Measuring pasta?

cHaRlIe0411

When you enter, let's say, 4 ounces of pasta, is that 4 ounces cooked or uncooked? Because there is a BIG difference!

Inebriated

Uncooked.

BlessedEight

So does 4 oz uncooked pasta make into 1 cup cooked pasta?

taziarj

2oz works out to about 1 cup when cooked. Always measure pasta uncooked. I in fact measure all items as uncooked.

fatmom51

I use my food scale and then measure 2 oz. of dry pasta. Once it's cooked, I use my 1-cup serving spoon, or a one-cup measure, to scoop out the pasta.

Pebble321

Because most of the entries in the MFP database are user-entered, there is no knowing which it means unless they have noted "dry" or "cooked".
The good news is that it really doesn't matter - pick the one that is most convenient for you and search for an entry that says "pasta cooked" or "pasta dry".

SheilaSisco

On a vast majority of food packaging, the amount (weight/measurements) listed are dry or uncooked unless otherwise stated ON the package. So, 2 oz of pasta is typically about 200-ish calories and will weigh around 4 oz cooked for that same calorie count. I've seen a few things (Jimmy Dean sausage, for example) which lists the serving size specifically as 2 oz COOKED. Just read the labels.