Fat Ground Beef
Introduction
What is fat? Fat is one of the major nutrients needed in the human body. As soon as somebody mentions fat you automatically think of butter, greasy foods like French fries, and meat. However, oils that are stored at room temperature are fats too. But there is also a good side to fat. We need to keep a healthy amount of it to help our body function properly also if we consume too much of it you could have major health problems.
There are three main forms of Ground Beef needed in this experiment; Extra Lean, Lean, and Regular. Extra Lean contains about 15% of fat and 85% of lean beef. Lean contains about 20% fat and 80% and is usually called Ground Chuck on the label in stores. Regular or Humble Hamburger is the least expensive and also has the highest percentage of added fat. In previous research it says most people choose Extra Lean when going on diets or planning on losing weight because it is supposed to have between 15% and 85% fat content but how can we prove that it is true? …show more content…
In the experiment there will be three trials with equally shaped patties of all the meat and boil them at the same temperature, time and amount of water. After placing the remaining fat from the pot in the refrigerator, and allow it to cool, then scoop the coagulated fat and weigh it. The independent variables in this experiment are the different types of ground beef; Regular, Lean, and Extra Lean. The dependent variables in the experiment are the 400ml of water in each boiling pot, three hours stored in the refrigerator to allow the fat to cool, 70g of Regular Ground Beef, 70g of Lean Ground Beef, 70g of Extra Lean Ground Beef, and the six minutes of cooking
What is fat? Fat is one of the major nutrients needed in the human body. As soon as somebody mentions fat you automatically think of butter, greasy foods like French fries, and meat. However, oils that are stored at room temperature are fats too. But there is also a good side to fat. We need to keep a healthy amount of it to help our body function properly also if we consume too much of it you could have major health problems.
There are three main forms of Ground Beef needed in this experiment; Extra Lean, Lean, and Regular. Extra Lean contains about 15% of fat and 85% of lean beef. Lean contains about 20% fat and 80% and is usually called Ground Chuck on the label in stores. Regular or Humble Hamburger is the least expensive and also has the highest percentage of added fat. In previous research it says most people choose Extra Lean when going on diets or planning on losing weight because it is supposed to have between 15% and 85% fat content but how can we prove that it is true? …show more content…
In the experiment there will be three trials with equally shaped patties of all the meat and boil them at the same temperature, time and amount of water. After placing the remaining fat from the pot in the refrigerator, and allow it to cool, then scoop the coagulated fat and weigh it. The independent variables in this experiment are the different types of ground beef; Regular, Lean, and Extra Lean. The dependent variables in the experiment are the 400ml of water in each boiling pot, three hours stored in the refrigerator to allow the fat to cool, 70g of Regular Ground Beef, 70g of Lean Ground Beef, 70g of Extra Lean Ground Beef, and the six minutes of cooking