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Thursday, January 08, 2009
Table 2:
Poultry

The foods within each group (chicken, turkey, and other poultry) are ranked from lowest to highest in saturated fat. So, when you are shopping, choose cuts from the upper portion of each group. Remember to eat no more that 5 to 6 ounces of lean meat, poultry, fish, or shellfish a day, and to take the skin off of poultry before you cook it. Most poultry, especially without the skin is lower in saturated fat than most cuts of meat. If you are trying to lose weight, the information on calories, total fat, and percent calories from fat should be helpful.

All serving sizes shown are the amounts that people typically eat. These are the same serving sizes used on food labels.

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Table 2: Poultry --
Chicken


Chicken
Product
(3 oz. cooked,
unless noted otherwise)
Saturated
Fats

(grams)
Cholesterol
(mgs)
Total Fat*
(grams)
Calories
from Fat**

(%)
Total Calories
Sodium
(mgs)
Processed
lunch meat,
breast (2 oz.)
0.5 30 1.7 25 59 637
Chicken, roasting,
light meat
w/out skin
1.2 64 3.5 24 130 43
Breast, w/out skin
(½ a breast)
1.2 72 3.0 20 140 63
Chicken roll,
light meat (2 oz.)
1.4 27 4.1 42 87 321
Drumstick,
w/out skin
(2 drumsticks)
1.6 79 4.8 30 146 81
Breast, with skin
(½ a breast)
2.1 71 6.6 35 168 60
Wing, w/out skin
(4 wings)
2.3 72 6.9 36 173 78
Chicken, roasting,
dark meat,
w/out skin
2.6 63 7.4 44 152 81
Chicken,
light meat,
w/ skin, roasted
2.6 71 9.2 44 189 64
Drumstick, w/ skin
(1½ drumsticks)
2.9 77 9.5 46 184 77
Leg, w/ skin 3.2 79 11.5 52 199 75
Thigh, w/out skin
(1½ thighs)
3.2 81 9.3 47 178 75
Chicken hot dog
(1 hot dog)
3.3 55 10.7 68 142 754
Thigh, w/ skin
(1½ thighs)
4.1 79 13.2 56 210 71
Wing, w/ skin
(2½ wings)
5.1 71 16.6 60 247 70
* Total fat = saturated fat plus monosaturated fat plus polyunsaturated fat.

** Percent calories from fat = (total fat calories/total calories) x 100.
Total fat calories = total fat in grams x 9.
Each gram of fat = 9 calories.

oz. = ounces
N/A = not available

Sources:
Composition of Foods: Poultry Products -- Raw, Processed, Prepared -- Agricultural Handbook 8-15. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Human Nutrition Information Service. August 1979, 1991 supplement.
Living Heart Brand Food Shopper's Guide. Michael E. DeBakey, Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., Lynne W. Scott, John P. Foreyt. Master Media Limited. New York, 1992.
Individual manufacturers for items not available from USDA.

Table 2: Poultry --
Turkey and Other Poultry


Turkey
Product
(3 oz. cooked,
unless noted otherwise)
Saturated
Fats

(grams)
Cholesterol
(mgs)
Total Fat*
(grams)
Calories
from Fat**

(%)
Total Calories
Sodium
(mgs)
Breast, w/ skin 0.3 71 0.6 5 115 44
Ground turkey,
breast meat only,
cooked
0.5 35 2 20 130 55
Processed
lunch meat,
lean turkey breast (2 oz.)
0.6 23 1.9 28 61 602
Breast, w/ skin 0.8 77 2.7 19 130 45
Wing,
w/out skin
1.0 87 2.9 19 139 66
Processed
lunch meat,
lean turkey ham
(2 oz.)
1.1 34 3.6 43 75 576
Leg, w/out skin 1.3 101 3.2 21 135 69
Turkey roll,
light meat
(2 slices
or 2 oz.)
1.4 23 4.0 44 81 269
Leg, w/ skin 1.4 60 4.6 29 145 68
Wing, w/ skin 2.3 98 8.4 43 176 62
Ground turkey,
meat & skin,
cooked
2.9 87 11.2 50 200 90
Turkey bologna
(2 slices)
N/A 54 8.4 69 110 483
Turkey hot dog,
(1 hot dog)
N/A 59 9.7 70 125 785
Other Poultry
Duck, domestic,
w/out skin, roasted
4.2 76 9.5 50 171 55
Goose, domestic,
w/out skin, roasted
4.7 82 10.8 48 202 65
* Total fat = saturated fat plus monosaturated fat plus polyunsaturated fat.

** Percent calories from fat = (total fat calories/total calories) x 100.
Total fat calories = total fat in grams x 9.
Each gram of fat = 9 calories.

oz. = ounces
N/A = not available

Sources:
Composition of Foods: Poultry Products -- Raw, Processed, Prepared -- Agricultural Handbook 8-15. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Human Nutrition Information Service. August 1979, 1991 supplement.
Living Heart Brand Food Shopper's Guide. Michael E. DeBakey, Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., Lynne W. Scott, John P. Foreyt. Master Media Limited. New York, 1992.
Individual manufacturers for items not available from USDA.

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