Rice

callumwalker1995
callumwalker1995 Posts: 389 Member
edited December 3 in Food and Nutrition
When looking at a bag of rice it says 250g and the nutritional information is for per 125g. Shall I weigh the rice uncooked or cooked? The supposedly 250g turns out to be around 235g once cooled?

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  • sllm1
    sllm1 Posts: 2,130 Member
    Weigh before cooking
  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    Uh rice like doubles or triples in weight during cooking, most dry servings are like what, 50g? close to 110-150 cooked for about 150 calories or a but more.
  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    Before cooking - the 125g becomes 235g once cooked.
  • fraserkr
    fraserkr Posts: 110 Member
    LazSommer wrote: »
    Uh rice like doubles or triples in weight during cooking, most dry servings are like what, 50g? close to 110-150 cooked for about 150 calories or a but more.

    I think rice doubles or triples in VOLUME, not weight
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Weigh raw and use an entry in the database for uncooked rice
  • fraserkr
    fraserkr Posts: 110 Member
    callumwalker1995 wrote: »
    When looking at a bag of rice it says 250g and the nutritional information is for per 125g. Shall I weigh the rice uncooked or cooked? The supposedly 250g turns out to be around 235g once cooled?

    here's USDA info on long grain rice standard serving:
    http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/HHFS_RICE_WHITE_ENRICHED_LONGGRAIN_100491_100492_Oct2012.pdf
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    125 g seems like a cooked serving, but the label should make it clear if it is. What's the brand?
  • callumwalker1995
    callumwalker1995 Posts: 389 Member
    No i eat the whole of the bag at a time but the rice is also precooked so you could eat it without microwaving it. But it weighs around 235g after ive microwaved it even though it says 250g on the packet. So does it lose 15g in the microwave? :(
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    The 15g lost is moisture during cooking. Weigh before.
  • callumwalker1995
    callumwalker1995 Posts: 389 Member
    Ok. So in 2 minutes it loses 15g? Wouldn't have thought that
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Water can get lost fast.
  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    fraserkr wrote: »
    LazSommer wrote: »
    Uh rice like doubles or triples in weight during cooking, most dry servings are like what, 50g? close to 110-150 cooked for about 150 calories or a but more.

    I think rice doubles or triples in VOLUME, not weight

    How much do you think rice weighs compared to water? Where do you think all that water goes when you cook the rice with a lid on?
  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    callumwalker1995 wrote: »
    No i eat the whole of the bag at a time but the rice is also precooked so you could eat it without microwaving it. But it weighs around 235g after ive microwaved it even though it says 250g on the packet. So does it lose 15g in the microwave? :(

    If it's precooked rice then yes you open the bag and you lose some of the water stored in the rice/container during nuking process. You would count the after microwave weight to compare to the nutritional value on the bag in grams.
  • chapiano
    chapiano Posts: 331 Member
    Just get a huge bag of plain brown rice and weigh 75G uncooked per person
  • callumwalker1995
    callumwalker1995 Posts: 389 Member
    LazSommer wrote: »
    callumwalker1995 wrote: »
    No i eat the whole of the bag at a time but the rice is also precooked so you could eat it without microwaving it. But it weighs around 235g after ive microwaved it even though it says 250g on the packet. So does it lose 15g in the microwave? :(

    If it's precooked rice then yes you open the bag and you lose some of the water stored in the rice/container during nuking process. You would count the after microwave weight to compare to the nutritional value on the bag in grams.

    yeah think ill weigh it before it then after the microwave to see if there is any difference, thanks. Why would you count the after microwave weight?
  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    callumwalker1995 wrote: »
    LazSommer wrote: »
    callumwalker1995 wrote: »
    No i eat the whole of the bag at a time but the rice is also precooked so you could eat it without microwaving it. But it weighs around 235g after ive microwaved it even though it says 250g on the packet. So does it lose 15g in the microwave? :(

    If it's precooked rice then yes you open the bag and you lose some of the water stored in the rice/container during nuking process. You would count the after microwave weight to compare to the nutritional value on the bag in grams.

    yeah think ill weigh it before it then after the microwave to see if there is any difference, thanks. Why would you count the after microwave weight?

    Because that's its cooked state, and honestly that would give you more calories per gram by a very small amount, so you're erring on the side of caution. in reality for those packs it's not a huge deal as long as whatever your portion is matches what you log.
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