Cooked Fat Content

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Cooked Fat Content

• Animal Science
• 555.02
• Fall 06

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Givens

• For this example we are going to use
• 7.6 pounds lean beef with 12 fat
• 12.4 pounds fat pork with 41 fat
• 3 pounds of added water
• Raw stuffed weight 19.5 pounds
• Cooked product weight 17.55 pounds

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7.6 x 12 .91
Multiply the pounds of meat by the percent fat.
This is the pounds of fat from each component.
12.4 x 41 5.08
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7.6 x 12 .91
12.4 x 41 5.08
5.99
Add those two amounts to get the total amount of
fat in the meat.
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7.6 x 12 .91
Divide the total fat by the amount of meat plus
the added water 203 23
12.4 x 41 5.08
5.99
26 fat, raw
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7.6 x 12 .91
Divide the total fat by the amount of meat plus
the added water 203 23
12.4 x 41 5.08
5.99
26 fat, raw
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19.5 x 26 5.07 fat in raw stuffed product
Multiply the raw stuffed pounds by the percent
fat.
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7.6 x 12 .91
12.4 x 41 5.08
5.99 pounds fat
23 pounds meat and water
19.5 x 26 5.07 fat, raw
5.07/ 17.55 28.89 fat in cooked product
Divide the pounds of raw fat by the cooked
product weight to get the percent fat of the
cooked product
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7.6 x 12 .91
12.4 x 41 5.08
5.99 pounds fat
23 pounds meat and water
19.5 x 26 5.07 fat raw
5.07/ 17.55 28.89 fat cooked
19.5 x 15 2.93 water in raw product
Multiply the raw stuffed weight by the water
added
19.5 - 17.55 1.95 pounds water lost
Subtract the cooked product weight from the raw
weight assume all weight lost is added water
2.93 1.95 0.98 pounds water added
Subtract the water lost from the water added in
the raw product
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7.6 x 12 .91
12.4 x 41 5.08
5.99 pounds fat
23 pounds meat and water
19.5 x 26 5.07 fat raw
5.07/ 17.55 28.89 fat cooked
19.5 x 15 2.93 water in raw product
19.5 - 17.55 1.95 pounds water lost
2.93 1.95 0.98 pounds water added
0.98/17.55 5.58
Divide the pounds of water added by the final
cooked weight to find added water
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7.6 x 12 .91
12.4 x 41 5.08
5.99 pounds fat
23 pounds meat and water
19.5 x 26 5.07 fat raw
5.07/ 17.55 28.89 fat, cooked
19.5 x 15 2.93 water in raw product
19.5 - 17.55 1.95 pounds water lost
2.93 1.95 0.98 pounds water added
0.98/17.55 5.58 added water
Record on your lab the cooked fat and the added
water and add those together for the total.
Compare this to our legal limit of 40... Did we
make a product we can label as Hot Dogs?