POTATO, PASTA OR RICE? WHAT’S IN YOUR STARCHY CARB PICK?
Potato,
pasta or rice? We thought it would be interesting to compare what you
are putting on your plate. For the potato we followed the standard
dietitian guidelines for a serve (if you like two potatoes, double the
numbers). For pasta and rice, we used the serving sizes recommended on
the packet and opted for the white stuff because that’s what most people
choose. With wholemeal pasta or brown rice, you’ll be adding a little
more fibre to your day. Peel the potato and you lose a little fibre.
POTATO, SCRUBBED
Ingredients: Potato.
PASTA (Penne)
Ingredients (Barilla Penne Rigate): Durum wheat semolina, water.
What’s in 100 grams of cooked penne? As Barilla only
provide nutrition information for dry pasta on the packet, here are the
numbers you need to compare cooked penne with cooked rice. 100g al dente
penne (cooked from about 35g dry pasta) provides 555kJ/135 calories and
25g available carbohydrate.
RICE (Low GI White)
Ingredients (SunRice Doongara): Doongara Low GI White Rice
