Rice Calculator — How Much Rice Per Person
~30 seconds
Enter your headcount, cooked servings per person, and rice type. The calculator totals the cooked rice needed and divides by the raw-to-cooked yield for that type (white rice triples in volume, brown about 2.5×) to find the raw rice to cook. Yield is a typical estimate — adjust to your brand.
What this calculator determines
It estimates the raw rice to cook for a crowd by totaling cooked servings and dividing by the raw-to-cooked volume yield for the rice type you choose.
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Examples
15 people, 1 cup cooked, white
15 people, 1 cup cooked each, white rice (3× yield)
Calculation
- Cooked total = 15 × 1 = 15 cups
- Raw = 15 ÷ 3 = 5 cups
5 cups raw rice → 15 cups cooked
Assumptions & Conventions
- Rice yields are planning references
- White and basmati rice use a ~3.0× volume yield and brown ~2.5×; these are typical culinary planning values, not exact universal yields.
- Servings per person is a default you can change
- The calculator starts with a default of 1 cooked cup per person, which you can adjust; it is not a universal recommendation.
- Volume basis
- Yields are by volume (cups), not weight; actual expansion varies by brand and cooking method.