Should I weigh uncooked rice or cooked rice?

Fatboy2Fitboy
Fatboy2Fitboy Posts: 44 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi

Is 100g of uncooked rice grains the same calories as when it is cooked?

I am confused because water is the only thing added to cook it but since it weighs more after it is cooked, does it have the same amount of calories or more?

Thanks

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  • WinnerVictorious
    WinnerVictorious Posts: 4,733 Member
    adding water does not add calories, but it does add weight. if the nutritional label is based on uncooked weights, then that's what you use.

    weigh it uncooked.
  • GypsySoul_74
    GypsySoul_74 Posts: 152 Member
    usually in the MFP database, the preparation is specified. for example, i find it more convenient to cook an entire batch of brown rice to last a few days and then just to weigh what i'm going to eat at each meal once it's already cooked. so i use the entry that's labeled "Rice--brown, long-grain, cooked'.

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