nutritional labels on food packets

jester77

Just something that came up today that I hadn't considered before. Are the nutritional labels on food products referring to the cooked or uncooked product. I always assumed uncooked. For example, pasta (hypothetical numbers here)
If it states that 100g of Pasta has 150 kcal, 40g carbs, 7g protein & 1g of fat.

Does this mean that if I need 80g of carbs that I cook 200g of pasta OR does it mean that I have to cook xx grams of pasta and measure out 200g of the cooked pasta?

Reyman

Those figures are always uncooked to the best of my knowledge.

It avoids any confusion because some people might add olive oil or sauce or similar during the cooking and distort the figures.

ruprect

the 100g bit is usually uncooked or sometimes grilled (i.e. no added fat)
sometimes it has serving sizes (usually miniscule, watch for that).
For the likes of pasta or rice it depends on how long you cook, i.e. cooked longer it holds far more water so in effect has less calories per 100g.

Usually you can tell, most dry foods like dry pulses, rice or pasta are about 10% moisture. So add up the other values and see if they add up to about 80-90g per 100g.