Logging quesion for pasta and rice

hm3131
hm3131 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
If I want to log calories for a cup of pasta or rice, is that for a cooked cup or uncooked cup?

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  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Uncooked is going to be more accurate. Pasta (especially) will vary in calories depending on firmness. Mushy pasta is holding more water - therefore a cup of mushy pasta is lower calorie than a cup of al dente pasta.

    A food scale is a really good option here. Pasta with differing shapes.....a measuring cup isn't great.
  • slider728
    slider728 Posts: 1,494 Member
    Personally, unless it says it is cooked, I assume the food diary entry means uncooked.

    For pasta, my rule of thumb is cooked pasta weights 3 times more than dry pasta (I opt for weight over volume). This is very close for standard white pasta, but is less precise for newer formulations of pasta like the high protein types.

    Rice, I opt for volume. 1 Cup of rice is about 200 calories, give or take (depends on the grain size I believe). If 1 cup is about 200 calories, it is cooked rice. If 1/2 a cup is about 200 calories, it is uncooked.
  • nsfestini
    nsfestini Posts: 1 Member
    I just started sat and than is my question too. So if the box says 1 serving is 2oz (57g) and I want to measure cooked because I'm mailing it for my family too. Do I measure out a third of that for my serving (56 divided by 3 18.5 grams of cooked ?
  • HazyEyes93
    HazyEyes93 Posts: 89 Member
    Dy, raw ingredients. Always. I find that this is always consistent and no variable.
  • dutchandkiwi
    dutchandkiwi Posts: 1,389 Member
    uncooked, there are entries in the database that will specify that too
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