Brown rice cooked vs uncooked facts

teamguzman
teamguzman Posts: 13
in Food and Nutrition
alright so i just purchased Uncle bens wholegrain brown rice. The nutrition facts on it is Per 35ml (30g) (about 125ml prepared)
Cal 110 Fat 1g Carbs 25 g Protien 2. Cooking directions - serving portions = 125ml (1/2 cup) =2 servings . 250 ml (1 cup) equals 6 servings.

so when its cooked each 125ml serving = to the macro labeled? because rice doubles it size while cooked?

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  • moontyrant
    moontyrant Posts: 160 Member
    bump because rice is confusing me too.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    one serving would just equal a 1/4 cup
  • teamguzman
    teamguzman Posts: 13
    can i just use these nutrition fact from nutritiondata.com

    Rice, brown, medium-grain, cooked
    1cup (195g)
    Cal 218
    Fat 2 g
    Sodium 2
    Carbs 46
    fiber 4
    protein 5
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,107 Member
    For rice, I usually go by the nutrition facts for the dry weight, because the weight of the cooked rice is more variable, depending on how much water you use and how much might have boiled off. I weigh how much dry rice I'm using before I cook it. I weigh the total amount of cooked rice and divide by the number of servings of dried rice I used, and then I know how much one serving of cooked rice from that batch weighs.

    But sometimes I forget or am lazy, and then I'll just us the USDA values for cooked rice of whatever kind I made (white, brown, long grain, short grain).
  • Derf_Smeggle
    Derf_Smeggle Posts: 610 Member
    For rice, I usually go by the nutrition facts for the dry weight, because the weight of the cooked rice is more variable, depending on how much water you use and how much might have boiled off. I weigh how much dry rice I'm using before I cook it. I weigh the total amount of cooked rice and divide by the number of servings of dried rice I used, and then I know how much one serving of cooked rice from that batch weighs.

    But sometimes I forget or am lazy, and then I'll just us the USDA values for cooked rice of whatever kind I made (white, brown, long grain, short grain).
    +1
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I just use the MFP default values for cooked rice. It's too much of a pain in the butt otherwise!
  • BenjaminMFP88
    BenjaminMFP88 Posts: 660 Member
    Just calculate rice as it's dry and whatever you cook it with.

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