MEAT ITEM YIELD Beef, fresh or frozen Brisket, fresh (without bone). . . . 46% Ground Beef no more than 30% fat . . . . . . . . 70% Ground Beef no more than 26% fat . . . . . . . . 72% Ground Beef - USDA donated (special purchase) no more than 24% fat . . . . . . . . 73% Chicken Mechanically Separated . . . . . . . 70% Boneless Chicken . . . . . . . . . . 70% Boned Chicken - canned . . . . . . . 72% Frankfurters. . . . . . . . . . . . . 100% Pork, Fresh or Frozen Ground Pork - USDA donated (special purchase) no more than 24% fat . . . 73% Roast, Shoulder, Boston Butt without bone . . . . . . . . . . . . 54% with bone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50% Sausage, Bulk, Link, or Patty . . . . . 47% Pork products, canned Pork with natural juices - USDA donated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51% Turkey Raw Boneless Turkey (skin and fat in natural proportions). . . . 70% Turkey, Fresh or Frozen Whole (ready to cook, without neck and giblets) with skin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53% without skin . . . . . . . . . . . . 47% Turkey Ham, cooked. . . . . . . . . . . 70% Turkey Roll, Frozen (USDA donated, cooked) . . . . . . . 66% Selected Yield Data for Commonly Used Meat Alternates Servings Meat Alternates per Pound Beans, dry (1/4-cup cooked) Blackeyed beans (or peas). . . . . 28.3 Garbanzo (chickpeas) . . . . . . . 24.6 Great Northern . . . . . . . . . . 25.5 Kidney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.8 Lima (large) . . . . . . . . . 27.0 (small) . . . . . . . . . 23.4 Mung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.1 Navy (pea) . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.9 Pinto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 Soybeans . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.9 Dry beans, canned (1/4-cup drained) Blackeyed beans (or peas). . . . . . 6.5 Garbanzo (chickpeas) . . . . . . . . 7.2 Kidney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 Lima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 Pinto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4 Cheese (1-oz servings) Cheese Food Products . . . . . . . . . 8 Cottage Cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Ricotta Cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Cheddar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Mozzarella . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Parmesan (grated). . . . . . . . . . 16 Romano (grated). . . . . . . . . . . 16 Swiss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Eggs Dried Whole Eggs . . . . . . 32 lg eggs or 64-oz equiv Frozen Whole Eggs. . . . . . . 9 lg eggs or 18-oz equiv Peanut Butter, canned . . . . . . . . 14.4 Selected Yield Data for Commonly used Fresh and Canned Vegetables Vegetables Servings Per Pound Beans, Blackeye Beans or Peas Fresh (shelled). . . . . . . . . . 10.30 Canned (green, drained). . . . . . 9.56 Beans, Green Fresh (ready to cook). . . . . . . 12.61 Canned (whole, drained). . . . . . 14.27 Canned (cut, drained). . . . . . . 11.95 Canned (french style, drained) . . 9.92 Beans, Kidney Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 9.31 Beans, Lima Fresh (shelled). . . . . . . . . . 10.80 Canned (green, drained). . . . . . 9.11 Beans, Pinto Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 7.52 Beans, Wax Fresh (ready-to-cook). . . . . . . 10.68 Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 12.45 Beans, Sprouts Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 11.93 Beets Canned (diced, drained). . . . . . 10.58 Canned (sliced, drained) . . . . . 9.88 Canned (whole baby beets, drained) 11.34 Broccoli Fresh (ready-to-cook spears) . . . 11.60 Fresh (ready-to-cook cuts) . . . . 12.59 Brussels Sprouts Fresh (ready-to-cook). . . . . . . 11.18 Cabbage Fresh (ready-to-cook, shredded). . 15.50 Cabbage, Celery or Chinese Fresh (ready-to-cook, strips). . . 11.39 Cabbage, Red Fresh (ready-to-cook, shredded). . 15.86 Carrots Fresh (ready-to-cook). . . . . . . 12.00 Canned (diced, drained). . . . . . 10.68 Canned (sliced, drained) . . . . . 11.16 Cauliflower Fresh (trimmed, ready-to-cook, florets) . . . . . . . . . . 14.19 Celery Fresh (trimmed, ready-to-cook, diced) . . . . . . . . . . . 10.48 Canned (cooked, diced, drained). . 8.64 Collards Fresh (ready-to-cook, untrimmed leaves). . . . . . . . . . . 10.87 Fresh (ready-to-cook, untrimmed- leaves and stems) . . . . . 14.18 Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 6.82 Corn Canned (whole kernel, drained vacuum pack) . . . . . . . . 10.59 Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 10.98 Mushrooms Fresh (ready-to-cook, sliced). . . 8.46 Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 11.60 Mustard Greens Fresh (ready-to-cook, untrimmed) . 14.19 Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 11.82 Okra Fresh (ready-to-cook, sliced). . . 10.34 Canned (cut, drained). . . . . . . 10.23 Onions, Mature Fresh (ready-to-cook, pieces). . . 8.97 Canned (cut, drained). . . . . . . 8.11 Peas and Carrots Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 10.02 Peas, Green Fresh (shelled). . . . . . . . . . 10.60 Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 10.25 Peppers, Green Fresh (ready-to-cook, strips). . . 12.25 Pimentos Canned (chopped or diced, drained) 8.82 (whole, drained) . . . . . . . . . 8.61 Potatoes, White Fresh (ready-to-cook, sliced). . . 12.22 Canned (small whole, drained). . . 9.73 Dehydrated (low moisture) Diced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.10 Flakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.60 Granules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.60 Slices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.50 Sauerkraut Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 11.72 Spinach Fresh (ready-to-cook, partly trimmed) . . . . . . . . . . 8.63 Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 7.30 Squash, Summer Fresh, yellow (ready-to-cook, sliced). . . . . . . . . . . 8.94 Zucchini (ready-to-cook, cubed). . 8.08 Zucchini (ready-to-cook, sliced) . 10.85 Canned (sliced, drained) . . . . . 6.97 Succotash Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 10.67 Sweet Potatoes Fresh (ready-to-cook, mashed). . . 6.87 Fresh (ready-to-cook, sliced). . . 11.37 Canned-syrup pack (cut, drained) . 10.25 Canned-syrup pack (whole, drained) 10.34 Tomatoes Fresh (ready-to-serve, sliced) . . 9.80 Canned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 Tomato Paste Canned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.60 Tomato Puree Canned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.40 Tomato Sauce Canned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.60 Vegetable, Mixed Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 9.45 Water Chestnuts Canned (drained) . . . . . . . . . 6.70 -----Food Buying Guide |