Calories in rice!

seayemily100
seayemily100 Posts: 12 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi. I've been having trouble finding accurate calorie amounts for rice. It says stuff like 2oz for pasta or rice sometimes and I'm lost. If I get great value white rice or long grain rice and cook on stove top how many calories are in one cup cooked? Thanks!

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Weigh it raw
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    You weigh the grains raw then cook. You can weigh it again if you want, but there's no need to. The water cooking in doesn't add Cals. So weight out your raw portion and log that :)
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    The Calories in cooked rice depends on how much water, which has zero calories, the raw rice absorbs.

    On average, 1 cup (158g) of cooked rice will be about 205 Calories.

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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Weigh it raw then dry to see how much it weighs cooked... handy if you want to make extra for leftovers (because who only cooks one serving of rice?).

    I wouldn't use MFP entries for cooked rice... in my experience it can be 20% off or something depending on how long you cook your rice and what variety you use.

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