Serving sizes for rice
 

When a label lists a serving size of 1/4 cup, is that typically cooked or uncooked?

Usually it will tell you. And usually if it says "uncooked", it tells you *about* how much that comes out to be when it is cooked. The last time I looked at a label (Uncle Ben's Brown Rice) the serving was 1/4 cup uncooked, about 1 cup cooked. Which was a bunch of crap because I made 4 servings (1 cup uncooked) and came out with about 2 cups total, meaning the cooked serving was really 1/2 cup.

The one I have does not say cooked or uncooked. I assumed it meant uncooked.

On a side note... I'm having deja vu. Have I asked this question before?

I dunno, but you can work backwards: 1/2 cup of cooked rice is about 100 calories, give or take. You should be able to work backwards from that to figure out the portion on your package. (My guess is that its 1/4 cup raw, which is about 1 cup, and 1 cup is generally taken to be a serving of rice.)

thanks!

If the package doesn't specify otherwise, the nutritional info is for uncooked food. The USDA requires that nutrition information be provided for food products as they come out of the package (uncooked, unprepared, etc.). If food is not normally eaten straight out of the package, the manufacturer can list the nutritional information for it "as prepared" but they have to say that they've done this.

Also, I'm perpetually searching for rice that is lower in calories than your standard average rice (still haven't found it yet, but I keep looking), so I've spent a lot of time reading the nutritional info on a lot of packages of rice. 1/4 cup uncooked rice is pretty much the standard serving and usually comes in at around 160 calories. I think this cooks up to about 2/3 to 3/4 cup cooked rice.

Awesome - thank you!