Can you pass this meat quiz? - FOX 18 - Quad Cities News and Weather

By Erin Gulden
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The United States Department of Agriculture has made it easier for carnivores to make informed decisions at their local grocer's meat case. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service recently required nutritional labels on popular cuts of poultry and meat. The goal? To make it easier for consumers to compare calorie, fat and nutrient content when choosing between top sirloin and spareribs or drumsticks and poultry breasts. Have you paid attention to the changes? Test your knowledge with our quiz! (The answers are at the bottom of the page.)

1. How many calories are in 100 grams (approximately 3.5 ounces) of 95 percent lean ground beef (broiled)?

A) 171
B) 316
C) 218

2. When broiled, which cut of beef has fewer fat and calories, beef tenderloin or London broil?

3. Just how many calories do you save by ditching the skin on a chicken breast?

A) 45
B) 32
C) 13

4. Retail beef cuts come in grades. Which has fewer calories, a 3.5-ounce cut of Select top sirloin or Choice top sirloin?

5. How many calories are in one serving (85 grams) of rotisserie chicken breast?

A) 126
B) 208
C) 250

6. It's grilling time! Which is the more healthful option, grilling hamburgers or pork spareribs?

Answers:

1. A. Part of the USDA's new guidelines require all meats that have a "lean" designation to also include the "fat" part of the equation. In this case, 95 percent lean/5 percent fat.

2. London's calling! You can save 60 calories and 9 grams of fat by serving 100 grams of London broil (select cut) instead of tenderloin.

3. B. Besides saving calories, you cut down on your saturated fat intake by 3 grams, a substantial amount when considering the American Heart Association recommends limiting your saturated fat intake to less than 7 percent of your daily calories.

4. Select. Though Choice is considered a higher grade of meat, it is also higher in calories and saturated fat. The leaner Select option has 230 calories and 5 grams of saturated fat, while Choice has 257 calories and 6.5 grams of saturated fat.

5. A. A much better option than fried chicken, which boasts 222 calories per serving.

6. This time the burger is definitely the better option. The 171 calories in the 95 percent lean hamburger is half of the 358 calories found in a serving of pork spareribs. Plus the spareribs come with plenty of fat, about 31 grams.

View the original Know Your Meat article on myOptumHealth.com