Nutritional Information Question

[Joe S.]

Okay I ate a can of chicken today, yes a can I know. The can said 12.5 oz after I strained the shit out of the can and dumped the meat into a container the weight of the chicken was 6 oz.
Here lies my question, is the rating on the can as far as nutritional facts based on the 12.5 oz or the 6 oz of actual meat?
The reason I am asking is the sodium was high obviously because of preserving the chicken in the can. Now I would hope that sodium level would be cut down quite a bit after straining all the liquid out of the can?

 

[Joe S.]

I could only find something on rinsing tuna but I guess it would work on chicken as well.

The Research

A study from the "Journal of the American Dietetic Association" tested the effects of three minutes of water rinsing on several high-sodium foods. The results indicated that the sodium content of canned tuna was lowered by 80 percent after the rinse. Iron content was not affected, but calcium content decreased by 50 percent. Researchers concluded that rinsing canned tuna in water clearly reduced salt levels.

 

[ironlifter36]

I would say the nutritional content of the entire can of chicken, regardless of what it weighed once strained.

 

[Montgomery]

can you post a pic of the can and label?

Can weight can be just that the entire weight including water, you have to look at weight per serving and see if it is equal to the entire weight.

Also sodium has no macro value meaning there is no..protein/carbs/or fat

 

[ironlifter36]

If you are asking because you are tracking your food....if you eat the whole can, record the nutrition for the whole can.

 

[Joe S.]

Damn knew I should have taken a pic, I can when I get home, I think it was like 3.5 -4 servings I just remember the protein total coming out to like 52 grams per can.

 

[Joe S.]

The only thing I'm concerned about was the sodium I think eating the whole can was like 1500 mg of sodium or something like that. But I wasn't sure if that would be that high after straining.
I'll have to check the can when I get home from work, I saw a similar canned chicken googling and the servings said "strained servings" not sure if my can said that.

 

[Montgomery]

I looked up a Swansons 12.5 oz can…says about 5 servings and that 2 oz is a serving(50 cals).
Personally I would drain the can weigh the actual chicken…I gauge chicken at 35 cals an ounce myself.

 

[Joe S.]

Gotcha I'll have to see what the can says, I know it's high just hoping that by draining out the water I'm removing a nice chunk of sodium.

 

[Elemenohpee]

Wouldnt have taken out much sodium by draining it, if you rinsed it with water after draining you wouldve took out a great deal more. Chicken woulda taste like shit though lol

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[Joe S.]

Wouldnt have taken out much sodium by draining it, if you rinsed it with water after draining you wouldve took out a great deal more. Chicken woulda taste like shit though lol

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lol yeah I'm sure but I'm not to worried about the taste, I'm just chucking it in a salad with a bunch of other stuff, I'll try rinsing it out, I can't taste it in my salad as it is. Other than the sodium the macros aren't to shabby and it's very easy.

 

[RickRock]

Best to stay away from that canned stuff honestly man. I know it's relatively cheap, but if it all possible just buy chicken breasts in bulk and cook them up and save yourself from all that sodium and preservatives

 

[TOG565]

Hit GFS if you have one. I usually buy a couple hundred breasts at a time. They are individually frozen and already trimmed. They are 5oz a piece.


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