150 grams of cooked rice = how many grams uncooked?
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Hello,
Today I ate 150 grams of COOKED brown rice & quinoa (kirkland brand).
How can I figure out how many grams the rice weighs when it is uncooked?
140 grams = 220 calories according to the nutrition information on the box, but obviously that is for the uncooked form.
Today I ate 150 grams of COOKED brown rice & quinoa (kirkland brand).
How can I figure out how many grams the rice weighs when it is uncooked?
140 grams = 220 calories according to the nutrition information on the box, but obviously that is for the uncooked form.
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You probably won't get an exact number but I checked the pre-cooked cups of rice and quinoa (Sunrice brand) and 125g cooked is 202 calories so just increase to about 240 calories. The box must be referencing cooked rice.1
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If that's a pre-cooked, microwave sachet of rice, then I'd imagine the nutritional info is for cooked.
If 1 gram of carb = 4 calories, then the math doesn't add up for 140 grams of uncooked = 220 cals.0 -
RubyDarling wrote: »If that's a pre-cooked, microwave sachet of rice, then I'd imagine the nutritional info is for cooked.
If 1 gram of carb = 4 calories, then the math doesn't add up for 140 grams of uncooked = 220 cals.
Weight grams don’t correlate to calorie grams3 -
deannalfisher wrote: »Weight grams don’t correlate to calorie grams
Sorry, can you please explain further?0 -
No one knows how much water is in the cooked rice. It matters.2
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asianambition wrote: »Hello,
Today I ate 150 grams of COOKED brown rice & quinoa (kirkland brand).
How can I figure out how many grams the rice weighs when it is uncooked?
140 grams = 220 calories according to the nutrition information on the box, but obviously that is for the uncooked form.
I wish 140g of raw rice was only 220cal. Presumably your nutrition information is for cooked (does the box say "as prepared"?), so you would go 220cal/140g x 150g = 236 calories.1 -
RubyDarling wrote: »deannalfisher wrote: »Weight grams don’t correlate to calorie grams
Sorry, can you please explain further?
Water has no calories. Most foods that you eat owe a significant portion of their weight -- sometimes the large majority of their weight -- to water. (Think of it this way -- pretty much everything you eat was once a living organism -- plant or animal -- and living organisms are pretty much mostly water.) Since we don't know how much water is in the rice we don't know how much remaining weight there is to account for carbs, protein, and fat.
Edited to add a missing word.0 -
strongwouldbenice wrote: »asianambition wrote: »Hello,
Today I ate 150 grams of COOKED brown rice & quinoa (kirkland brand).
How can I figure out how many grams the rice weighs when it is uncooked?
140 grams = 220 calories according to the nutrition information on the box, but obviously that is for the uncooked form.
I wish 140g of raw rice was only 220cal. Presumably your nutrition information is for cooked (does the box say "as prepared"?), so you would go 220cal/140g x 150g = 236 calories.
Oops I made a mistake. The rice I was eating is actually called: Sunbrown Austrailian Calrose Brown Rice and the nutrition facts on the back say that it is 160 calories per 1/4 cup (45g uncooked).1 -
OH AND IT ALSO SAYS ON THE BACK: 1 CUP OF UNCOOKED RICE = 2 1/2 CUPS OF COOKED RICE
OH MY GOD AND THERE IS AN ENTRY ON MFP THAT SAYS SUNBROWN AUSTRALIAN CALROSE BROWN RICE COOKED
45 GRAMS UNCOOKED = 74 GRAMS COOKED
THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE0 -
asianambition wrote: ». . .
THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
So many humorous replies I can't choose. Enjoy the path.1 -
asianambition wrote: »OH AND IT ALSO SAYS ON THE BACK: 1 CUP OF UNCOOKED RICE = 2 1/2 CUPS OF COOKED RICE
OH MY GOD AND THERE IS AN ENTRY ON MFP THAT SAYS SUNBROWN AUSTRALIAN CALROSE BROWN RICE COOKED
45 GRAMS UNCOOKED = 74 GRAMS COOKED
THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
45 raw to 74 cooked? I would have expected at least 45 to 90 if not a little higher. I do not cook that much rice so I do not know for sure. However sometimes you reach a point where you just need to log something and move on. I try to avoid errors but I understand that no matter what I do I will have some on occasion.0 -
asianambition wrote: »OH AND IT ALSO SAYS ON THE BACK: 1 CUP OF UNCOOKED RICE = 2 1/2 CUPS OF COOKED RICE
OH MY GOD AND THERE IS AN ENTRY ON MFP THAT SAYS SUNBROWN AUSTRALIAN CALROSE BROWN RICE COOKED
45 GRAMS UNCOOKED = 74 GRAMS COOKED
THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
45 raw to 74 cooked? I would have expected at least 45 to 90 if not a little higher. I do not cook that much rice so I do not know for sure. However sometimes you reach a point where you just need to log something and move on. I try to avoid errors but I understand that no matter what I do I will have some on occasion.
Okay. So let's go off the information on the back of the package: 1 cup of uncooked rice = 2 1/2 cups cooked rice.
1/4 cup of uncooked rice = 45 grams
1 cup of uncooked rice = 180 grams
180 grams uncooked x 2.5 = 450 grams cooked
So 180 grams of uncooked rice = 450 grams of cooked rice0 -
asianambition wrote: »asianambition wrote: »OH AND IT ALSO SAYS ON THE BACK: 1 CUP OF UNCOOKED RICE = 2 1/2 CUPS OF COOKED RICE
OH MY GOD AND THERE IS AN ENTRY ON MFP THAT SAYS SUNBROWN AUSTRALIAN CALROSE BROWN RICE COOKED
45 GRAMS UNCOOKED = 74 GRAMS COOKED
THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
45 raw to 74 cooked? I would have expected at least 45 to 90 if not a little higher. I do not cook that much rice so I do not know for sure. However sometimes you reach a point where you just need to log something and move on. I try to avoid errors but I understand that no matter what I do I will have some on occasion.
Okay. So let's go off the information on the back of the package: 1 cup of uncooked rice = 2 1/2 cups cooked rice.
1 cup of uncooked rice = 180 grams
180 grams x 2.5 = 450 grams
So 180 grams of uncooked rice = 450 grams of cooked rice
No? Or at least, not necessarily. I am cooking rice as I type. I weighed the dry rice in a measuring cup, so I know that my 182 (I overshot the mark by 2 grams, and didn't bother to remove a few grains) grams of rice was a scant cup, measured. I didn't measure the water as exactly, and the best I can tell you is that it was 2 slightly generous cups. My rice may be a bit wet when it's done. Not a deal-breaker. I'm going to wait right here for it to be done, so I can measure and weigh, again.
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654 grams of sticky dense rice measuring a generous 3 cups. Not really close to your 450 grams of cooked rice. It all comes down to how much water your rice absorbed.1 -
autumnblade75 wrote: »asianambition wrote: »asianambition wrote: »OH AND IT ALSO SAYS ON THE BACK: 1 CUP OF UNCOOKED RICE = 2 1/2 CUPS OF COOKED RICE
OH MY GOD AND THERE IS AN ENTRY ON MFP THAT SAYS SUNBROWN AUSTRALIAN CALROSE BROWN RICE COOKED
45 GRAMS UNCOOKED = 74 GRAMS COOKED
THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
45 raw to 74 cooked? I would have expected at least 45 to 90 if not a little higher. I do not cook that much rice so I do not know for sure. However sometimes you reach a point where you just need to log something and move on. I try to avoid errors but I understand that no matter what I do I will have some on occasion.
Okay. So let's go off the information on the back of the package: 1 cup of uncooked rice = 2 1/2 cups cooked rice.
1 cup of uncooked rice = 180 grams
180 grams x 2.5 = 450 grams
So 180 grams of uncooked rice = 450 grams of cooked rice
No? Or at least, not necessarily. I am cooking rice as I type. I weighed the dry rice in a measuring cup, so I know that my 182 (I overshot the mark by 2 grams, and didn't bother to remove a few grains) grams of rice was a scant cup, measured. I didn't measure the water as exactly, and the best I can tell you is that it was 2 slightly generous cups. My rice may be a bit wet when it's done. Not a deal-breaker. I'm going to wait right here for it to be done, so I can measure and weigh, again.
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654 grams of sticky dense rice measuring a generous 3 cups. Not really close to your 450 grams of cooked rice. It all comes down to how much water your rice absorbed.
Meh... You're right. I'm just going to go with the existing MFP entry as it seems the most accurate:
Sunbrown - Calrose Brown Rice (Cooked), 150g = 324 cals, 65 carbs, 4 fat, 6 protein.0 -
My own entry, which is based off the measurements on the back of the packaging is this:
150 grams of cooked brown rice = 213 calories, 43 carbs, 1 fat, 4 protein.
Which seems wrong...
There is no way 150 grams of cooked brown rice is only 213 calories, right?0 -
But according to the USDA database, 100 grams of cooked brown rice only ranges from around 148 to 162 calories:
https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/588313/nutrients
https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/356555/nutrients
So maybe 150 grams of cooked brown rice does equal 213 calories and not 324.0 -
asianambition wrote: »
So maybe 150 grams of cooked brown rice does equal 213 calories and not 324.
In my experiment yesterday, 182 grams of dry rice expanded to 654 grams of cooked rice. There were still only 640 calories in the whole mess. I need to go get ready for work, instead of doing maths, but for 213 calories, you could have eaten 218 grams of my cooked rice. I had half of it, and logged it as 320 calories. That's 327 grams of cooked rice.
So, yes, maybe 150 grams of cooked rice has 213 calories. Or less. Or 324. And the volume won't match, either. Rice is a lot easier if you measure dry, before cooking.
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