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Cooked Weight of Elbow Macaroni?

How much does 1 lb (455g) of dry elbow macaroni weigh when cooked (wet) in grams?

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I thought this was a trick math question when I read it. 1 pound of pasta should weigh 1 pound when dry or cooked.

Dah on me...according to everything I read, pasta doubles in weight when cooked because of the water.

So from my understanding, 1 pound of dry pasta equals 2 pounds when cooked.

The easiest way to verify this is weight your pot, write down its weight, cook and drain your pasta, reweigh and subtract out the weight of the pot!

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There are some variables but this question is about elbow macaroni and the only variable would be al dente or 'done' (overcooked?).

Generally 8 ounces of short pasta (like macaroni) is about 2 cups.

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So a 1 pound box of dry pasta (16 ounces = 4 cups dry) cooks up to about 8 cups.
Sounds like double the weight to me.

Statement from pasta company:
"Obviously getting the amount of pasta+water involves simply increasing these factors by 1, so al dente will weigh 2.25x the original, and typical American overcooked pasta will be 2.4x the original weight."

 

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This one should not be that hard to figure out. If you have 75g of dried pasta when it is cooked it will equal around 170g. So now you have 455g of dry pasta which is 6x75 which equals your 455g.

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Now just take 170x6 and you have 1020g of cooked pasta.

 
October 14, 20200 found this helpful

This question has a variable answer. It depends on how "cooked" the pasta is. Al dente pasta has less water and should weigh less than pasta that is full cooked.

 

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October 21, 20200 found this helpful

1 pound = to 16 ounces = to 8 cups of cooked elbow macaroni. Here is a chart link for the future, because all pasta is different in size and servings - www.myfoodandfamily.com/.../pasta-measuring-chart

 
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