Raw weight or cooked weight?
Hello all,
I have been recording raw weights in my cronometer diary for a while now. Though it has always troubled me. Beef patties, bacon, chicken thighs, lamb, & some veggies all have different weights, whether it be raw or cooked. Is there an agreed method to logging food weights given these common foods? Also, what about the fat rendered from these foods - if I eat that also, would that be a separate entry?
Answers
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Four years ago Cronometer said (in response to a question specifically about meat):
We recommend using the NCCDB when logging foods in Cronometer because they provide the most nutrient data. NCCDB provides the nutrient info for prepared foods, in other words the data is for a cooked serving of meat. If you're looking for raw instead, I recommend searching for a USDA. Search for the name of the meat and add raw at the end.
There is no rule for whether they provide nutrition information for raw meat or cooked meat for brand name products, like Kirkland chicken thighs. It's up to the manufacturer to decide. More often than not. they do not indicate which they have used on the package. Log generic versions in your diary to skip the guessing game.
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I believe the assumption is tied to the manufacturers intent.
So vegetables, are raw; unless they assume you shall cook them. Like with beans or rice.
So rice would be 100 grams of cooked rice, not uncooked rice. (Rice fluffs up to twice or three times its size in cups. 1 Cup of Basamati Rice fluffs to around 2.5-3 cups, for my rice cooker.)