Sport cooked pasta vs raw

[s2kdarren]

i wa sloking at calorie king and it shows the same amount of cooked whole wheat pasta has half the calories of raw dry pasta, does this make sense?

thanks

 

[HibsMax]

Just guessing but because pasta expands when it's cooked (water absorption), it takes up more space. Therefor a cup of uncooked pasta might yield two cups of cooked pasta but they will both have the same amount of calories, one just has more water.

 

[s2kdarren]

Just guessing but because pasta expands when it's cooked (water absorption), it takes up more space. Therefor a cup of uncooked pasta might yield two cups of cooked pasta but they will both have the same amount of calories, one just has more water.

makes perfect sense, thanks