing them in a pan and then baking them with an apple-onion compote.

The database shows 400 calories for a 6-ounce bone in chop. However, a person does not eat the bone. Does the database assume 6 ounces for the chop entire chop or for only the meat portion that is consumed?

What is the best way to determine the calories in the consumable portion?

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  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
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    I weigh bones and subtract that from the initial weight.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    I find a 'cooked' entry, weigh the whole thing cooked, then subtract the bone weight.

    You could weigh it raw but I'm not sure if bones change weight during cooking or not... I'd guess they do.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,708 Member
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    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    I weigh bones and subtract that from the initial weight.
    THIS.

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  • myukniewicz
    myukniewicz Posts: 906 Member
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    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    I weigh bones and subtract that from the initial weight.

    agreed.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    Francl27 wrote: »
    I find a 'cooked' entry, weigh the whole thing cooked, then subtract the bone weight.

    You could weigh it raw but I'm not sure if bones change weight during cooking or not... I'd guess they do.

    This is what I do, same reasoning.

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