cooked vs. raw onions

skinnyjeanzbound
skinnyjeanzbound Posts: 3,932 Member
edited September 27 in Food and Nutrition
Hi-
This may sound stupid but can anyone tell me if cooking an onion changes the calories/fat? I've been looking in this database and several others online and raw onions have no fat, but every time I look up sauted or grilled onions it is a much higher calorie count and added fat. I assume this is because people are cooking them in butter, oil, etc.

Can someone please confirm that if I saute onions, mushrooms, etc in a pan with NO added butter or oil, the calorie count remains the same?

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  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    I think that they will stay the same calories cooked the way you say you plan on doing but the measurements will be different between raw and cooked, ex) 1 cup of cooked onion will be more calories than 1 cup of raw onion because of the shrinkage due to cooking so be sure to know how you are logging them.
  • redfroggie
    redfroggie Posts: 591 Member
    See if there is an option for boiled, that is pretty close to raw. When you cook onions they do release sugars, that's what helps them go golden brown and can change the calories, but usually not enough to matter.
  • LonelyPilgrim
    LonelyPilgrim Posts: 255 Member
    if I sautee onions, I always add the calories for raw and then add the calories for whatever I sautee them in. Like another poster said, if you're adding "raw" calories, you have to measure the onions when they're still raw.. because a cup of raw onions = maybe a 1/4 cup once they're sauteed..
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