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Cooked vs. Dry Pasta

Shanairah1991
Shanairah1991 Posts: 152 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Good evening MFP!

When I got home from work my supper was already made for me so I weighed my pasta cooked. I'm wondering how I can get an accurate calorie count. The box says 85 grams for 310 calories. I'm assuming this is dry. So my question is, how much would I really have eaten when I measured 85g cooked pasta? If we can even figure that out. Thanks!

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  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    You could use the non-asterisked (MFP-entered) item for "Pasta - Fresh-refrigerated, plain, cooked" from the USDA National Nutrient Database as a rough estimate. I am pretty sure the refrigerated part just means that the USDA labs weighed the completely cooled pasta so that no more water weight could be lost through steam.

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  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    edited March 2015
    I entered a recipe for it so I could weigh it cooked. It was 12 oz dry and cooked it was about 29. About 2.5 times the weight
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    The cooked weight of 85g dry will vary depending on how long it is cooked for, which will affect how much water is absorbed.

    However, my pack of Tesco pasta says that a 75g dry portion equates to around 170g cooked, so on this basis your 85g dry would be roughly 192g cooked.
  • Lillypearl62
    Lillypearl62 Posts: 23 Member
    :) BUMP
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