Cooked or dry? Match the nutrition to the weight.

Check what the label describes.

Nutrition Facts usually reports nutrients for one printed serving; some packages also provide a whole-package column. Check both the quantity and the preparation basis before scaling those numbers to your meal.

Do not assume that a package’s gram serving describes the cooked food. If the panel gives dry-food values and you weighed cooked noodles, multiplying those values by the cooked weight mixes two different bases.

Reference: FDA: Understanding the printed serving

Measured the whole batch? Use your own yield.

For plain rice or pasta, weigh the same batch before and after cooking, without the pot or added toppings. In Healthy Beetle’s package portion details, the optional batch fields let you provide those two weights.

USDA’s Food Buying Guide distinguishes food as purchased from its prepared yield. Your own measured batch gives a conversion for that batch, rather than assuming one multiplier fits every product and preparation.

Reference: USDA: As-purchased amounts and prepared yields

Only weighed the cooked portion? Choose cooked information.

Enter the cooked weight and choose “Weighed after cooking.” If you do not have a measured batch yield, Healthy Beetle can use a cooked-food estimate instead of treating the dry label as an exact match.

Keep the cooked food separate from toppings in the description when possible. “253 g cooked noodles plus 210 g tofu and vegetables combined” describes two amounts; it does not mean 210 g of tofu alone. The split within the topping mixture remains estimated unless you know it.

Didn’t weigh the meal? Say so.

Use a rough description such as a cup, a few pieces, half a package or a small bowl. In the package portion selector, choose “I didn’t weigh it — estimate.” You do not need to invent a weight or a before-and-after cooking ratio.

Healthy Beetle keeps the original package values for reference, but does not directly scale them to an unmeasured portion. Review the estimated foods and amounts before saving.