dry pasta measurement vs cooked pasta - barilla plus? help!

OK, MFP PEOPLE!! HELP HAS ARRIVED. I got so frustrated with pasta measurements that, after reading this post, I set out to discover the truth for myself.

Barilla Spaghetti. Not plus, not whole wheat, just regular, plain old spaghetti. Measure out 2 oz DRY on your food scale. Boil it, and measure it. It will be one cup of cooked pasta.

2 oz dry OR 1 cup cooked Barilla spaghetti contains 200 calories, 1 gram of fat, 42 grams of carbs, and 7 grams of protein.

Now you can have your pasta, and eat it, too!!!

I know this is old but guys, 1 cup is 8 FLUID ounces which is a measure of volume (how much space something takes up). All liquids take up the same amount of space so it's easy to measure them like this. 1 cup of jelly takes up just amount of space as 1 cup of water . 8 fluid ounces of water actually weighs roughly 8.3 oz. Water takes up one cup of space (8fluid oz) to equal to 8.3 oz in weight. But. Food is measured by weight. Not all foods are the same size and shape so you have to find their weight. Think about it. Weigh a 1/4 cup of rocks and a 1/4 cup of yarn. They take up the same space but weigh different. 2 oz of yarn might be 4 cups where as 2oz of rocks are 1/2 cup. Since most people do not have scales to measure their food companies will determine that 2oz of pasta takes up roughly 3/4 cup. This way you can still measure out a serving.

OP...8 oz in cup is a liquid measurement....liquid ounce. A cup of something dry can vary substantially in actual weight. One cup of popcorn is going to weight significantly less than one cup of pasta for example.

I think it's already been stated, but 2 oz pasta (typical serving size) is roughly 1/2 cup dry and 1 cup after being cooked.

HERE IS WHAT I DID.. My recipe called for 4 cups of cooked penne pasta. I, like most on here, have been irritated by the boxes that list calories for dry pasta only. Then, I realized that the pasta producers needed to use a measurement that would be the same for every pasta, and which would not be dependent on any one cooking method, or result. Thus, dry measurements are the answer. Well, swell, but where do I go with my recipe that calls for 4 cups of cooked pasta???

Hmmmm.

I finally decided to cook the whole box, al dente, per their instructions for exactly 11 mins. Usually, I would test for the tenderrness I prefer, but to keep all measurements standard, I removed the pasta at once, and drained it immediately. Then, I measured it, coming up with 8 cups of cooked pasta for a 14.5 oz box of Barilla Plus Penne. Then, I divided the 1470 calories (for the box of dry) by 8 to get the calories per cup of cooked. Next, I entered the cooked pasta for this item in My Foods on MyFitnessPal, so I can always know what it is for that product. I will do this for every pasta variety I use, until My Foods list has all the ones I use. End of problem. I put the other four cups in the refrigerator for another use. Being a fan of pastas as a side dish, I'll have no trouble using it up.

I just cooked 2 1/2 ounces of Barilla Whole Wheat Spaghetti and after it was cooked, it measured 1 1/2 cups. This is a great amount when cooking for one -- the end result of my spaghetti and sauce was 2 cups of spaghetti with sauce (no meat).
Came out making 2 servings of 1 cup each.
This was a big help and very easy to weigh the dry spaghetti. Thanks

I have found that 2 oz of dry pasta weighs ~4-5 oz after cooking.

I checked Ronzoni website and this is what they say

Nutritional
Q: Is the serving size cooked or uncooked for the nutritional information?
A: All of our nutritional information is based on an uncooked measurement since some pastas will double or even triple in volume.
- See more at: http://ronzonihealthyharvest.newworldpasta.com/pasta_faqs.cfm?catCode=nutritional#sthash.KtVdO1kJ.dpuf