measuring frozen vegetable portions

bessie

I am unsure how to specify the amount of food when I am eating frozen vegetables. For instance, if I enter 12.6 oz of broccoli, the amount listed on the package, I get one result. If I cook the broccoli and enter the cooked amount in cups, as measured by me, I get a completely different result.
Which method is the accurate one in terms of nutrients? Should I measure the food in its frozen state, or cooked?

Karen_Cronometer

Hi Bessie,

I would recommend measuring the weight of your broccoli after you cook it, then add "Broccoli, Cooked from Frozen" to your diary using that weight. If you are interested in learning more about getting the most nutrition information from Cronometer, check out this blog post on the topic: https://cronometer.com/blog/6-tips-getting-nutrition-data/

Best,