Should I Weigh My Meat Cooked or Raw? | Which Macros Are Correct?

We get a lot of questions about how to properly track meat when tracking macros. The weight of something like chicken is totally different if the chicken is raw vs. cooked. So which is correct? Should you weigh food raw or cooked? This video will explore this topic through another kitchen cooking session with Mark.

[shakedaviman]

If you weigh raw chicken breast and you get 100 grams, let's say the 100 grams are divided into 80 grams of clean chicken breast and 20 grams of liquids, then you do not weigh 100 grams of clean chicken breast, you also weigh the liquids, and say you cooked those 100 grams of chicken breast and you got 75 grams after cooking, so it makes sense that you do not eat the 25 grams of liquid that came out of the chicken breast during the cooking process.
So why not just calculate the food cooked on both the weight and the app?

[yassonstage]

Cooked chicken looses water and little fat...
And we can see that the protein rate is higher after cooking.
Raw : 22% of protein
Cooked : 30%
Thanks for the video
Even if I probably need more explanations about outcomes...
Have a good day 👍💪

[bobbykoller]

This is not a debate. All good should be weighed in it’s raw form for tracking macros unless stated otherwise on the label.

[tikiortaka]

If you measure cooked it is way less accurate as you can cook the chicken in a magnitude of different ways. Raw Chicken breast on the other hand is way more consistent by nature and will be the same proportion almost all the time.

[Asimo]

Are you sure that the macros you used were accurate? I would think that the macronutrient content would change very little if at all. Like someone mentioned earlier I don't think you can cook the protein out of something, maybe a little of the fat.

[stephaniesommers]

I thought the rule of thumb for weighing cooked chicken was to add 25% to it's weight.

[drainmonkeys]

I think if you are obsessing over weight of cooked or raw chicken.. you have a obsessive/compulsive disorder.. the difference is not that much

[anthonyanthony]

Hi, where is the best place to look up nutritional information for all foods, raw and cooled? I can only find cooked values.

[americohagim]

I weigh it raw because think about it. 4 oz of raw salmon like in sashimi is the same as if I cooked that salmon instead of eating it raw so it’s the same

[himanshumahajan]

I am eating 500gm of boiled skinless chicken breast no herb no salt no added stuff..may you please tell me how much calories i am getting .. Google and all fitness applications have different values .

[infinite]

So if I have 4oz chicken breast raw 23 grams of protein and if I cook that chicken and I ad more cooked chicken to equal 4oz how much protein should I have in cooked meat?

[skltr]

if the cooked chicken is losing that much moisture that was once in when it was raw, how is that changing the macros? shouldn't the macros still be the same? or at least the protein value? how does cooking a piece of meat make that piece of meat lose it's protein value? I get the fat because cooking can cook out the fat, but there's that much of a protein loss as well?

[eddutome]

Weighted Cooked you will eat cooked not raw

[megapet]

So if I have minced meat which weighs 400g and it has 20g protein in 100g of its weight, it has 80g protein in total. But when I cook it, let's say it looses 100g of it's weight. Did it also loose 20g of protein or not?

[kevinsjones]

says online its 31g protein for 100g of breast how r u getting 73...

[jairogarcia]

how did you get the macros out fo the chicken like wahts the formula

[evinowens]

do you really need to say not to handle uncooked chicken

[FRNDAFAUZI]

I have 250gr of chicken breast (no skin) and after I cooked the chicken it become 160gr, does the nutrition value still the same or different

[omarsantiago]

What app did you use to get the macros ?

[yurikatana]

get the nutritions value of the RAW Lean Chicken Breast(boneless, skinless) from good source, 100g RAW LCB with 20% water have 23g protein, the protein is calculated from the 80% meat, the 20% water weight doesnt have protein in it, when you COOK LCB you might get it stuck to the pan and lost 4% of the 80% meat and the 20% water poof, gone, reduced to atom, you left with 76% meat and 1-2 g less protein which is 21-22g Protein, the water percentage may varied but do you guys seriously think you can get protein from water and then calculated the amount of protein from water