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<blockquote data-quote="HairySmurf" data-source="post: 2669474" data-attributes="member: 583820"><p>This. If you're looking at a 'carbs per 100g, as sold' value, boiling, steaming etc. will add water weight, so there's less of the raw vegetable per 100g. Roasting will have the opposite effect. Cooked values make things harder to quantify.</p><p></p><p>I discovered with a shock when I first started full tilt at weight loss that Tesco brand pasta uses 'when cooked according to instructions' for their per 100g nutritional values. The dry weight values were nowhere to be found. Are we supposed to cook the pasta for 'exactly' 10 to 12 minutes and then weigh it before eating it? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>As regards the different values from different supermarkets for exactly the same item, I'd say average them, ignoring US-based values, and that will be as close to accurate as you can reasonably get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HairySmurf, post: 2669474, member: 583820"] This. If you're looking at a 'carbs per 100g, as sold' value, boiling, steaming etc. will add water weight, so there's less of the raw vegetable per 100g. Roasting will have the opposite effect. Cooked values make things harder to quantify. I discovered with a shock when I first started full tilt at weight loss that Tesco brand pasta uses 'when cooked according to instructions' for their per 100g nutritional values. The dry weight values were nowhere to be found. Are we supposed to cook the pasta for 'exactly' 10 to 12 minutes and then weigh it before eating it? ;) As regards the different values from different supermarkets for exactly the same item, I'd say average them, ignoring US-based values, and that will be as close to accurate as you can reasonably get. [/QUOTE]
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