Spaghetti calories change when cooked?

yayhappygirly

Basically in the pack it says 100g of raw spaghetti has 356 calories, therefore if I cook 100g of spaghetti will the calories change? Due to the weight changing after it being cooked?

TeaBea

Weigh pasta dry.

When you cook pasta al dente (firm) it has absorbed less water than mushy pasta. Al dente pasta will be a smaller serving size.

Water doesn't add calories.....it just "plumps" up your portions.

zyxst

If you're cooking in in water, the calories won't change. Pasta weight is for dry weight, not cooked, unless it says on the package.