dry pasta or cooked pasta

northwoodgranny
northwoodgranny Posts: 3 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
when using the food database to add food to meals, would it be the dry weight of pasta or rice or the cooked weight ?, could anyone advise me on this, TIA x

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  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    The information on your nutrition label is usually for the raw weight (unless the label specifies otherwise). If you need/want to weigh it after cooking, that's fine. Just be sure you're choosing an accurate and appropriate entry from the database that specifies it's for the cooked weight (ie you wouldn't use a grilled entry if you boiled it, etc)
  • dlcshan
    dlcshan Posts: 45 Member
    If making a large amount of pasta, I weigh how much I put into the pot, then I weigh the final weight after draining. That way I know what the ratio dry to cooked is. Just be careful if you take seconds or when divvying up leftovers because the cooked weight will become lower as it sits from evaporation. So 150g right after draining is a smaller portion than 150g after sitting for 20 minutes.
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    Weigh it dry.
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