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weighing foods

Sydney727
Sydney727 Posts: 5 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
are you supposed to weigh your food before or after you cook it? like the 40g of carb in a 1/4 cup of rice is that cooked rice or dry, uncooked rice???

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    There are database entries for both raw and cooked items. Weighing pre-cooking is generally more accurate. Search for a database entry that specifies whether or not it is cooked and use that one.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    There are database entries for both raw and cooked items. Weighing pre-cooking is generally more accurate. Search for a database entry that specifies whether or not it is cooked and use that one.

    This
  • jdwils14
    jdwils14 Posts: 154 Member
    edited August 2016
    Uncooked rice is about 200 calories per 1/4 cup dry. Cooked rice (such as Minute brand) is about200 calories per 1/2 cup. It usually says it on the package.

    Meat measurements are always before cooking, but a good indicator on whether or not the entry is pre-or post- cooking is whether a serving is 3oz or 4oz. Usually the cooked will be 3 oz, and the raw will be 4oz. But look closely...a lot of entries are mixed up because of people like you putting them in unwittingly ;-)
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