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Im confused

jaynemum5
jaynemum5 Posts: 7 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
This is info on pack weighing 180g dry
By adding water to cook its pasta it becomes 330g
So do i track it x 2 pluss little more
as the info on pack says 100 g finished product on the nutrision info

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  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    edited May 2018
    If the nutrition facts on the package specify finished product, then the nutrition facts are for the finished product so that's what you weigh. Be sure you prepare the product as directed.
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    I hate it when products do that.

    I don’t want to weigh the final quantity, which may or may not have absorbed the same amount of water etc, and then find out either that I have too much or that I could have had more; I want to weigh out the amount that fits my calories before I start!

    So yes, what I would do in that situation is weigh out the dry and count each 1g of dry as 1.83g of cooked. And if I were the one entering the nutritional info into MFP, I’d enter it as 180g dry weight rather than 330g cooked to make life easier for everyone in future.
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