how many points for ground turkey?
 

does anyone know how many points would be in 1/2 cup ground turkey breast 95% lean? the package doesn't have NI cuz it's fresh from a meat store. and the WW book doesn't list points for 95% lean.

I went on calorie king and looked up ground turkey, compared a few different brands and lean percentages, this is probably not the way to do it, but I did some division and multiplication with the calories and fat and came up with about 145 cals. and 6 g of fat for 4 oz. which is 3 pts. the book says 1/2 c is 2 oz. so I would say depending on how you count your pts. 1 1/2 or 2 pts. I would just take the 2.

An easier way than all that and what I would normally do, is in the book 95% lean beef is 2 pts. for 1/2 a cup so I would just use that. oh yeah, I was assuming you meant raw.

It was interesting looking at the different calories and such, like 85% lean turkey was something like 230 calories for the same amount, you automatically think turkey is healthy, but not always.

Perhaps someone else will have a better answer for you. Best of luck.
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that's really helpful. thanks a lot!

You got it spot-on, keli. I noticed that about the turkey/ground beef too, you just assume the turkey's gonna be better for you calorie and fat-wise but it ends up with a similar profile to beef. I guess the difference would be that the beef is probably higher in saturated fat, being a red meat? I'm really unsure though. But yeah, I've been using ground beef a little more regularly since I figured that one out :p

For meat I usually just assume 1 oz = 1 point if I'm in a hurry, and when I go back to check it it's pretty much always right. Actually I can't think of a meat that's not 1oz/1point. Hmm...

Regular ground beef, salmon, lamb, some steaks - there are a lot that don't fit 1 ounce for 1 point.

Ah, there you go. Knew there were probably some. :) Hence why I look them up afterwards!

That's my philosophy, too...look up after it's in me...

:D

yeah i use the 1oz = 1 points for most of the meats i eat, because i usually try to get the leanest meat that i can. but i tend to overestimate if i don't know exactly what i'm eating lol