weigh food raw or cooked?

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There seems to be a huge difference in weight pre and post cooking, whats the general consensus for calorie counting?

Cheers,

Andy

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  • cindyb1984
    cindyb1984 Posts: 203 Member
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    bump...I am wondering about pasta. Is the nutrition information given for uncooked or cooked?
  • anasantos61
    anasantos61 Posts: 86 Member
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    For past I uncooked for meat I believe is raw.
  • anasantos61
    anasantos61 Posts: 86 Member
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    Sorry, Pasta uncooked
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,868 Member
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    bump...I am wondering about pasta. Is the nutrition information given for uncooked or cooked?

    Most weights are uncooked/dry and most packages will tell you...also, if it doesn't specifically say "cooked" on the package then it's uncooked/raw/dry, etc. Meat should be weighed raw unless otherwise stated (as is often the case with bacon).
  • andygo
    andygo Posts: 2
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    thanks everyone, that's a great help
  • nytrifisoul
    nytrifisoul Posts: 500 Member
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    Its a two way street, if its weighed raw, then you lose water as it cooks and it changes weight, but some meats also lose fat when cooked, and less fat means less calories aswell. So in my opinion, if its cooked, just count it as if it was raw.