Answer needed..
I was recently asked a question at the gym, and I did not know how to answer it. The correct answer will make a big difference in my current diet as well. I normally cook up a bunch on the weekend and weigh it all out after cooked.
So the question is, "Is the nutritional values on the label based on being cooked or uncooked."
Thanks for the help.
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The packaging...
Should actually tell you which they are referring to. However, with grains and pastas etc.. it will almost always (unless otherwise specified) be the "uncooked" !!! version. Which makes a big difference. Also, the easiest way to measure is to see how much one strand, noodle, or macaroni weighs before cooking it. Then weigh one of teh same size after you cook it and see how much it weights. You can calculate the ratio cooked:uncooked. Using the ratio you can then get a new weight for "cooked".
For example:
Say for 50g uncooked whole grain pasta, that it is 40g carbs and 8g protein and 1g fat.
One strand of pasta (if they are very light you may have to do something like 10strands etc..) weighs approximately 5 grams. After you cook it, the same number of strands now weighs 12 grams. So the ratio is 12/5, or 2.4
So now when you go to weigh your COOKED pasta, you will measure out 50 (grams uncooked) X 2.4 (ratio) = 120 grams cooked pasta. And taht 120 grams cooked pasta will yield 40g carbs, 8g protein and 1g fat.
If you're not a math fan then you can follow teh direction i said above; if you are good with math then you could have figured that out easily by yourself.
Now stuff such as meat, it generally means cooked. But again it should label it.
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most dry goods are normally
most dry goods are normally weighed dry (pasta, oatmeal, rice, etc.)
The things that always confused me was specifically meat items.
Go to the meat department of almost any grocery store, and all they will say is that what a serving size is. It does not state cooked or uncooked. At least not in my experiences.
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this site might help
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Serving Sizes in the Food Guide Pyramid and on the Nutrition Facts ...
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... cup cooked (about 1 ounce uncooked), while on the label it is about 1 cup cooked (2 ounces ... Nutrition Facts label serving sizes are based on–but not ...
www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/NutritionInsights/Insight22.pdf