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MannishBoy
Wed, October 4th, 2006, 12:09 AM
Found this (http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/cgi-bin/measure.pl?MSRE_NO=23999) on the USDA website. It's a calculator that allows you to compute nutritional data on ground beef based on it's listed fat content and the method it's cooked (or not cooked).

Example:

Beef, ground, 94% lean meat / 6% fat, crumbles, cooked, pan-browned
Nutrient Units 3 oz
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85 grams
Proximates
Water g 52.42
Energy kcal 171
Energy kj 716
Protein g 24.68
Total lipid (fat) g 7.28
Ash g 1.13
Carbohydrate, by difference g 0.00
Fiber, total dietary g 0.0
Sugars, total g 0.00
Minerals
Calcium, Ca mg 9
Iron, Fe mg 2.72
Magnesium, Mg mg 24
Phosphorus, P mg 221
Potassium, K mg 386
Sodium, Na mg 72
Zinc, Zn mg 5.97
Copper, Cu mg 0.088
Manganese, Mn mg 0.011
Selenium, Se mcg 18.0
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid mg 0.0
Thiamin mg 0.036
Riboflavin mg 0.165
Niacin mg 6.114
Pantothenic acid mg 0.687
Vitamin B-6 mg 0.363
Folate, total mcg 7
Folic acid mcg 0
Folate, food mcg 7
Folate, DFE mcg_DFE 7
Choline, total mg 78.8
Vitamin B-12 mcg 2.12
Vitamin A, IU IU 0
Vitamin A, RAE mcg_RAE 0
Retinol mcg 0
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) mg 0.35
Vitamin K (phylloquinone) mcg 1.1
Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated g 3.156
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated g 3.029
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated g 0.329
Fatty acids, total trans g 0.280
Cholesterol mg 76
Other
Alcohol, ethyl g 0.0
Caffeine mg 0
Theobromine mg 0
Carotene, beta mcg 0
Carotene, alpha mcg 0
Cryptoxanthin, beta mcg 0
Lycopene mcg 0
Lutein + zeaxanthin mcg 0

guava
Wed, October 4th, 2006, 01:13 PM
Found this (http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/cgi-bin/measure.pl?MSRE_NO=23999) on the USDA website. It's a calculator that allows you to compute nutritional data on ground beef based on it's listed fat content and the method it's cooked (or not cooked).

Example:
That doesn't look right to me.:confused:

Crumbles should have less fat than a broiled patty, because fat cannot drain from inside the patty. Rinsed and drained crumbles have even less.

Reducing fat in Cooked Ground Beef (http://www.beeftips.com/pdf/Reducing%20Fat%20in%20Cooked%20Ground%20Beef.pdf)

Interestingly, the labelling requirements are different for ground beef than for other types of meat. Ground beef is allowed to be called "lean" if it has less than 10% fat by weight.

Regular ground beef (http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/health/Food_Guide/Ground_Beef.htm) usually contains 25% fat by weight.
Lean ground beef usually contains 10% fat by weight.
Extra-lean ground beef usually contains 5% fat by weight.

Baked into a loaf, 100 g of lean ground beef contains 214 calories, 11 g fat, 26 g protein. That's 46% of calories from fat!

In comparison, many brands of regular black forest ham (http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item/85352.html), have less than 120 calories, 3 gr fat per 100 grams.

Some brands of regular deli beef (http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item/7043.html) contain less than 5 grams of fat in 100 grams.

If you choose the lean deli meats, the fat content usually drops to less than 2 grams per 100 gram serving.

MannishBoy
Wed, October 4th, 2006, 01:47 PM
Crumbled (or browned) beef loses water during cooking, so by the same weight, you'd have more fat mathematically as a proportion of the weight. I would think loose beef vs a patty would lose more water.

At least I think that's what you are getting at.