Food Count Accuracy For Chicken Breast

Nutrition
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I use the USDA food counts for my data on food

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

My question is for things like chicken breast, meat only, fat removed, does this still have fat in the meat itself?

If you input 300 g into the engine you get 93/0/10 for the food count.

If I cook my chicken slowly at 200 degrees for 2 hours, I have much more moisture in my chicken breasts.

If I boil them on the stove, the breasts are smaller because I cooked the water out of them which makes them more protein dense.

So the question is: Is there fat in the chicken breast meat as the government says? Or not?

Since I make all my food, I need some consistency for the food counts.

Thanks

2

I’m fairly certain there is a small amount, but have no scientific evidence to prove this. May I ask why you care so much? OCD, perhaps?

3

Of course there is. Just like with even lean beef, some fat is ingrained within the meat. Don’t worry about it if your removing excess fat off the trim.

4

I just trim as much fat as possible and don’t worry about exact amounts, even during my contest diet.