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Quinoa Calories: Can anyone help?!

KatieDawnWarwickx
KatieDawnWarwickx Posts: 6 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hiiii,

I need to understand this cooked vs uncooked thing to make sure I am tracking my calories accurately. So I measure my quinoa uncooked, for eg 150gs uncooked quinoa (in the app this is 198 kCals..) Does this mean that I am eating 198 kCals worth of quinoa when it is cooked, if I ate the entire 150gs?

Seriously confused and don’t want to be overeating calories. Can anyone help me please? 🤦🏼‍♀️

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  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    edited August 2018
    yes - i will say that seems like a REALLY low calorie count thought - you so you may want to double check

    because the 100g uncooked quinoa entry i found was 368 calories - so multiple that by 1.5 and you get 552calories
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    KatieDawnWarwickx wrote: »
    Hiiii,

    I need to understand this cooked vs uncooked thing to make sure I am tracking my calories accurately. So I measure my quinoa uncooked, for eg 150gs uncooked quinoa (in the app this is 198 kCals..) Does this mean that I am eating 198 kCals worth of quinoa when it is cooked, if I ate the entire 150gs?

    Yes, just keep in mind that if you start with 150 g dry you won't get 150 g cooked as you added water. That's why you always need to know if your entry is for unprepared (dry/uncooked/raw) or cooked.
  • KatieDawnWarwickx
    KatieDawnWarwickx Posts: 6 Member
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    So this is the brand and calories that I have, and the calories that come up for 150g uncooked on this app says 198. Is this incorrect?
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    edited August 2018
    According to your label, it's 198 calories for 150 g COOKED.

    237 cal /180 g cooked * 150 g cooked = 197.5.
  • KatieDawnWarwickx
    KatieDawnWarwickx Posts: 6 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    According to your label, it's 198 calories for 150 g COOKED.

    237 cal /180 g cooked * 150 g cooked = 197.5.

    In which case, it’s wrong on the app as it says uncooked. How do I determine the calories of the quinoa for 150g uncooked?
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    KatieDawnWarwickx wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    According to your label, it's 198 calories for 150 g COOKED.

    237 cal /180 g cooked * 150 g cooked = 197.5.

    In which case, it’s wrong on the app as it says uncooked. How do I determine the calories of the quinoa for 150g uncooked?

    Use "Quinoa, uncooked 20035" which corresponds to the USDA entry https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/20035 and do 1.5 servings of 100 grams.
  • KatieDawnWarwickx
    KatieDawnWarwickx Posts: 6 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    KatieDawnWarwickx wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    According to your label, it's 198 calories for 150 g COOKED.

    237 cal /180 g cooked * 150 g cooked = 197.5.

    In which case, it’s wrong on the app as it says uncooked. How do I determine the calories of the quinoa for 150g uncooked?

    Use "Quinoa, uncooked 20035" which corresponds to the USDA entry https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/20035 and do 1.5 servings of 100 grams.

    Thank you! 👌🏼
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    edited August 2018
    To avoid confusion, I always weigh my grains and beans DRY, and then and search and log dry weights in MFP.

    When I make a pot of beans or pre-cook grains to store in the fridge, I'll weigh out 4 - 6 servings by dry weight, then cook as usual and then weigh the completed "wet" dish and divide by the number of servings I cooked.

    When I store it, I put a piece of tape on the storage container with something like "28D / 121W", so I can remember that a 121 gram serving of the "WET" (or "cooked") dish can be recorded as 28 g dry in MFP.
  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    I eat Trader Joe’s white quinoa. One serving dry is 42 grams which is 160 calories cooked.

    I weigh the number of servings I’m cooking, usually 4 or 5 at once, measure out the water and then cook.

    Once cooked, I weigh the cooked quinoa and then divide that weight by the number of servings I weighed out at the beginning.

    Each serving I take out of the big bowl is weighed so I know the calorie/nutrient count.

    I keep a scratch pad on the fridge for my bulk cookings like this.
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