Has anyone ever heard of putting oats in hamburger meat to lower the calories?

Answer 1

Think about it....if you add oats, when you make the burger, it is going to have less meat per burger, because it is half meat, half oats.
Also, oats add fiber to your diet, and keeps you from getting as much cholesterol from the meat, and also has a cholesterol lowering factor.

Answer 2

Lots of people put lots of things in hamburger - like McDonalds, for instance. Sure - additives help bind the meat together. They absorb the juice and the flavor, but have less cholesterol and fewer calories than the meat - and so in the same size patty, you get less meat. In the real world, many people will also mix the kinds of meat they put into hamburger, sometimes adding pork or veal or chicken. Those help neither calories or cholesterol (wel, maybe the chicken) but they do spice up the flavor.

Answer 3

I'd think if you used some oats as a substitute for some of the hamburger, then yes, you'd have less calories, but if you still used the same amount of burger and then added the oats yet, then you'd have even more calories in your meal. I'll have to try this, if nothing else, you'd stretch your food dollar!

Answer 4

Oatmeal binds with fat in the intestines, therefore, it's just "flushed out," and the body doesn't absorb as much. It may lower caloric intake that way, but I don't think it would lower the calories of the meat. Oats are a healthier filler than crackers or bread crumbs (like for meat loaf).

Answer 5

I don't know if it lowers the calories, but my mom uses oats in her hamburgers all the time. I do know that it makes it healthier, although i don't know how something could take away calories. Meat is still meat.

Answer 6

I think they use oats in a lot of the veggie burgers commercially available. I suppose it would cut calories (fewer calories per gram in oats than beef) and would also act as a filler and may even reduce the cholesterol you absorb.

I would imagine, though, that you may want to run them through a food processor - get thm to more of a bread crumb consistancy first.

Answer 7

This does not lower calories, as a matter of fact the oats suck up the fat and prevent it from melting out of the meat. the more grease you can remove the better

Answer 8

I use it in Meatloaf all the time. Works as a filler, I don't know if it lowers calories but it does raise the fiber content. I've also used it in Meatballs when I have been out of breadcrumbs.

Answer 9

I have seen this done with both oats and rice. The desired result is more of a filler then to reduce calories.

Answer 10

Not lower calories, I don't think. I use either bread crumbs or flax meal - especially with lean burger to absorb moisture from the meat so they are not too dry.