Cooked vs Raw Weight Converter
Convert food weights between raw and cooked states for rice, pasta, meat, and potatoes. Built for easy tracking when you only weighed the food after cooking but need a practical estimate for logging.
Converter inputs
This version uses practical Built by Prep default conversion estimates. Actual cooked yield changes with cooking time, water absorption, cut of meat, and preparation method, so treat results as strong tracking estimates rather than lab-precise values.
Results & instructions
Choose the food, select whether your entered weight is raw or cooked, enter the weight, and click Convert weight. Your estimated converted weight will appear here together with simple instructions.
1. Select the food
Choose whether you want to convert rice, pasta, meat, or potatoes.
2. Choose the state
Decide whether the weight you are entering is in the raw or cooked state.
3. Enter the weight
Type the weight in grams or ounces, then switch units using the toggle if needed.
4. Convert
Click the convert button to estimate raw from cooked, or cooked from raw.
5. Use the result for tracking
Log the estimated converted weight using the nutrition values that match the raw or cooked form you track with.