When logging pasta do I go on cooked or uncooked weight?

Katrinadionne1808

Something that occurred to me. Obviously when cooked it rehydrates the pasta therefore making it heavier - so which do I go with?

smn76237

Uncooked for pasta always.

Lifting_Knitter

I weigh my pasta before to make sure I have my servings right and then I weight after and divide by how many servings I put into the pot. I make large quantiies and have a hard time eyeballing a serving out of 8 total.

Tiffa0909

I weight uncooked , there is no calories in water.

'I think most portions are 2 oz uncooked.

sarahchadbourn

I've always assumed that the weight is dry (uncooked) weight, because you usually weigh out how much you want before cooking. You can usually double check the calories against your food packet too - it normally says on there whether the nutrition info "per 100g" or whatever is cooked, uncooked etc. I double check most of my entries against the label because someone might have entered it into the database slightly differently or it might not be up to date nutritional info. But then I am a bit of a perfectionist and like to have things exactly right :P it probably doesn't actually make that much difference.

Tiffa0909

I decided to check the website of Ronzoni , since that's the pasta I am using.

And they have this on their FAQ's

''Q: Is the serving size cooked or uncooked for the nutritional information?
A: All of our nutritional information is based on an uncooked measurement since some pastas will double or even triple in volume."


http://ronzoni.newworldpasta.com/pasta_faqs.cfm?catCode=nutritional

jfauci

Hmm, this is interesting. I always assumed that 2 oz of pasta meant cooked pasta. I wonder if I end up eating more than I should because I'm thinking that uncooked pasta is heavier than cooked pasta. Crap.

JustPeachy044

Hmm, this is interesting. I always assumed that 2 oz of pasta meant cooked pasta. I wonder if I end up eating more than I should because I'm thinking that uncooked pasta is heavier than cooked pasta. Crap.

Actually I think it is the other way around. Cooked pasta will have absorbed water, so when you weigh it you are weighing water and pasta. You will end up with less pasta if you weigh it cooked b/c the scale will register the water weight too.

Wish I'd have read this thread yesterday as I had noodles last night and was trying to be "good" and weigh a serving. I remember thinking, "holy cow. 2 oz. of pasta is NOTHING." LOL.

Katrinadionne1808

Thanks everyone! That is what I thought.

Only reason I questioned it is I weighed out some pasta the other night to cook, but had some today left over so weighed that out then thought well that will have water weight so I just wanted to be perfectly clear - can reduced that on my calorie log for today then :-)

melindasuefritz

cooked
mine is logged like this---
1 cup spaghetti cooked plain

APalmieri2012

Another thing to try would be using spaghetti squash!

I made spaghetti squash carbonara last night and it was delicious