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if water weighs less when it is frozen (aka ice) does that mean that frozen food will weigh less then if thawed? giving an inaccurate measurement

ex: if I were to weigh a frozen chicken breast and it was 150g.. would this amount change if it thawed?

just curious

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Water doesn't weigh less than ice.  It expands to take up more volume as ice, but it weighs the same.   If you defrost a 150g chicken breast and 20g of water runs off it then you've actually got a 130g chicken breast.

ooooh okay, cool thanks haha

classic pound of feathers v pound of bowing balls problem.  Both weigh.... a pound!  haha

I swear I was told before that water weighs more then ice lol... but the volume idea makes sense

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