Basic measuring in 100g

K9RSQ4ME
K9RSQ4ME Posts: 22 Member
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I've been measuring my food for ages. I can be a bit neurotic about measuring sometimes :blush: I read something in a comment I've been meaning to ask about...

I normally measure larger quantities in ounces and smaller quantities in grams. Someone made a comment about "always using 100g measurements cause it's the easiest thing ever to be exact" (or words to that effect).

My question is: if I'm going to use the 100g measurement for nutri info in the tracker and my food weighs 133g how to I enter that? Would I use 1 1/3 for quantity? I tried using the 1g in that case, but the tracker only goes up to 99.

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  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    edited April 2018
    If it is in 100 gram increments, just shift the decimal 2 places to the left. 133 grams would be 1.33 of 100 grams. 32 grams would be 0.32 of 100 grams.

    If the serving unit is in grams, the dropdown menu for units generally (always?) includes a choice of 1 gram. I enter the things I use in My Foods and I get the choice of 1 gram after entering X grams as the serving size when I enter the Nutrition Facts.
  • K9RSQ4ME
    K9RSQ4ME Posts: 22 Member
    Ok. Maybe on the website you can enter 1.33, but on the app your choices are whole numbers and 1/8, 1/4, and so forth. Maybe the person that made that comment only uses the desktop.
  • RAinWA
    RAinWA Posts: 1,980 Member
    edited April 2018
    I'm using an Android and I can enter 1.33 or 1.28 or whatever. I'm confused as to why you can't.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    edited April 2018
    K9RSQ4ME wrote: »
    Ok. Maybe on the website you can enter 1.33, but on the app your choices are whole numbers and 1/8, 1/4, and so forth. Maybe the person that made that comment only uses the desktop.

    There's a button when you go into number of servings that you can toggle from fractions to decimals
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    K9RSQ4ME wrote: »
    Ok. Maybe on the website you can enter 1.33, but on the app your choices are whole numbers and 1/8, 1/4, and so forth. Maybe the person that made that comment only uses the desktop.

    I believe on the iOS mobile app, you can choose fractions or decimals for input. I don't use iOS, but I have seen screen captures from other users that show how to do it. I am sure the option is there somewhere.
  • K9RSQ4ME
    K9RSQ4ME Posts: 22 Member
    Well son of a gun...learn somethin' new every day :-)

    Got it! Thank you!

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