Rice calorie help!

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ajc1309
ajc1309 Posts: 255 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I cooked for two and weighed out 250g of cooked rice for myself. MFP only shows 270 cals for 75g uncooked. So how many calories was in my portion?

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  • josuezam4mx
    josuezam4mx Posts: 73 Member
    I recommend you buy a kitchen scale it helps a lot I got mine for 20 bucks
  • ajc1309
    ajc1309 Posts: 255 Member
    josuezam4mx wrote: »
    I recommend you buy a kitchen scale it helps a lot I got mine for 20 bucks

    I have one. As I said I weighed 250g for myself.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    It says she weighed out the rice, so I think the scale is not the issue.

    Search the database for Rice white cooked (or brown, whatever you've got there), and it should come up. And the drop down menu will give you log options for grams, etc.
  • josuezam4mx
    josuezam4mx Posts: 73 Member
    ajc1309 wrote: »
    josuezam4mx wrote: »
    I recommend you buy a kitchen scale it helps a lot I got mine for 20 bucks

    I have one. As I said I weighed 250g for myself.

    That's right now I feel like a retard lol
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    there should be an option for "rice-cooked" or "rice-steamed" or something along those lines.
  • ajc1309
    ajc1309 Posts: 255 Member
    edited August 2015
    I scanned the barcode on my rice packet and used that. It says cooked but when I enter 250g it says that's 900 calories.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    It's probably around 400 calories.

    Rice packages give you the calories for DRY rice. So you have to weigh it dry for it to be accurate. Make 2 servings (or 4)... Then you can weigh it cooked and divide by 2 (or 4) to get your two servings worth.

    The 'rice cooked' entries were off when I used them. For example, I made rice the other day, and 100g is 160 calories... but MFP says 100g of cooked rice is 130 calories.

    So you're really better off weighing it dry first. It will always depend on how long it was cooked, how much water was absorbed etc.
  • OldHobo
    OldHobo Posts: 647 Member
    edited August 2015
    ajc1309 wrote: »
    I cooked for two and weighed out 250g of cooked rice for myself. MFP only shows 270 cals for 75g uncooked. So how many calories was in my portion?
    • I'm going to say that cooked rice weighs 240% of uncooked.
    • 75g uncooked then becomes 180g cooked.
    • 250 is 139% of 180
    • Your calories are 139% of 270 which is 375
    That's the best I can do with my third-grade education.
  • Steve_ApexNC
    Steve_ApexNC Posts: 210 Member
    ajc1309 wrote: »
    I cooked for two and weighed out 250g of cooked rice for myself. MFP only shows 270 cals for 75g uncooked. So how many calories was in my portion?

    From http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-rice-long-grain-white-rice-cooked-without-salt_f-ZmlkPTY0NjMw.html

    I find 5.6oz = 205 calories.
    Convert your 250g to oz... 250g * .035oz/g = 8.75oz

    Some more math.... (8.75oz / 5.6oz)*205cal/oz = 320ish calories.

    Someone feel free to check my math.

  • OldHobo
    OldHobo Posts: 647 Member
    Steve_ApexNC wrote: »
    ajc1309 wrote: »
    I cooked for two and weighed out 250g of cooked rice for myself. MFP only shows 270 cals for 75g uncooked. So how many calories was in my portion?

    From http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-rice-long-grain-white-rice-cooked-without-salt_f-ZmlkPTY0NjMw.html

    I find 5.6oz = 205 calories.
    Convert your 250g to oz... 250g * .035oz/g = 8.75oz

    Some more math.... (8.75oz / 5.6oz)*205cal/oz = 320ish calories.

    Someone feel free to check my math.
    Steve, Your numbers are all based on your linked sites calories for cooked rice.

    The original question, I think, is mostly about converting uncooked weight to cooked weight. That depends on how much water gets absorbed and then remains in the rice, and that depends on the cook.

    So that's why it's better to calculate calories from the uncooked or dry weight.
  • Steve_ApexNC
    Steve_ApexNC Posts: 210 Member
    OldHobo wrote: »
    Steve_ApexNC wrote: »
    ajc1309 wrote: »
    I cooked for two and weighed out 250g of cooked rice for myself. MFP only shows 270 cals for 75g uncooked. So how many calories was in my portion?

    From http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-rice-long-grain-white-rice-cooked-without-salt_f-ZmlkPTY0NjMw.html

    I find 5.6oz = 205 calories.
    Convert your 250g to oz... 250g * .035oz/g = 8.75oz

    Some more math.... (8.75oz / 5.6oz)*205cal/oz = 320ish calories.

    Someone feel free to check my math.
    Steve, Your numbers are all based on your linked sites calories for cooked rice.

    The original question, I think, is mostly about converting uncooked weight to cooked weight. That depends on how much water gets absorbed and then remains in the rice, and that depends on the cook.

    So that's why it's better to calculate calories from the uncooked or dry weight.

    yes, I understand the problem but it doesn't matter whether you start with dry or an estimate of calories of cooked rice. Either way, you have to make some assumption to get from dry to cooked. I chose to start with calories in cooked rice because the OP had a known amount of cooked rice. I included the link to cooked rice estimate to show where I got it from so as to provide context of where I took my base assumption. Your solution was fine as well, but also based on assumptions (your first bullet). Poe-tay-toes. Poe-tah-toes.
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