Weighing Pasta.

lmd_1979
lmd_1979 Posts: 130
in Health and Weight Loss
According to the food label it's 156 cal per 100g, is that cooked weight or dry weight before cooking?

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  • HanaNikki
    HanaNikki Posts: 22
    Must be the cooked weight, because pasta usually has a lot more calories. Before cooking it should be something around 300-350 cal per 100g.
  • lmd_1979
    lmd_1979 Posts: 130
    So I have to weigh the Pasta once it's cooked to 100g?g

    What I mean is do I weigh the Pasta dry to 100g before cooking to get the right portion size?
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    Yes, it's definintely the cooked weight. Odd that it doesn't specify!

    Typically dry pasta is weighed uncooked and one serving is 2 oz or 56g and around 200 calories (a bit more or less depending on brand, ingredients)
  • TLwineguzzler
    TLwineguzzler Posts: 289 Member
    If you've got the calorie values for the dry pasta its better to weigh it first. Cooked pasta will weigh more the longer its cooked as it's absorbs more water. I tend to overcook it a bit so I feel like I'm having more!
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    Depends on the pasta. Can you tell us the brand or show us the label? But it SOUNDS like the cooked weight.
  • lmd_1979
    lmd_1979 Posts: 130
    Well it says allow 100g per person so I weighed it dry to 100g but didn't know you had to weigh it cooked to get the right portion size.
  • abetterbrandi
    abetterbrandi Posts: 131
    Huh? Pasta is weighed uncooked. Unless otherwise specified as far as I've known. Barilla is typically 56g for 200 calories.
  • lmd_1979
    lmd_1979 Posts: 130
    Just looked on the cooking instructions it says allow 100g per person so it must mean dry weight.

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