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wet or dry weight???

Sydney727
Sydney727 Posts: 5 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
when weighing food is the nutritional information for cooked or dry food? example: if i cooked 1/4cup of rice is the 40g of carb cooked rice? or dry?

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  • MelaniaTrump
    MelaniaTrump Posts: 2,694 Member
    edited July 2016
    1 cup of cooked white rice is about 200 calories and 45 carbs.
    1/4 cup (0.25) raw is about 169 calories and 37 carbs.
    Look at the package - it always states dry or cooked.
  • 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 meat entry if you boiled it, etc)
  • fattyclatter
    fattyclatter Posts: 28 Member
    I weigh everything before cooking, and log the raw/uncooked calories. I feel it's more accurate this way.
  • fattyclatter
    fattyclatter Posts: 28 Member
    Usually the label will say "as sold" or "prepared" - as sold means raw/uncooked and prepared means cooked to the label recommendation.
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