100g / 1 cup question

Tuesday20
Tuesday20 Posts: 93 Member
in Food and Nutrition
When MFP says 100g / 1 cup is that cooked or uncooked? I expect food like rice and pasta will be much heavier after cooking, so when do you weigh the ingredients?

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  • cmeiron
    cmeiron Posts: 1,599 Member
    Nutritional info for dry goods is almost always given for uncooked measurements (yes, the cooking time, amount of water etc. will affect the size and weight of the finished product). As a general rule I try to use the raw/uncooked values for all items, whenever possible.

    Also, if you can measure by weight, and not cups, it's much better - weight is far more accurate because it's very easy to underestimate volume.
  • sweetnlow30
    sweetnlow30 Posts: 497 Member
    The weight totally depends on the food. Pasta is generally about 85g dry and 200g cooked per cup. It is best to weigh the dry ingredients and log it as dry if you can. It also depends on what the package says. There are usually dry and cooked entries in the database.
  • Tuesday20
    Tuesday20 Posts: 93 Member
    Thank you for your responses!

    I was a bit confused as I can imagine 100g of raw rice being a good portion, but 100g when cooked doesnt seem alot!
    I always measure in grams, as in the UK we dont use 'cups' as a unit :)

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