Cooked pasta is 131 calories per 100g, but most labels report dry weight — 2 oz (56g) of dry pasta is around 200 calories. Pasta roughly doubles in weight when cooked, which trips up a lot of calorie logging. Use dry-weight numbers when in doubt.
Calories scale with portion. Here's how a typical pasta serving translates in your tracker:
Balanced — pasta sits in a moderate range and fits weight loss, maintenance, or muscle gain when portioned to your daily target.
How pasta stacks up on calories and protein against foods people commonly compare it to:
Point your iPhone camera at pasta and Spotwell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StorePasta has approximately 131 calories per 100g (cooked). A typical serving — 1 cup, cooked (140g) — comes in at 183 calories.
5g of protein per 100g (cooked). That puts pasta at roughly 3.8g of protein per 100 calories — a useful lens when comparing to other grains sources.
The simplest method: weigh it on a kitchen scale, then enter grams in your tracker. With Spotwell, you can skip the scale — point the camera at the plate and the AI estimates the portion in under a second. Adjust the value if it looks off.
It depends on your overall calorie target. Pasta sits in a moderate calorie range. It can fit any goal — weight loss, maintenance, or muscle gain — when portioned to your daily target.