Thread: cooked or not cooked

IS 1 cup of brown rice raw more calories or less calories then 1 cup of brown rice cooked?

Originally Posted by joey2005

IS 1 cup of brown rice raw more calories or less calories then 1 cup of brown rice cooked?

Yes one cup of raw brown rice will have more calories than 1 cup cooked brown rice. This is because rice swells to about 4 times it's original volume when you cook it (it 'soaks up' the water) and so the calories get 'diluted' with the water.

So -
1/2 cup RAW brown rice = 2 cups COOKED brown rice
And 1/2 cup RAW brown rice is ~ 360 cals
So, 1/2 cup COOKED brown ~90 cals