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

BoyFromAus

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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,
 
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
 
I think you can search on calorieking or livestrong sites for the nutritional info on stuff.
 
2lb bag of brown rice in front of me

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