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Pasta Per Person Calculator

Dried or fresh pasta per person, with sauce quantity and cooked weight.

Enter values

Results update as you type.

Result

Pasta needed

400 g

Use a litre of water and 10 g of salt per 100 g of pasta — the water should taste like the sea.

Per person
100 g
Cooked weight
880 g
Sauce needed
600 g
Water to boil
4,000 ml
Salt for the water
40 g
In 500 g packets
0.8

About the Pasta Per Person Calculator

Dried or fresh pasta per person, with sauce quantity and cooked weight.

Also known as: how much pasta per person, pasta portion calculator, spaghetti portion, pasta serving size.

How to use this calculator

  1. Enter people, pasta, served as, sauce per person.
  2. The result updates instantly as you type — press Calculate (or Enter) at any time.
  3. Review the breakdown shown under the main result.
  4. Use Copy result or Share to save the answer or send a link with your inputs.

Formula

total = per-person portion × people

Worked example

Using the values pre-filled in the calculator above:

  • People = 4
  • Pasta: Dried pasta
  • Served as: Main course
  • Sauce per person = 150 g

the calculator returns:

  • Pasta needed: 400 g
  • Per person: 100 g
  • Cooked weight: 880 g
  • Sauce needed: 600 g