Oatmeal Calories

llosante
llosante Posts: 1
in Food and Nutrition
My Old Fashioned Oats box says a serving is 1/2 cup, rated at 150 calories. That is more than this calculates for 1 cup of oatmeal. Why is that?

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  • Dee_84
    Dee_84 Posts: 431 Member
    I'm not sure, but I think:

    1/2 cup oats + 1 cup water = 1 1/2 cup oatmeal (150 calories)

    1/3 cup oats + 2/3 cup water = 1 cup oatmeal (100 calories)
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    It would depend if it's dry weight or weight after cooking. I like to use things like oatmeal, rice and pasta with the dry weight measurement for better accuracy.
  • Cherbear67
    Cherbear67 Posts: 245 Member
    This is confusing to me.. hahahaha..

    I was trying to do some waffles made with oatmeal and it stuck to my waffle iron and did the same thing when I tried to make pancakes out of them...It was basically scrambled oatmeal lol with protein powder, water, oatmeal and some raspberries and egg whites.. Now it called for 1/2 cup of uncooked oatmeal.. It made quite a bit.. Do I eat half a cup or do I eat it all..???

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