Uncooked to cooked rice calculator

Convert dry and cooked rice volume using the USDA Food Buying Guide yield for the selected rice type.

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Convert dry and cooked rice volume using the USDA Food Buying Guide yield for the selected rice type.

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Approximate cup-to-cup volume yield, not a weight, calorie or cooking-water conversion. Use the same cup measure on both sides. Brand, method and final moisture affect yield; follow the package for cooking. Only the five named Food Buying Guide categories are represented.

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Updated 2026-09-29

Using Uncooked to cooked rice calculator

Convert dry and cooked rice volume using the USDA Food Buying Guide yield for the selected rice type.

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1 cup of dry regular white long-grain rice makes about 3¼ cups cooked.

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Example results for rice amount (cups)

These examples use Rice type: White long-grain regular enriched: 3.25x; Direction: Dry cups to cooked cups. They are reference calculations, not recommended settings.

Rice amount (cups)	Estimated cooked cups
0.5	1.625
1	3.25
2	6.5

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