Cooked or uncooked weights?

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kettlenic
kettlenic Posts: 148 Member
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Hi all, I want to add pasta to my tracker but not too sure about the weights - do they list it as cooked or dry weights?

Thank you

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  • Jayni40
    Jayni40 Posts: 123 Member
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    Most pasta a serving size is 2 oz dry ususally about a cup cooked. The other day I had Barilla protien plus multigrain thin spaghetti 2 oz dry turned out to be 5.6 oz cooked. Of course it will be different for the other types of pasta. hope this helps.
  • kettlenic
    kettlenic Posts: 148 Member
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    so for example today I am eating wholewheat pasta - the traker gives me an option of 100g - would that be the dry weight?
  • Kayamooh
    Kayamooh Posts: 45 Member
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    Pasta is usually measured as a dry weight :D
    (because you can never tell how much water it's gonna absorb, which could effect the weight significantly)
  • kettlenic
    kettlenic Posts: 148 Member
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    aahh thank you :)
  • kirstyfromscotland
    kirstyfromscotland Posts: 555 Member
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    so does that mean if it says 100 grams of dry pasta it doesnt matter how much it weighs when its cooked i can still eat that same amount and record it in my diary as 100 grams of raw pasta??
  • Kayamooh
    Kayamooh Posts: 45 Member
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    Yup :)

    - When it's cooked all you're adding is water, and water has no calories. :D
    If you fry it though (e.g. stir fried noodles) it'll have a higher calorie content. (cause of oils and things)
    As a side note, rice and noodles are usually measured raw as well.
  • kirstyfromscotland
    kirstyfromscotland Posts: 555 Member
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    gr8 thanx

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