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Burger calculation

sandboxjunction
sandboxjunction Posts: 3 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
How do you determine nutrition of a burger. Is it pre cooked weight or cooked? Thanks

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  • kuftae
    kuftae Posts: 299 Member
    Assuming your getting it from a restaurant....?

    I find a comparable burger and use that if the exact one is not available in the database. there's a lot more in a restaurant burger than just meat-- oils, breadcrumbs, etc.
  • perkymommy
    perkymommy Posts: 1,642 Member
    I weigh ground beef after cooking it. If you are eating out then try to find a comparable burger on the tracker. I've found most popular restaurants to be on there.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,354 Member
    Making it yourself, weigh raw. There is too much variation in cooking effects to weigh cooked. A little extra cooking can result in a significant weight change not from nutritional stuff but from loss of water.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    Weigh your meat raw, log that percentage, then weigh each topping and condiment and log those.
  • kuftae
    kuftae Posts: 299 Member
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    Weigh your meat raw, log that percentage, then weigh each topping and condiment and log those.

    Also, it is easier to accurately count lean meat (90/10 or 96/4) as opposed to 80/20 beef. If you weigh it raw then there will be a lot less fat drain off after cooking.
  • sandboxjunction
    sandboxjunction Posts: 3 Member
    Thank you all. I am cooking at home. I was hoping you said weigh it cooked
  • Shrinking_Erin
    Shrinking_Erin Posts: 125 Member
    We always weighed burgers raw.
  • IILikeToMoveItMoveIt
    IILikeToMoveItMoveIt Posts: 1,172 Member
    I weigh everything raw...
  • WholeFoods4Lyfe
    WholeFoods4Lyfe Posts: 1,518 Member
    I weigh everything raw when I can. I prefer my steak Rare so the cooked weight is very close to the raw weight. However, my husband prefers his steak Medium-Well so there is a significant difference between the cooked and raw weight.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    sandboxjunction wrote: »
    Thank you all. I am cooking at home. I was hoping you said weigh it cooked

    You can weigh it cooked and use a 'cooked' entry, but it's more accurate to weigh it raw.
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