Logging in pasta - confused about uncooked/cooked! calories

This is not normal for the UK either, I swear!

Are you reading all the nutrition information on the packet?

Sometimes it has a bit on the front (traffic light display thing) which just has calories per portion. That might be for cooked weight sometimes.

But on the back you get the grid which shows more detailed information. That will normally have a list of numbers for 100g dry weight, and maybe a different list based on whatever they think is one serving.

I would weigh the amount of pasta you plan to eat (I'd go for 75g if it's to top with a sauce as the main part of your meal, less if it's a side dish) and input that. So put in the data for 100g, then for "number of servings", type in 0.75.

I always weigh how much pasta I'm cooking. But if I'm cooking for 2 I would weigh out 150g and just divide it in half by eye - it might be a little bit different (I might accidentally eat 80g instead of 75) but I couldn't accidentally serve myself 100g of pasta and give my boyfriend only 50g!

How can there be such stark differences between these two products? for some reason i'm still suspicious about Asda's fusilli pasta (100g can only contain 156 calories? even i don't believe it, yet it states on the packet

If you don't trust it call the manufacturer. I've done it for ice cream before, when it didn't list the grams amount on the package.

here is a link to the pasta fusilli packet that i've been speaking about

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml#/product/37484

Okay it says "cooked" so let's go with that. That makes sense in terms of the calorie count as well.

So one packet of 500g of fusilli pasta states;
(as directly cooked)(on hob) 100g per serving gives around 156 calories

Another packet of fusili pasta 500g states;
as sold per 75g gives around 270calories

Why is this the case? Obviously the second case refers to dry pasta. so when i log pasta into my diary do i log it as dry/raw pasta or cooked pasta?

Use the package information for the package that you bought.

Go to the database and type in ASDA fusilli pasta. Choose the one that matches your package-- I found it easily. Add that to your log. Cook your pasta. Weigh out 100 grams. Eat.

Yeah that's the method that i have been using. However i've done a bit of research and there's a big difference between Asda pasta fusilli and morrisons pasta fusilli 500g. Look here;
So one packet of 500g of fusilli pasta states;

ASDA - http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml#/product/37484
(156calories per 100g)

MORRISONS - http://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/product/Morrisons-Fusilli/114201011?from=shop&tags=|105651|102705|102605|102623&parentContainer=|102705|102605|102623_SHELFVIEW

No, checking both of those, they're pretty comparable. The Morrison's one is 162 per 100 grams of cooked pasta. vs. 156 for the ASDA one.

The Morrison's one says this:

A 180g serving of cooked pasta (approx. 75g dry pasta) provides... Calories 292 15%, Sugar 0.7g 0.8%, Fat 1.3g 1.9%, Saturates 0.2g 1%, Salt trace of your guideline daily amount.

If you ate 180 grams of the ASDA you'd get 280 calories. It's very close.

here is a link to the pasta fusilli packet that i've been speaking about

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml#/product/37484

Okay it says "cooked" so let's go with that. That makes sense in terms of the calorie count as well.

So one packet of 500g of fusilli pasta states;
(as directly cooked)(on hob) 100g per serving gives around 156 calories

Another packet of fusili pasta 500g states;
as sold per 75g gives around 270calories

Why is this the case? Obviously the second case refers to dry pasta. so when i log pasta into my diary do i log it as dry/raw pasta or cooked pasta?

Use the package information for the package that you bought.

Go to the database and type in ASDA fusilli pasta. Choose the one that matches your package-- I found it easily. Add that to your log. Cook your pasta. Weigh out 100 grams. Eat.

Yeah that's the method that i have been using. However i've done a bit of research and there's a big difference between Asda pasta fusilli and morrisons pasta fusilli 500g. Look here;
So one packet of 500g of fusilli pasta states;

ASDA - http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml#/product/37484
(156calories per 100g)

MORRISONS - http://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/product/Morrisons-Fusilli/114201011?from=shop&tags=|105651|102705|102605|102623&parentContainer=|102705|102605|102623_SHELFVIEW

No, checking both of those, they're pretty comparable. The Morrison's one is 162 per 100 grams of cooked pasta. vs. 156 for the ASDA one.

hi how did you calculate 100grams of cooked pasta from the morrisons packet?

I didn't. It's the one on the left. The 292 calorie one is on the right.

here is a link to the pasta fusilli packet that i've been speaking about

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml#/product/37484

Okay it says "cooked" so let's go with that. That makes sense in terms of the calorie count as well.

So one packet of 500g of fusilli pasta states;
(as directly cooked)(on hob) 100g per serving gives around 156 calories

Another packet of fusili pasta 500g states;
as sold per 75g gives around 270calories

Why is this the case? Obviously the second case refers to dry pasta. so when i log pasta into my diary do i log it as dry/raw pasta or cooked pasta?

Use the package information for the package that you bought.

Go to the database and type in ASDA fusilli pasta. Choose the one that matches your package-- I found it easily. Add that to your log. Cook your pasta. Weigh out 100 grams. Eat.

Yeah that's the method that i have been using. However i've done a bit of research and there's a big difference between Asda pasta fusilli and morrisons pasta fusilli 500g. Look here;
So one packet of 500g of fusilli pasta states;

ASDA - http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml#/product/37484
(156calories per 100g)

MORRISONS - http://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/product/Morrisons-Fusilli/114201011?from=shop&tags=|105651|102705|102605|102623&parentContainer=|102705|102605|102623_SHELFVIEW

No, checking both of those, they're pretty comparable. The Morrison's one is 162 per 100 grams of cooked pasta. vs. 156 for the ASDA one.

The Morrison's one says this:

A 180g serving of cooked pasta (approx. 75g dry pasta) provides... Calories 292 15%, Sugar 0.7g 0.8%, Fat 1.3g 1.9%, Saturates 0.2g 1%, Salt trace of your guideline daily amount.

If you ate 180 grams of the ASDA you'd get 280 calories. It's very close.

I see now where you're coming from. Another pasta fusilli packet from ALDI - states that 75g of uncooked pasta is around 269 calories - this really equates to around 180g of cooked pasta, right? dont' get me started on quinoa, or rice haha.

They probably use slightly different ratios of ingredients. Use the one you bought. You are overthinking this.

adampierce142 wrote: »

here is a link to the pasta fusilli packet that i've been speaking about

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml#/product/37484

It says under the table that 75g of dry pasta typically makes 180g cooked, so weigh 75g dry pasta and log the calories for 1 cooked serving

I go by dry weight then cook it and enjoy. I love pasta and noodles too. I get other types like Pasta Zero. Kroger has a reduced calorie thin pasta that is 150 caloies per 2 dry ounces.

ugh! fell for it. And the ASDA and Morrisons links both worked. Amazing!