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Portion sizes

dhill_84
dhill_84 Posts: 67 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Silly question.....is the portion sizes on food for when its cooked or as it is in the package? I just measured out 85g of pasta raw, but it doesnt say on the bag if that is cooked or raw.

Please help!

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  • jodimitchell
    jodimitchell Posts: 86 Member
    bump...great question!
  • SimplyDeLish
    SimplyDeLish Posts: 539
    lots of threads on this....pasta is best measured uncooked - depending on how long you cook it, it absorbs more water and thus weighs more.
  • Atlantique
    Atlantique Posts: 2,484 Member
    Pasta is typically measured dry, and the usual dry serving is 2 ounces. Depending on how long you cook it and the shape of the pasta, 2 oz dry can be anywhere between .5 cups and slightly over 1 cup when prepared.

    When a product is meant to be measured after cooking, the nutrition info will say "as prepared". Usually there will be two columns in the Nutrition label--one for the product dry and another under the heading "as prepared".
  • stanvoodoo
    stanvoodoo Posts: 1,023 Member
    It believe it is 2oz for a serving and it's very small, on a plate it would flat about width of a softball.
  • TAWoody
    TAWoody Posts: 261 Member
    Check to see how many servings the entire package is and compare it to that. If serving size is 2 oz and number of servings is 4 and the front of the package says it's an 8 oz box then each serving should be dry pasta. :-)
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