Amount of Protein in Chicken

Diet and Nutrition
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Hey all

I’m having an argument with my cousin here about the protein value of about 250-300 grams of chicken.

What do you guys think?

According to some nutrition guide on the net, you get about 70-85g of protein for 300g of chicken.

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Well, ~21g per 100g chicken breast, so 300g is about 60g protein.

Why argue about it?

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The only difference you might find is between cooked and raw.

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We were just arguying because I was saying 300g wasn’t more than 35-40 grams. He was saying 70 at least like the guide said. Like atypicaluser mentionned, it was actually just a misunderstanding between cooked and raw meat. 300g of cooked chicken is a shit load of chicken.

Thanks anyhow lol. I posted this because I wanted a quick way to find out.

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Chicken breast:

Cooked:

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/poultry-products/704/2

Raw:

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/poultry-products/701/2

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for chicken breast my rough rule for protein content is the raw uncooked mass divided by 4

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Any idea how much meat is on a single drumstick? average?

I don’t have a scale at home.

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[quote]LeanCleanGuy wrote:
Any idea how much meat is on a single drumstick? average?

I don’t have a scale at home.[/quote]

Are you that broke? Buy a fucking scale! Oh yeah I got it, probably a joke! :))

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In case it’s not a joke, just tear the meat off.
A deck of cards is a visual equivalence of 3-4oz

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[quote]Franck wrote:
LeanCleanGuy wrote:
Any idea how much meat is on a single drumstick? average?

I don’t have a scale at home.

Are you that broke? Buy a fucking scale! Oh yeah I got it, probably a joke! :))

[/quote]

Times are tough. Oh yeah I got it, more T-Nation attitude. A lot of members are complete dickheads.

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[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
In case it’s not a joke, just tear the meat off.
A deck of cards is a visual equivalence of 3-4oz[/quote]

Thanks.

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great resource.

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As general reference, a pound of meat correlates to ~ 100g protein.