Calories in chicken breast?

[Pulse]

So many different answers out there! I'm not normally fussed, and I'll take an average, but when the range for 100g comes in at 109kcal - 220kcal, it's a bit worrying! Don't want to take the lower figure and gain, or vice versa.

[jas xjr]

Surely it all depends on how it is cooked? In butter or grilled ?

[Stu R]

I took an average of loads of places earlier in the year and got 115 cals / 100g.

[johnxjsc1985]

Try Turkey its much better for you than Chicken.

[paolow]

johnxjsc1985 said:

Try Turkey its much better for you than Chicken.

You are Bernard Matthews AICMFP

[UncleRic]

paolow said:

johnxjsc1985 said:

Try Turkey its much better for you than Chicken.

You are Bernard Matthews AICMFP

Bootiful retort.

[Pulse]

jas xjr said:

Surely it all depends on how it is cooked? In butter or grilled ?

Sorry, should have said 'Raw' and 'Skinless'. I just whack it in the oven with nothing on it, so it'll be the same.

[Pulse]

Stu R said:

I took an average of loads of places earlier in the year and got 115 cals / 100g.

Cheers Stu. I was hoping for lower rather than higher (obviously, so I can eat more). I'll budget 125 cals for now, as each breast I'm eating is 200g, so a nice round 250 cals then.

[johnxjsc1985]

Are you sure that it is still the same weight and has the same amount of calories after cooking. Cooking it in butter will significantly higher the Cal content.

[jas xjr]

Ok ,then the next question is; where will you get the meat from? If it is tescos cheapest I think the calorific value might be skewed by the amount of water content in the chicken

[Pulse]

jas xjr said:

Ok ,then the next question is; where will you get the meat from? If it is tescos cheapest I think the calorific value might be skewed by the amount of water content in the chicken

General standard supermarket chicken breast, from the meat counter.

[mattikake]

As chicken has almost FA fat and not much carb, most of the calories from chicken comes from the protein. The protein content is typically around 1/4 of the weight. So as protein = 4 kcals per gram, work it out.

Chicken and Turkey have an almost identicle biological value (around 80-90, maximum BV is 100) and micro nutrient content btw. High quality protein with little extras in it, so scoff them both and often. One is not really any better than any other.