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:
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.