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Do you weigh sweet potatoes before or after they are cooked?

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31 мар. 2014 г. · Sweet potatoes baked.do I weigh it before or after cooking, they weigh much less after..but I want the calories accurate.


Should I Weigh sweet potato before or after cooking?

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.

Does cooked sweet potato weigh the same as uncooked?

In the end the mg/g went from . 71 mg/g raw to 1.39 mg/g roasted. When boiled, the potato got heavier as it absorbed more liquid while it cooked.

Do you weigh potatoes before or after cooking for macros?

Should You Track Your Macros Raw, Cooked or Frozen? Weighing your food raw is most accurate because when you cook any food it either absorbs water or water evaporates. For example, 100 grams of uncooked chicken will weigh less than 100 grams once it's cooked.

Do calories of sweet potato change when cooked?

The nutrition facts for raw and baked sweet potatoes can be vastly different. One cup of raw sweet potato may contain 114 calories, 26.8 grams of carbs and 5.6 g sugar, whereas one cup of baked sweet potato may contain 180 calories, 41.4 g carbs and 16.9 g sugar. That's a big increase in carbs and sugars.

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