Calories in dry/cooked pasta

hayleyf6051
hayleyf6051 Posts: 52 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I tend to eat wholewheat pasta and the recommended portion is 75g uncooked. On MFP the cals are 270-300 ish. Is that right? Or should I weigh the cooked weight for pasta to get a more accurate reading? Often the cooked/uncooked calorie information is confusing!

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  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Sounds about right.

    I have a bag of penne here that comes out at 266 for 75g uncooked (355 for 100g).
  • hayleyf6051
    hayleyf6051 Posts: 52 Member
    Thanks!!
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    Weigh it dry. The cooked weight can vary depending on how long it cooked and how much water it absorbed.

    The package should tell you what the calories for dry weight is. Go with that and use a MFP entry that agrees with the label.
  • AlisonH729
    AlisonH729 Posts: 558 Member
    Cosign on weighing it dry. Whole wheat may be a liiiittle different but pasta, regardless of the shape, generally comes in at around 100 cals per 1 oz/28 grams. So yeah, that math sounds about right.

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