Author Topic: Rough and ready procedure to estimate fat in mince/ground beef?  (Read 2274 times)

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Offline Josh

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Does anyone know a way to estimate the quantity of fat in mince/ground beef without electronic equipment?

At school we measured the energy in food by burning it...thinking along those lines.

My supplier does not measure unfortunately.

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Re: Rough and ready procedure to estimate fat in mince/ground beef?
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2010, 05:51:49 pm »
standard is 8-12%
Take everyones advice with a grain of salt. Try things out for your self and then make up your mind.

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Re: Rough and ready procedure to estimate fat in mince/ground beef?
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2010, 08:09:32 pm »
That must depend where you are. Over here it varies...my supplier sells 'high fat' and 'low fat'. In the supermarkets you can get 80/20 or 60/40 etc.

 

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