Meat calculator
Your week of meat in grams, compared with the World Cancer Research Fund and the Swiss recommendations.
Meat calculator
In a normal week
Meals with red meatbeef, veal, pork, lamb
Meals with poultrychicken, turkey
Portions of sausage and cold cutsalso ham, bacon, salami
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Meat per week590 g7 portions
Swiss dietary recommendations
7 portions, 4 more than the 2 to 3 a week at most, poultry and processed meat included.
World Cancer Research Fund
Red meat: 220 g, within the limit of about 350 to 500 g cooked a week.
Processed meat: 150 g a week, 21 g a day on average. Advice: very little, if any.
For context: according to the WHO’s cancer agency, colorectal cancer risk rises by about 18% for every 50 g of processed meat eaten daily.
Weights are approximate. The World Cancer Research Fund counts cooked meat, which weighs less than raw meat.
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