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Hi /ck/

I was wanting to make ramen and I was wondering how I could best calculate the calories in the pork broth? No idea how to go about it.

>> No.10808315

>>10808304
Huh?

>> No.10808332

>>10808315
Sorry, I don't know how to explain better.

The pork broth, the pork fat kinda separates into the broth, right? How can I work out how many calories are in the broth at the end roughly?

>> No.10808353

>>10808304
Why the fuck do you care about calories at all

>> No.10808359

That's going to be really hard due to how many variables there are such as how long you boil the bones, how often you skim, type of bones used etc.

Either follow a recipe with calories or search for calorie averages.

>> No.10808373

>>10808353
Because I don't want to get fat and I care about my health.

>>10808359
Yeah, I thought so. A recipe is a good idea but finding one with a calorie count might be hard. I'll see what I can find. Thanks :-)

>> No.10808391

>>10808304
The only way you could know the nutritional information for broth is if you use stuff from a box, which is inevitably going to be of significantly lower quality than home broth

>> No.10808397

>>10808391
Stuff from a box? Is there some kind of insta broth I don't know about? I guess I could compromise and use that.

>> No.10808414

>>10808397
You can buy pre-made broth from the store. It's absolute garbage quality though so I definitely wouldn't recommend it. If you're worried about fat content just be extra diligent about skimming it off the top. I guess instead of tonkotsu you could also just make shoyu ramen but it's not as good

>> No.10808417

>>10808373
Im sure a little pork broth would not hurt every now and again

>> No.10808423

>>10808373
I have never in my life heard of someone getting fat on chashu ramen

>> No.10808424

>>10808391
How do the food producers calculate the amount of calories in their products though? Honestly not trolling I don't know if they burn it and use an algorithm, some kind of chemical weight test or what witchcraft gets those numbers

>> No.10808438

>>10808304
Are you a middle-aged woman OP? Your posts remind me of talking to my mom

>> No.10808451

>>10808424
There are tests that determine the amount of protein, carbs, fat, and alcohol.

Those amounts are then multiplied by Atwater factors (4 cals/g for carbs and protein, 7 for alcohol, 9 for fat). Atwater factors take into account how much energy a human can get from digesting them.

Burning food in a calorimeter would be useless because it doesn't account for the processes of human digestion. I.e. wood has calories when burned, but would have 0 food calories because humans can't digest celluose)

>> No.10808453

>>10808414
Ah, I'll give it a pass then. Shoyu is also a good idea.

>>10808417
Probably not but I like to know what I'm eating, even if it's an approximation. It's crazy how calorie dense some things can be and you wouldn't even think it.

>>10808423
All of the guys who work at my local Ramen place are pretty chubby. They really love their Ramen though.

>>10808438
No actually, I'm only 20. Sorry :-(

>> No.10808456

>>10808424
id imagine some voodoo witchdoctors in a lab

>> No.10808459

>>10808451
How come kids are always eating paper then???

>> No.10808460

>>10808304
who in the fuck is Ramen?

>> No.10808462

your putting too much thought into it OP just wake the ramen then if your worried about it go work out a little extra on top of what you normally do

>> No.10808464
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>>10808456

>> No.10808475

>>10808456
I know/ck/ isn't really a hotspot for nutritionists so my hopes aren't high but I am genuinely curious how that's calculated. I know calories related to the temperature of water (something like 1 calorie is equal to the amount of energy it takes to raise water up 1 degree F) but really I'm not certain that's true or if I made it up

>> No.10808497

How do I delete a thread? I think I've gotten my answers now and I'd like to make space for someone else to make a post

>> No.10808537

>>10808497
You can't, it's here forever

>> No.10808557

>>10808537
Oh dear, well I'm very sorry. I didn't know.

>> No.10808596

>>10808475
close. It's 1 degree C.

Anyway, I already posted the answer earlier in the thread.

>> No.10808995

>>10808475
Like the other guy said, they use a bomb calorimeter. That's gonna be your best approximation.

There's also proximate analysis test which tell you the amount of carbs, fiber, ash, water, fat and protein. However theses tests are pretty expensive and you're likely not gonna have access to this.

>> No.10809961

>>10808332
Very very very roughly? You could weigh the pork before then weigh again after. Find the difference. A gram of fat is 9 calories, a gram of protein is 4. I've never tried this but I guess you could just assume any weight difference is a mix of the two? Maybe?
Trying to lose weight anon? Do your best

>> No.10809969

>>10808417
>>10808423
Fuck off, one food is never responsible for getting fat. It's a consistent dietary thing. It's good to know what you're eating.

>> No.10809980

>>10808304
All that this has done is make me want the bowl of ramen in the pic. Thanks a lot.
>*cries over a McDonald’s cheeseburger*