"Cooked as directed"?????

alex6971
alex6971 Posts: 51 Member
edited November 10 in Food and Nutrition
Got some pasta and it says 156 cal per 100g cooked as directed.

Does this mean 100g dry weight or 100g cooked weight?

Is there any difference in nutrition between the dry weight and cooked weight as you are only really adding water?

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  • Lasityttö
    Lasityttö Posts: 79 Member
    I think that means cooked weight, as in "100g of cooked pasta (if cooked as the package says) has 156 kcal".
    Cooked pasta will of course have less calories in 100g than uncooked. Cooked pasta weighs more but has no extra calories added (if you haven't put any oils in it). So for example a single spaghetti has the same calories as one uncooked, but weighs more as it has water in it, so the calories per 100g is less. Any nutrients % will also be lower in cooked pasta than dry, just as in adding water to juice, it will not reduce the total weight of juice, but the % will go down.
  • Nicola0000
    Nicola0000 Posts: 531 Member
    Got some pasta and it says 156 cal per 100g cooked as directed.

    Does this mean 100g dry weight or 100g cooked weight?

    Is there any difference in nutrition between the dry weight and cooked weight as you are only really adding water?

    for 100g of pasta, that sounds like the coooked weight. 100g of dry uncooked pasta is about 320 cals
  • Nicola0000
    Nicola0000 Posts: 531 Member

    Is there any difference in nutrition between the dry weight and cooked weight as you are only really adding water?

    pasta when cooked is heavier due to the water. so 100g cooked is much smaller than 100g non cooked.
  • alex6971
    alex6971 Posts: 51 Member
    Got some pasta and it says 156 cal per 100g cooked as directed.

    Does this mean 100g dry weight or 100g cooked weight?

    Is there any difference in nutrition between the dry weight and cooked weight as you are only really adding water?

    for 100g of pasta, that sounds like the coooked weight. 100g of dry uncooked pasta is about 320 cals

    Thought it was too good to be true...haha. Never weight it after it was cooked!!!
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