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Serving Size Not Adding Up

HeavysetPat
HeavysetPat Posts: 19 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
ok, i usually buy a bunch of frozen veggies steam them and then mix them all together, before i continue, here is how it reads for each package im using

(mixed veg)pack = 2/3 per serv 4 serv
(kale) pack 22/3 per serv 4 serv
(green peas)pack = 2/3 serv 4 serv
(broccoli)= 1 per serv 4 serv
black-eye peas= 1/2 per serv 4 serv

ok doing the math that addes up to about 14 cups right?

ok so when i was done cooking it all, and i measured it out into the container, it was only around 7.5 cups

did i do something wrong or are the measurements on the back way off?

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  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    When working out portions of solid foods it is always advisable to use weight, not volume. If you don't have a kitchen scale I suggest you invest in one. Measuring instead of weighing can be off 10-25+% depending on what it is you are measuring.
  • dorkyfaery
    dorkyfaery Posts: 255 Member
    edited January 2015
    It looks like you measured it after it was cooked. The serving sizes provided are the pre-cooked volume. Food loses water during cooking, which reduces it's volume.
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    Food is packaged by its weight, not volume. Should have what a serving size is in grams in parenthesis - use that.

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