Fat Content of Spaghetti Squash?

Schlackity

I had spaghetti squash for dinner tonight. I am trying to log it but I'm seeing a few entries in the database that show 17 grams of fat for 2.5 cups of cooked spaghetti squash (I microwaved it for ten minutes and ate it just as it was). That seems pretty steep for a cooked veggie. Anyone know if that's right?

LuckyNumbers

According to Self, there's no fat in raw spaghetti squash: nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2655/2.

If you didn't add any oil or butter or other condiments to it, no fat will magically appear in the spaghetti squash.

seska422

Google is awesome for double-checking the nutrition of most fruits and veggies and many other foods.

Type "name-of-food nutrition" and you'll get a chart on the side with different serving size choices.

It looks like your 2.5 cups has about 2 grams of fat. Perhaps the person who made the entry you chose included butter or something they used for cooking in the entry.

Do you have a food scale? It's a much more accurate way to measure solid foods than cups or spoons.

ASKyle

I highly doubt it has that much fat. The entry you're looking at was probably one that included butter, cheese, etc.

The USDA entries are generally a good bet.

100g of spaghetti squash: 27cals, 0.3g fat, 6.5g carbs, 0.7g protein.

Also I would suggest getting a food scale- cups are inaccurate.

lemurcat12

Lots of MFP entries are wrong or someone's recipe. Avoid any generic or homemade entries.

The best source is USDA: https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods

Once you look at those you can learn to recognize the MFP entries that come from there without checking, as they have a recognizable format. The safest thing to do is double check the first time you log something, though.

Ready2Rock206

Get a scale - log the raw weight of your squash - use a USDA entry from the database. (for the future of course - for now just find a more accurate cooked squash entry) I agree with the others - you're probably selecting someone's entry that has other items than just squash added.

Schlackity

Thanks all! I do have a food scale but in my rush I had already started eating the squash (slightly more than half of a standard sized squash). Next time I'll definitely weigh it first.