Brown rice is driving me nuts – help. (These all are on app “Lose It” and all claim to be for cooked rice.) What do you think is right for weighed out 88 grams of steamed brown rice?
Brown rice is driving me nuts – help. (These all are on app “Lose It” and all claim to be for cooked rice.) What do you think is right for weighed out 88 grams of steamed brown rice?
by East_Lawfulness_8675
11 Comments
Aggravating-Worry110
This might sound obvious but stick to what the package says or just calculate the average between all those values. I wouldn’t sweat it, honestly
lifeuncommon
You can’t trust these apps that allow users enter information.
Can you not just look at your package?
handymane
It’s mostly water weight so that is why they vary. Depends on how you make it. If it’s from a restaurant just take one in the middle. If it’s premade from a package scan the package.
If it’s homemade, you have to measure the dry rice before cooking, then weigh the resulting cooked rice and out them both into the recipe for it to calculate the per-serving calories correctly.
iza23141
For cooked rice, I use measuring cups since the weight can vary.
elanalion
Use the highest estimate and stick with it.
Jmbct
I’d take out the highest one, it seems like an outlier, and average the the others together
SirWigglesVonWoogly
You have to measure your rice uncooked, because it can vary quite a lot based on how much water you let it absorb.
The easiest way, if you always cook your rice the same way, is to weigh it uncooked and then see what weight it has when cooked. That way, you can calculate how many calories your serving size has.
The example however is pretty accurate, if only water and salt has been used.
HeyItsYoav
I use Lose It as well!
I would check the package and go with that, maybe overshoot a little just in case.
I find using the My Foods, Meals and Recipes tabs really helpful to save foods I regularly eat, it makes the logging experience so much easier.
calathiel94
I always weigh rice before I cook it and split it after. Rice absorbs water, so depending on how much you add, if you drain the water etc can add to the end weight. With pre packaged stuff all you can do is go by what the package says.
lumpy_space_queenie
I always just scan my food. There are too many user entries!! Besides what else do we have to go off of but packages lmao. Where do you think USDA got their data 🤣🤣
11 Comments
This might sound obvious but stick to what the package says or just calculate the average between all those values. I wouldn’t sweat it, honestly
You can’t trust these apps that allow users enter information.
Can you not just look at your package?
It’s mostly water weight so that is why they vary. Depends on how you make it. If it’s from a restaurant just take one in the middle. If it’s premade from a package scan the package.
If it’s homemade, you have to measure the dry rice before cooking, then weigh the resulting cooked rice and out them both into the recipe for it to calculate the per-serving calories correctly.
For cooked rice, I use measuring cups since the weight can vary.
Use the highest estimate and stick with it.
I’d take out the highest one, it seems like an outlier, and average the the others together
You have to measure your rice uncooked, because it can vary quite a lot based on how much water you let it absorb.
https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/169703/nutrients
100g uncooked brown rice = 367 cal
The easiest way, if you always cook your rice the same way, is to weigh it uncooked and then see what weight it has when cooked. That way, you can calculate how many calories your serving size has.
For example:
100g uncooked 367cal
100g uncooked = 300g cooked
100g cooked = 122cal
The example however is pretty accurate, if only water and salt has been used.
I use Lose It as well!
I would check the package and go with that, maybe overshoot a little just in case.
I find using the My Foods, Meals and Recipes tabs really helpful to save foods I regularly eat, it makes the logging experience so much easier.
I always weigh rice before I cook it and split it after. Rice absorbs water, so depending on how much you add, if you drain the water etc can add to the end weight. With pre packaged stuff all you can do is go by what the package says.
I always just scan my food. There are too many user entries!! Besides what else do we have to go off of but packages lmao. Where do you think USDA got their data 🤣🤣