how to measure rice?..before cook or after?

[BoyFromAus]

this might seem like a dumb question but i've been trying to get hold of Calorie info for rice.

I'm always seeing things such as 1 cup of rice has 53g carbs etc.

When they say 1 cup, are they talking about the raw rice or the cooked rice (after it's absorbed a lot of the water and has increased in size by zillion times). and does anyone know how much a "Cup" refers to, in terms of grams or ounces.

Cheers,

 

[ITHURTZ]

it says on the box. 1 serving before cooking.

 

[WarcraftJJS]

Well if your going to measure for eating I would go with cooked rice size. So I would think it is 1 cup of brown rice has 32g of carbs.

BrownRicePrepared 1 cup Cal/149 P/3 C/32 F/1

 

[Harj]

I think you can search on calorieking or livestrong sites for the nutritional info on stuff.

 

[ITHURTZ]

2lb bag of brown rice in front of me

Serving size 1/4 cup dry (3/4cup cooked)
150cals 32g carbs, 3g protein

 

[bulldogz]

I'm span-glish so I eat....white, long grain: 1 cup cooked - 205 cals, ~45g carbs, ~4g protein

 

[FlawedGrunt]

Yes they are all correct. The calorie count on the box/bag of rice is going to say how many calories per cooked serving (ususally 1/2 - 3/4 cup) and 1 cup is 8 ounces

Better be brown rice! ha Cheers! :thumbsup:

 

[landfill]

100g of RAW rice contains 70g of carbs.
100g = 4oz.

 

[BoyFromAus]

thanks guys. So it is BEFORE cooking.
and 1 cup = 8 ounces