Uncooked fresh pasta calories
Blackadd3r
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Does anyone know how many calories are in uncooked fresh fusilli pasta? I don't have any scales as yet, so I want to tip half of the packet (250g) into a pan , boil and eat! I can only find calories for it after it has been cooked, which will obviously be heavier with the water absorption weight.
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What does it say on the packet?0
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It only gives the calories as cooked.0
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It only gives the calories as cooked.
I'd just log half the bag. I mean, it's what you'll be eating, just without the water.0 -
Oh my gosh that is so annoying right!
It is ok if you are cooking for more than just yourself as you can weigh it after but if you are just making one portion how do you know how much to cook?!!? Such a bizar idea not to put the uncooked amount on the pack..0 -
Would you eat it uncooked?
I'm sorry, I'm confused0 -
Almost all commercial pastas are 200 calories for 2 oz of uncooked.0
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It only gives the calories as cooked.
So it doesn't even tell you how many servings are in the 250g pack? Literally just calories per serving and nothing else?0 -
Would you eat it uncooked?
I'm sorry, I'm confused
The original poster cannot compare the cooked weight nutritional information to the dry weight that is known, as they are completely different.
Edit: actually, it's not dry if it's fresh, is it?0 -
How do you even start logging if you don't have a food scale?0
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If I can explain better... I have a 500g bag of fresh fusilli pasta. I want to eat half of it. When I look at the back at the calorific value, it states the calories but ONLY the calories when the pasta has been cooked. When the pasta is cooked it will weigh more than when it is dry , as it will absorb water, so I won ,t get as much (although fresh pasta is still moist, not like dried pasta) so I cannot judge the calorific value with complete accuracy as IS do not have any sclaes.0
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How do you even start logging if you don't have a food scale?
By reading the packet and using division.0 -
Well if a packet is 250g then half a packet is going to be 125g, don't need scales for that.0
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When the pasta is cooked, it will be heavier then when it has not been cooked, so the calorific value will be different as I won't get as much pasta as it is heavier0
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Pasta, plain, fresh, raw (12 samples from 8 brands including spaghetti, tagliatelle, lasagne, linguine and fusili
Per 100g (so multiply you answers, or ideally make/find an item that matches this that has a 100g serving size and add 2.5 servings)
kcal 274
Pro 11.3g
Fat 2.4g
CHO 55.5g
sug 1.5g
I've not got a reliable breakdown of the fat types I'm afraid.0 -
Just confirming the above really, a quick search suggests between 500 and 700 calories, so I'd put 600!0
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Out of interest for others, the same pasta cooked would be 159kcal per 100g.0
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When the pasta is cooked, it will be heavier then when it has not been cooked, so the calorific value will be different as I won't get as much pasta as it is heavier0
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IronSmasher and Neanderthin, thank you so much! I meant 125 g of pasta , not 250 g, which is rather a lot!0
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Usually the package will provide the number of calories per serving, and also the number or servings per package.
Multiply those together to get the total calories per package and if you want to eat 1/2 the package, divide by 2.0 -
There are no additional calories added by cooking. It is just water that is absorbed in the pasta. Unless you are using some special kind of water that has calories?? lol The dry weight calorie content is the same as the cooked calorie content.0
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