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Calorie calculation

Helenelle
Helenelle Posts: 26 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
My packet of basmatic, oats and lentils gives as nutrition guidelines 270 calories per 80gm serving - is this cooked or uncooked weight? how do I tell?

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  • Dauntlessness
    Dauntlessness Posts: 1,489 Member
    I think dry weight is always the way to go. Mostly because you cant control how much water is absorbed into the foods you cook.
  • Dauntlessness
    Dauntlessness Posts: 1,489 Member
    -Oh you were asking about a specific food. Its impossible for us to know without knowing the brands. Everything varies. It should say on the box prepared vs unprepared.
  • Helenelle
    Helenelle Posts: 26 Member
    thank you Lect - I will go with uncooked
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