Question regarding weighing food

[Wayacrucis]

I know this may sound stupid..but it has been on my mind for a while now.

Let’s say I go to Costco and buy a bunch of chicken breast. The label says 100g of chicken breast = 20g protein.

I consume 50g protein per meal, so for as long as I could remember I’ve been cooking 250g of raw chicken. Though once the chicken is cooked, that 250g turns into approx 190g.

So my question is...am I getting my 50g of protein... or am I getting less than that? When the label states 100g of chicken = 20g protein, I am assuming that is measured raw, or am I wrong here?

 

[machomadness22]

I could be wrong but I believe the chicken or any meat is always measured raw on the label to be safe use my fitness pal or some
App that has cooked chicken and that will break down the macros for you

 

[anarchocapitalist]

set up a free account at fitday.com and measure your food cooked unless its veggies don't measure veggies.

 

[g0ttequila]

Cooked I would assume. 250 - 190 = 60gr water. Doesn't hold protein. That's how I always counted it


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[liv2pb]

Always weigh it raw. The label shows raw weight

 

[someday]

So my question is...am I getting my 50g of protein... or am I getting less than that?

Yes. Protein doesn't evaporate, the water does. I weigh raw but I also made a big batch of boiled chicken once that I weighed before and after just so I had an accurate number to use every time I grabbed "x" amount of boiled chicken for my meals. You can also grab a pretty close estimate online, but just wanted to double check for my own benefit and curiosity. Basically, the protein content per oz. just goes up after cooking.

 

[g0ttequila]

Yes. Protein doesn't evaporate, the water does. I weigh raw but I also made a big batch of boiled chicken once that I weighed before and after just so I had an accurate number to use every time I grabbed "x" amount of boiled chicken for my meals. You can also grab a pretty close estimate online, but just wanted to double check for my own benefit and curiosity. Basically, the protein content per oz. just goes up after cooking.

this basically means i've been eating more protein than i actually thought, not sure if that is a good or a bad thing lol

 

[pupeye]

Some chicken is injected with solution, so it actually loses more water than natural pieces of chicken. I usually assume 1 oz of cooked meat has 7g protein.

 

[shime258]

I found a good website that you can get the nutritional breakdown on food that you can actually choose whether it's raw or cooked and if cooked you can choose the method. The link I'm posting is for beef but you can navigate from there and change proteins

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