Tag: Cooked vs dry oats

One-quarter cup of dry steel cut oats typically contains around 150 to 170 calories, meaning a full cup dry contains roughly 600 calories. This article breaks down how many calories are in 1 cup of steel cut oatmeal, distinguishing between cooked and uncooked portions and exploring how ingredients and cooking methods influence the final calorie total.

According to nutrition data, the calorie count of oatmeal is based on its dry weight, not its cooked weight, because water contains no calories. Therefore, the number of calories in 50 g of cooked oatmeal depends on the amount of dry oats used, and how much water was absorbed during cooking. When you start with 50g of dry oats, the calorie count is approximately 167-188, depending on the type.