Weighing cooked whole grain pasta

Francl27
Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
edited January 18 in Food and Nutrition
Someone help me there. I can't find any way to enter cooked pasta weight in the site. I'm not going to start cooking 2oz individually when I have to make more for my family!

I've read that 2 dry ounces is 1 cup cooked... but that's really not accurate. If it helps, we use barilla whole grain pasta.

Does anyone know how many calories per ounce cooked?

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  • Lennonluv2
    Lennonluv2 Posts: 956 Member
    Barilla whole grain spaghetti is 200 calories for 2 ounces. It's listed in the database. I weigh mine on my food scale after it's cooked.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    That's dry. Not cooked. Surely it changes weight after being cooked?
  • jfrankic
    jfrankic Posts: 747 Member
    I measure the dry pasta before cooking to make sure I have X number of servings. After it is drained, I will put my pot on the my digital scale and throw the pasta in to see the total weight cooked. Divide by number of servings. Easy peasy. Then you can always make a note in the recipe builder or create your own food and specify the cooked weight so you don't have to do that every time. For pastas, I will throw everything in together (sauce, meats, noodles) and weight the total meal, then scoop out my individual serving.

    I do this with as many of my meals as I can. Weight measurement is much more accurate than measuring via cups or spoons.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    I guess that would work. Kinda a pain though! I'm surprised nobody's entered the cooked values though... it would make it so much easier.
  • Lennonluv2
    Lennonluv2 Posts: 956 Member
    That's dry. Not cooked. Surely it changes weight after being cooked?

    Actually.... one cup cooked weighs 2 ounces (at least on my scale it does)
  • vaman
    vaman Posts: 253 Member
    Use DRY weight when measuring the caloric content of pasta. The final cooked weight of two ounces of dry pasta is meaningless, the additional weight is only water. Most pasta averages about 100-110 calories per ounce. If cooking say a full pound of pasta for four people, a scale can be used to divide the cooked pasta into four equal portions, but the calorie count will remain approximately 400-440 per portion.
  • Lennonluv2
    Lennonluv2 Posts: 956 Member
    Maybe so but if you want to split hairs it depends on how you cook it also...Personally I try not to over think it . I weigh after cooking. Good luck
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    Use DRY weight when measuring the caloric content of pasta. The final cooked weight of two ounces of dry pasta is meaningless, the additional weight is only water. Most pasta averages about 100-110 calories per ounce. If cooking say a full pound of pasta for four people, a scale can be used to divide the cooked pasta into four equal portions, but the calorie count will remain approximately 400-440 per portion.

    Yeah it's a pain. Oh well.
  • FASTFUELXXX
    FASTFUELXXX Posts: 89 Member
    THE CALORIES OF THE PASTA DOES NT CHANGE AFTER ITS COOKED. ITS STILL THE SAME AMOUNT OF PASTA DAT U STARTED OUT WITH. IF ITS 2 OZ WEN U WEIGHED IT DRY IT WILL B 4 OZ WEN U WEIGH IT COOKED ( I'VE DONE IT ALREADY) BUT ITS ONLY FROM DA WATER. WATER HAS NO CALORIES. ITS STILL GONNA B 200 CALORIES FOR 2 OZ
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