fl oz vs. Oz

reichardtjessica
reichardtjessica Posts: 89 Member
edited November 17 in Food and Nutrition
So this might be a dumb question but my food scale weighs my food in fl oz but Google says FL oz is different from regular oz. How do I calculate my actual oz when I weigh my food?

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,422 Member
    Your food scale is probably weighing in just ounces. There is a function on most of them that will toggle the unit measurement between say, grams, pounds, ounces etc.

    Do you have the instruction sheet from your scale? Is it a digital food scale or something else?
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,422 Member
    edited March 2017
    Fluid ounces are generally measured using cups/beakers, tablespoons, etc.
  • reichardtjessica
    reichardtjessica Posts: 89 Member
    Its a digital scale. I was curious because I was weighing my chicken out and it says 4 fl oz
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,422 Member
    That's odd. I've had five or six of them and none of them said that.

    Dunno. I can't imagine why a weight scale would have "fluid" measurements.
  • reichardtjessica
    reichardtjessica Posts: 89 Member
    It did have regular oz and fl oz. I had to set it to be regular oz
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Some scales have a mode where you can weigh liquids (fluid ounces). It is only accurate for water or milk, other liquids have different specific gravities so their weight and volume are not the same. FL oz is fluid ounce and oz is ounce by weight.

  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    It's so much easier to weigh solid food in grams, and use measuring cups for all fluids.
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