How much pasta and rice per person? Grams and cups
How much dry pasta and rice to cook per person, tables for 1-10 people, what it weighs cooked and how much water it needs.
Allow 75 g (2.6 oz) of dry pasta per person, and up to 100 g (3.5 oz) for big appetites. Rice: about 0.5 dl of uncooked rice per person, which is roughly 1/4 cup. Four people need 300 g of pasta or 2 dl of rice. Pasta weighs almost three times as much once cooked, and rice about three times as much.
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How many grams of pasta per person?
Arla, the Swedish dairy, allows 75 g of dry pasta per portion in its recipes. The Swedish pasta maker Kungsörnen allows about 85 g. Arla notes that pasta makers’ portions range from 56 to 100 g and that restaurants often serve 110 g. A normal portion is between 75 and 125 g, depending on appetite and what else is served.
| People | Dry pasta, 75 g each | Dry pasta, 100 g each |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 75 g (2.6 oz) | 100 g (3.5 oz) |
| 2 | 150 g (5.3 oz) | 200 g (7.1 oz) |
| 3 | 225 g (7.9 oz) | 300 g (10.6 oz) |
| 4 | 300 g (10.6 oz) | 400 g (14.1 oz) |
| 5 | 375 g (13.2 oz) | 500 g (1.1 lb) |
| 6 | 450 g (15.9 oz) | 600 g (1.3 lb) |
| 8 | 600 g (1.3 lb) | 800 g (1.8 lb) |
| 10 | 750 g (1.7 lb) | 1 kg (2.2 lb) |
A 500 g packet feeds 6-7 people at 75 g each. For other weights use the grams to ounces converter.
How much pasta is a portion by volume?
Pasta is rarely measured by volume, because the shape decides how much fits in the measure. Kungsörnen gives 10 dl of its quick-cook short pasta (fusilli, conchiglie and rigatoni) for four portions, which is 2.5 dl, about 1 cup, per person. Spaghetti and other long pasta cannot be measured by volume. Use scales or the packet’s portion guide.
How much rice per person?
Arla writes that 2 dl of uncooked rice makes 5 dl cooked and feeds 3-4 people. That is about 0.5 dl of uncooked rice per person. Ben’s Original allows 62.5 g of uncooked rice per portion, so a 1 kg pack gives 16 portions.
| People | Uncooked rice | Water, 1 part rice to 2 parts water |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.5 dl (50 ml) | 1 dl |
| 2 | 1 dl | 2 dl |
| 3 | 1.5 dl | 3 dl |
| 4 | 2 dl | 4 dl |
| 6 | 3 dl | 6 dl |
| 8 | 4 dl | 8 dl |
| 10 | 5 dl | 10 dl |
A US cup is 2.37 dl, so 2 dl of rice is about 0.85 cup. See the deciliters to cups converter.
How much water for rice?
Ben’s Original gives 1 part rice to 2 parts water for its long grain rice, which absorbs all of it: 2 dl of rice takes 4 dl of water. Follow the packet for other kinds. If you boil rice in plenty of water and drain it like pasta, there is nothing to measure.
What do pasta and rice weigh cooked?
| Uncooked | Cooked, about | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 75 g pasta | 210 g | Computed from the Swedish Food Agency’s water content, 2.8 times |
| 100 g pasta | 280 g | Same |
| 85 g rice | 265 g | Swedish Food Agency, 3.1 times |
| 62.5 g long grain rice, 10 minute | 140 g | Ben’s Original |
| 2 dl rice | 5 dl cooked rice | Arla |
Cooked rice weight depends on the kind and on how much water it absorbs. The pasta factor is computed from the Swedish Food Agency’s food database: dry pasta is 10.6 percent water and cooked pasta 68.6 percent, so the dry matter in 100 g of dry pasta makes about 285 g cooked. Cooked spaghetti weighs about 50 g per dl and cooked long grain rice 70 g per dl, according to the agency’s portion guide.
How much water for pasta?
At least 1 litre of water per 100 g of pasta, says Arla. Kungsörnen suggests 1 litre per portion. Arla salts with 7 g of salt per litre, a heaped teaspoon. Plenty of water keeps the pasta from sticking.
Potatoes and bulgur
Arla allows about 200 g of potatoes per person. Bulgur weighs 2.8 times as much cooked as dry, according to the Swedish Food Agency’s measurements.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams of pasta per person?
75 g of dry pasta per person is a common measure. Allow 100 g for big appetites, and up to 125 g if pasta is the whole meal.
How much pasta for 4 people?
300 g of dry pasta at 75 g each, or 400 g at 100 g each.
How much rice per person?
About 0.5 dl (50 ml) of uncooked rice, roughly 1/4 cup. 2 dl of uncooked rice feeds 3-4 people.
How much water for 2 dl of rice?
4 dl, at 1 part rice to 2 parts water. Follow the packet for your kind of rice.
How much does pasta weigh cooked?
About 2.8 times its dry weight. 75 g of dry pasta makes about 210 g cooked.
Sources (all in Swedish): Arla, pasta per person, cooking rice, cooking pasta and cooking potatoes; Kungsörnen, tagliatelle and quick-cook fusilli; Ben’s Original, long grain rice 10 min; the Swedish Food Agency, volume weights and weight change factors (PM 2024), the food database for dry pasta and cooked pasta, and the portion guide. Ounces and pounds are converted with the site’s own factors.