Calories of rice when raw and cooked

Tigermad
Tigermad Posts: 305 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hello. I am confused with the nutrition info on the back of my whole grain rice. It says 75g of rice makes 180g and is 219 calories. But 100g raw rice is 352 cals making 75g 264 cals. So do calories decrease in rice when cooked? Are lots of nutrients boiled away?

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  • zb357
    zb357 Posts: 9
    The rice absorbs lots of water while cooking and 'EXPANDS' making it weightier...
  • Tigermad
    Tigermad Posts: 305 Member
    The rice absorbs lots of water while cooking and 'EXPANDS' making it weightier...

    I know it expands. That's why it becomes 180g. What I don't understand is that you are putting 75g in the pan at 264 calories and when it comes out it is 219 cals.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    I know it expands. That's why it becomes 180g. What I don't understand is that you are putting 75g in the pan at 264 calories and when it comes out it is 219 cals.
    45 calories or 11g of starch in the water you pour away ?

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