[Slim CB]

Hi,

I cooked some pasta yesterday and the box said that the calorie count was 180 calories for 2oz/56g. I cooked it and weighed it on my scale and ate my 56g of cooked pasta. It was a very small portion as you can imagine.

Do you think it was probably 180 calories for the dry pasta? If it is for the cooked, it's better I eat some brown rice as I get more food for the same amount of calories.

[Ruthxxx]

It's for the dry so serve weigh it first. Cooked pasta weights would vary depending on the type and also the length of cooking time.

[EmmaD]

I think the serving size cooked is usually 1 cup, which I just looked up and it says 140 g (174 cal). So what you ate was a little over 1/3 serving. No wonder it seemed small

Yeah, the dry weight would be a much more accurate measure if you can do that.

[Kristi78]

Counting pasta really drives me nuts. Finally I decided to just weigh the pasta after cooking and plug it into this calculator based on "ounces" of cooked pasta. 4.1 ounces (one cup) is 182 calories. I prefer weighing because large noodles like macaroni won't measure the same in a measuring cup than say spaghetti noodles.

http://www.calorieking.com/foods/cal...k9cGFzdGE.html

[bonnnie]

According to my research, 100g of cooked whole grain penne noodles is 165 calories.

So, I would say the 56g must be dry.

[Slim CB]

Thanks guys!

[eilla05]

Agree with everyone else! Usually the pasta's I buy have the dry weight/calories and says something along the lines of about 1 cup cooked or something similar.