Bought a food scale, weighing sauces and dressing?

lml852014

I have a question how do you typically weigh sauces as in idk ketchup or ranch dressing? Do you put it in a container while weighing? Because wouldn't that add a little to the scale? May be a dumb question but i wanna be sure I'm doing this right!

Liftng4Lis

For liquids, I use teaspoons and tablespoons, or cups.

siluridae

If you want to weigh it, what's probably a good idea if it has chunky bits: Put a container on the scale, tare (set to zero) then add the sauce. Then you have the actual weight of the sauce.

thereshegoesagain

siluridae wrote: »

If you want to weigh it, what's probably a good idea if it has chunky bits: Put a container on the scale, tare (set to zero) then add the sauce. Then you have the actual weight of the sauce.

^^^ This

Francl27

I weigh everything, because if I use teaspoons or whatever, some always stays in the spoon and it's just incorrect anyway.

So I put my plate on the scale, turn it on (it will be on 0 then), then add the dressing/sauce.

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healthkickkath1

You can put the dressing container on the scale ,tare(zero) it , then take out your portion, then you are left with the amount you took out in negative numbers

daniwilford

Another way to weigh, is to put the whole container or bottle on the scale, zero the scale with the container on the scale, pour the sauce or dressing on your food, put the container back on the scale. The amount shown as a negative number is the amount you are eating. This works with other things, like peanut butter, oils, etc.

fawlty70

siluridae wrote: »

If you want to weigh it, what's probably a good idea if it has chunky bits: Put a container on the scale, tare (set to zero) then add the sauce. Then you have the actual weight of the sauce.

daniwilford wrote: »

Another way to weigh, is to put the whole container or bottle on the scale, zero the scale with the container on the scale, pour the sauce or dressing on your food, put the container back on the scale. The amount shown as a negative number is the amount you are eating. This works with other things, like peanut butter, oils, etc.

Both of those are what I do too.

I always prefer weight whenever I can, rather than volume. A lot of the stuff stays in the measuring cups otherwise...

middlehaitch

Weighing only works if your sauce/dressing is in g or oz.
Most of my liquid sauces and dressings are in ml. I use a liquid callibrated measuring spoon.

You could find a ml to g converter to weigh your specific item.

Water is a 1:1 g/ml ratio. Anything denser would have its own ratio.

FYI: ice cream is 1.9g:1ml.

Canadian ice cream comes in ml so I did the math, so much easier to weigh a serving of that!

Cheers, h.

exoticpumpkin

I just put my plate on the scale and zero it. Then add the sauce. Like ketchup to a burger or dressing on the salad. Super easy and nothing gets left on the spoon. If I use a spoon, like for peanut butter I drop the PB onto a plate so I get the right grams.

scolaris

I keep a few little prep bowls handy for just that. You can find them at a cooking store or restaurant supply. I weigh sauces because I can't be trusted around the tartar sauce! Hahaha

BettyBoles

I weigh on a bowl on the scale and by setting zero.

MVG821

For things like ketchup I would put the ketchup bottle on the scale and weigh that first and as I pour it on my food I would weigh the bottle again and use the difference in weight to track it. Saves me from having to wash an extra dish