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Title: Rough and ready procedure to estimate fat in mince/ground beef?
Post by: Josh on April 30, 2010, 02:47:23 pm

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.

Title: Re: Rough and ready procedure to estimate fat in mince/ground beef?
Post by: ForTheHunt on April 30, 2010, 05:51:49 pm

standard is 8-12%

Title: Re: Rough and ready procedure to estimate fat in mince/ground beef?
Post by: Josh 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.