Cooked or uncooked rice/ pasta recipes calories

rachaelmw91
rachaelmw91 Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I’m trying to stick to my calorie intake. When dieting I tend to not eat enough which I know can be just as bad as eating too much. I try not to have many carbs until dinner time where I tailor my meal to use up the remainder of my calories. Thing is, it doesn’t specify if the grams of pasta or rice is once cooked or uncooked. Don’t know if it’s a stupid question but does anybody know? Thanks in advance

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  • vaman
    vaman Posts: 253 Member
    In the case of pasta, it's almost always uncooked weight. I believe the same applies to rice.
  • rachaelmw91
    rachaelmw91 Posts: 2 Member
    Thank you 😊

  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    There are entries for both cooked and uncooked in the database. I weigh mine uncooked because it is more accurate, but the most important thing is picked an entry that is accurate for how you're weighing it.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    Entries that were pulled from the USDA database will specify raw/dry or cooked, for example:
    • Rice, white, long-grain, regular, cooked, unenriched, with salt
    • Spaghetti, dry, unenriched

    I think the admin-entered cooked pasta entry is currently missing from the MFP database.

    Unfortunately, the green check marks in the MFP database are used for both user-created entries and admin-created entries that MFP pulled from the USDA database. To find admin entries for whole foods, I get the syntax from the USDA database and paste that into MFP.

    The USDA recently changed the platform for their database and it is unfortunately a little more difficult to use. I uncheck everything but SR Legacy - that seems to be what MFP used to pull in entries.

    Note: any MFP entry that includes "USDA" was user entered.

    For packaged foods, I verify the label against what I find in MFP. (Alas, you cannot just scan with your phone and assume what you get is correct.)
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