My Rice?

[Maximum6]

Well..i've asked this a long long time ago..

The rice that i buy ...which is from Trader Joes'...
I buy the California Aromatic long grain Brown rice.

Serving 1/4cup dry (46g)

cals. 150
cals from fat 13.5
Total fat 1.5g
sat fat 0.5
Total carb 30g
Fiber 5g
protein 3g

I then check on Fitday..and bodybuilding.com..and nutritiondata...it all states that long grain brown rice has 170cals...

Why is it that the label says 150cal? I mean aren't all Long grain brown rice the same..or is Aromatic have some special meaning?

Also..i've been wondering...how much Brown rice Cooked would equal 30g of carb..??

My white rice i've been wondering too..
White Jasmine Rice from thailand

1/4cup dry (45g)
160cal
0fat
35g carb
3g protein.
and it says it has 10% iron ...where as my brown rice doesn't..

I measure the cooked amount of this...it equals to about 3/4cup....cooked per serving..

But how much carb would that be if it was 1/2 cup?

See i ask this because the label on my rice is different than what fitday or nutritiondata tells me...so if anyone can help ..

Thanks a whole lot!

[Troyster]

Maximum6 said:

1/4cup dry (45g)
160cal
0fat
35g carb
3g protein.
and it says it has 10% iron ...where as my brown rice doesn't..

I measure the cooked amount of this...it equals to about 3/4cup....cooked per serving..

But how much carb would that be if it was 1/2 cup?

OK, going by your numbers, 1/2 cup is roughly:
- 107 cals
- 23.3 g carb
- 2 g protein

Max, what you can do on fitday (and one of the coolest things about that site) is make a custom profile for your rice and enter the information that you have. Then you'll be able take select any measure and it will calculate it for you

As for the nutrient breakdown such as iron, I'm not sure what to tell you on that one. I think you've even mentioned this before, but the AREA rice or even potatoes is grown in can change the values (even within the same province/state). Pretty tough to get the exact numbers on imported products.

T

[Maximum6]

ahhh..i see..so i should always go by the labeling....unless its something FRESH...like seafood, Broccoli..

okay..thanks for the nutrient breakdown.

[Troyster]

Yeah, if you have the labelling info. It's definitely more accurate. If you don't, though, Fitday and other databaases/books can get pretty close too.

Yeah, with things that aren't really ingredient-specific like vegetables and seafood... actually for anything you don't have a label for.

That's something that has always bothered me here in Canada. We have some of the most stringent rules and regulations (usually very similar to those in the States) on food packaging/labelling, etc. But they still have not legislated calorie and fat content on labels. All that's legislated is fat percentage... but you know what kind of "games" and "tricks" you can play with fat percentage. For example you could go by volume and list the percentage of fat in 1/12 of the package (see crap like that all the time). Even the most scrupulous label readers like me and my wife get tricked sometimes.

T

[Maximum6]

hehe...as long as we're on the topic..

I bought some Packaged chopped Romaine from Sam's club.

It says 1 1/2cup (85g) ;D
20cals.

While on Fitday...it says 2 cup shredded is 16cals.

Thats very inaccurate on the labeling..for sure...

1 1/2 cup of romaine isn't a whole lot to equal a mere 20cal. ;D

[Troyster]

Depends on how you look at it... you burned more than 4 calories typing in the info. on fitday, ;D. So, as far as minute calories go, they're just plain negligible. If it's out by 20 calories or so, then I'd get concerned.

I don't even use either... mixed salad = 10 cals/per cup in my book. Obviously, that doesn't include avacado though

T