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Do you weigh a potato before or after cooking?

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If you start with a raw potato weighing 200g, the actual potato will still contain the same amount of calories after baking, but will weigh less. So if using the raw figure in your diary you would enter 200g = 150kcals. But because baking has caused water loss, the weight of the potato is now only 110g. 10 июл. 2007 г.


Do potatoes weigh more when cooked?

100 g of raw potato is 71 mg phe (. 71 mg/g). 100g of potato, sliced thin and deep fried to make potato chips lost 61% of its weight. The phe remains at 71 mg but the new weight makes it 1.82 mg/g (71 mg/39 g). ... BOILED.Prep MethodEnd weightEnd mg/gBoiled & Roasted 30 min51g1.39Boiled106g0.66

Do you weigh a baked potato raw or cooked?

You should weigh potatoes before cooking because, during the cooking process, they lose the water content, which concentrates nutrients. Raw potatoes contain 79% of water.

Should you weigh your food before or after cooking?

The best way to get the most accurate and consistent food measurement is to weigh and log foods before cooking. That's because the nutrition facts panels give us details for food in its packaged state.

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