Pasta and rice

just2703

Hi can anyone tell me the rice and pasta is that the calories for cooked or uncooked and what grams is a cup please I’m in the uk

Alatariel75

I generally review the database to find entries that are marked either "cooked" or "dry" and that have measurements in grams.

IAmTheGlue

I go by the dry weight posted in the nutritional information on the box. It will generally say cups and grams. If I’m going to make 4 servings of rice for dinner, I measure on my scale the weight of 4 servings. I cook it, get the cooked weight and divide it by 4 and separate out each serving. I hope that helps!

I have been doing it so long that it really takes no time to do anymore. It is just automatic

sijomial

It's a crowd-sourced and global food database so there will be entries for dry, cooked, in cups and in grams. There will also be a lot of inaccurate or out of date entries so beware when picking.

No point using a cup (volume) based entry and converting to grams (weight), just use a dry weight in grams as the calories are in the pasta and rice and not the water added when cooked.

Are you including the brand name in your search to narrow it down? Bar code search will do that automatically but check against the nutrition label on the packaging. Once you have found the right entry it will be in your recently used list and musch quicker to find.

yirara

Cups are not really a thing in the UK on packaging. Serving might be mentioned, but then with the added info of how many grams, or how many servings are in a package. Look for a database entry in grams and dry, and weigh your food if you can.

ToadstoolBetty

It's normal dry weight