November 19, 2003
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Thanksgiving for the Health Conscious
Following is a breakdown of the fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, calories from fat, sodium, and total calories in turkey and other poultry products.
Product
(3 oz. cooked, unless otherwise noted)
Saturated Fats (Grams)
Cholesterol (mgs)
Total Fat* (%)
Calories from Fat** (%)
Total Calories
Sodium (mg)
Breast without 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.)
0.5
23
1.9
28
61
602
Breast with skin
0.8
77
2.7
19
130
45
Wing, without skin
1.0
87
2.9
19
139
66
Processed lunch meat, turkey, ham (2 oz.)
1.1
34
3.6
43
75
576
Leg, without 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, with skin
1.4
60
4.6
29
145
68
Wing, with 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
Comments (2)
wait’ll you look at the carb count of the potatoes and stuffing and pie and … and … and …
What blew me away was the sodium count in a turkey hotdog, not that I ever eat them.