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
