What kind of pasta is this?

ProjectSYD
ProjectSYD Posts: 104 Member
in Food and Nutrition
You know the pasta you eat with Mac and cheese? My box of Mac and cheese says 630 calories per box, I used less than half the noodles and instead of cheese I just had it with tomatoe juice. What would be an accurate representation of this meal?

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  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Elbow Macaroni?
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    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
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  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,091 Member
    It is generally macaroni, but it doesn't really matter. Barring some specialty whole-wheat, high-fiber, high-protein, or gluten-free non-wheat product (which is not typically used in packaged mac-n-cheese kits), all commercial water-and-wheat (semolina) flour pastas are pretty much the same (I think it's about 200 calories per dry ounce). Shape doesn't matter.

    Anyway, find a non-asterisk entry for plain (dried) spaghetti (or one with a large number of confirmations) and just log the dry weight of the pasta you ate as spaghetti.

    Let me guess. You didn't bother to weigh it before you ate it, much less weigh it dry? Just use half the "net wt." on the package as the amount of "spaghetti" that you log. It will be an overestimate, since you say you ate less than half, and you didn't use the cheese (I'm assuming powdered cheese -- if the cheese in the package is a sauce, you might want to use about a third of the "net wt" on the package).

    Then add in whatever volume of tomato juice you put on it.

    Suggestion for next time: add some protein and whole veggies as toppings.
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    edited June 2015
    Since the weight of macaroni is unknown, here is a comparison of 1 cup (about 60 grams dry).
    You can estimate the amount of macaroni you consumed by comparing the weight on the package or possibly from the manufacturer's website.
    To find the non-asterisked (MFP-entered) food item, search for "Macaroni dry enriched" or "Macaroni cooked enriched" and enter the appropriate quantity depending on how you measured it.

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