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Product weight, net or gross?

kadaro90
kadaro90 Posts: 4 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi, whenever I put a product in my diary and I weigh it I am wondering if I should put a gross or net weight of a product... For example a banana... Are the calories/weights indicated in the app are net or gross?
Thanks

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  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,987 Member
    The nutrition data normally takes into consideration the edible parts. So for example the weight of a banana without the peel.
  • kadaro90
    kadaro90 Posts: 4 Member
    Thank you
  • wilson10102018
    wilson10102018 Posts: 1,306 Member
    You have to weigh a banana. They can be 300% larger or smaller. And, don't weigh the skin unless you are eating it.
  • kadaro90
    kadaro90 Posts: 4 Member
    Okay but if it's something that I cook? For example rice or chicken breast? In the app the the nutritions consider net or gross weight?
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,987 Member
    What do you mean by net and gross weight when talking about rice and chicken? Cooked versus uncooked/raw?
    Most entries that don't specify a cooking method are for the raw food, but there are entries for cooked foods too (usually mentioned in the title). I consider weighing the food raw and using raw food entries to be the most accurate.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    kadaro90 wrote: »
    Okay but if it's something that I cook? For example rice or chicken breast? In the app the the nutritions consider net or gross weight?

    Unfortunately, the green check marks in the MFP database are used for both user-created entries and admin-created entries that MFP pulled from the USDA database. To find admin entries for whole foods, I get the syntax from the USDA database and paste that into MFP.

    The USDA changed the platform for their database in 2019 and it is unfortunately a little more difficult to use. I uncheck everything but SR Legacy - that seems to be what MFP used to pull in entries.

    When appropriate for that food, USDA entries will include whether the food is cooked or raw.

    Note: any MFP entry that includes "USDA" was user entered.
  • Strudders67
    Strudders67 Posts: 989 Member
    kadaro90 wrote: »
    Okay but if it's something that I cook? For example rice or chicken breast? In the app the the nutritions consider net or gross weight?

    I normally use the raw /uncooked weight as that leaves no ambiguity for water loss / absorption during the cooking process or different lengths of cooking time which may change the final weight of the cooked item. As much as possible, I check the nutritional info against the packaging to ensure I'm selecting an accurate database entry.
  • kadaro90
    kadaro90 Posts: 4 Member
    Thanks!
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