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How do I count the calories for....

createsure
createsure Posts: 55
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Grains, such as quinoa and amaranth, have nutritional info listed as per 1/4 cup, and I'm wondering if it's for cooked or before cooked amounts. I might normally assume it's for cooked, but the calorie count is so high that I wonder (and hope) that it is for the dried measurements. Anyone know?

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  • createsure
    createsure Posts: 55
    Grains, such as quinoa and amaranth, have nutritional info listed as per 1/4 cup, and I'm wondering if it's for cooked or before cooked amounts. I might normally assume it's for cooked, but the calorie count is so high that I wonder (and hope) that it is for the dried measurements. Anyone know?
  • Eve23
    Eve23 Posts: 2,352 Member
    I think those are dry calorie amounts. It seems to me I read it in a topic a while back. I don't recall what the answer was however if you check back in posts I bet you can find it.
  • Eve23
    Eve23 Posts: 2,352 Member
    1/2 c cooked quinoa in water

    127 calories
    2. fat
    10 Sodium
    23.4 Carbs
    2 fiber
    4.5 Protein
    251.5 Potassium
  • createsure
    createsure Posts: 55
    Thanks Eve
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