Sorry, how many servings per packet?

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    MichSmish wrote: »
    Microwave Popcorn. That should come with an advanced degree to figure out the maths needed to determine 1 serving size.
    jordanhillary wrote: »
    THIS!!! What is the point of giving us the calories for '1 TBSP unpopped'? I need that *kitten* popped!

    I get a bag of plain kernels and pop it in a pan (with oil).

    Jolly Time claims one serving is 2 T / 33 grams, but I like 44 grams, which is actually 1/4 C.
  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    Deviette wrote: »
    peleroja wrote: »
    cheryldumais wrote: »
    Yup, bought naan once thinking it was 180 calories per piece. Wow great deal right... Then I rechecked the pkg and saw it was for half a piece? Who eats half a piece of bread?

    This is the one I came to mention. Naan always seems to have half a piece as the serving size and it drives me crazy. Who is cutting that little six-inch round in half?

    I like to use them as the base for a quick pizza-type snack for my husband, but I can't bring myself to eat them because 300 calories for a boring piece of bread...nope.

    Is this a bad moment to say that I've always had half a naan bread as a portion size? (normal sized, not mini naan obviously) Sometimes we used to rip them into thirds (but only when there was loads of other food and they were big naans)

    I have naan more as a main component of a meal, like wrapped around a salad (instead of a tortilla or pita) or as a flatbread with toppings, so half a piece is a sad serving.

    If you're just using them to mop up a sauce or something or accompany a meal, then I guess half a piece is reasonable, but I don't really eat bread with meals like that so I don't know.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    Some frozen pizzas give a serving size as 1/5 of a pizza. Cutting a pizza into 5 pieces is awkward. I doubt anyone is really cutting their pizza that way.

    Serving size of one pizza = one pizza! :D

    They could list it that way and it would make sense. The point is no one is cutting the round pizza into 5 slices .
  • DoubleUbea
    DoubleUbea Posts: 1,115 Member
    edited July 2018
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    My ridiculous serving size complaint is with Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes. This product is offered in a wide variety of packages, each of which nutrition label has a different serving size.

    What about the weight of each serving size? Does Frosted Flakes come it different flavors, that might be a reason.

    EDIT: I went to the website, it has the same serving size for the different sizes.
    Serving Size 3/4 Cup (29 g)
    https://www.frostedflakes.com/
  • Deviette
    Deviette Posts: 978 Member
    edited July 2018
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    Some frozen pizzas give a serving size as 1/5 of a pizza. Cutting a pizza into 5 pieces is awkward. I doubt anyone is really cutting their pizza that way.

    Serving size of one pizza = one pizza! :D

    They could list it that way and it would make sense. The point is no one is cutting the round pizza into 5 slices .

    My dad used to cut pizza in to 5 slices. Although there were 5 of us in the household at the time, so I guess that made sense.

    And we had more than one slice. Obviously. Because who eats 1/5th.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    That sort of stuff is never accurate in terms of portion sizes. I could easily eat a whole pack of that sort of thing to myself!

    I look at the weight of the pack and then the info per 100g to assess how many roughly will be in a serving.

    Like crisps..."sharing pack" and it's not one of those massive ones, it's just a larger pack, 50-60g. Who's going to share that? We all know most people will just have it to themselves.
    30g of cereal as well? It takes 100g just to have a half decent bowl a lot of the time.
    1/4 pizza?
  • DoubleUbea
    DoubleUbea Posts: 1,115 Member
    This is true of soda as well, that 16oz bottle of soda is TWO servings. You have to watch carefully
  • peaceout_aly
    peaceout_aly Posts: 2,018 Member
    I'm the exception and love when things are split into thirds because I cook for myself, my S.O. and brother-in-law, so 1/3 is perfect LOL
  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    Ramen... 1/2 block :)

    I found a recipe for a fabulous Asian ramen soup and to get the carbs and calories where I wanted it had to split the ramen in half. So yes, I am that person who only eats half a ramen at a time ;)

    Me too! I'll do the whole block if I'm making it for lunch with some shrimp, but if I'm doing it with chicken thighs and a stir fry, it's perfectly adequate for just half a block.
  • DoubleUbea
    DoubleUbea Posts: 1,115 Member
    edited July 2018
    Non-fat Greek yogurt, national brand & store brand, same ingredients.
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    There must be some difference, if I took equal amounts the calories would be different.
  • born_of_fire74
    born_of_fire74 Posts: 776 Member
    DoubleUbea wrote: »
    Non-fat Greek yogurt, national brand & store brand, same ingredients.
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    There must be some difference, if I took equal amounts the calories would be different.

    Eeeeeeeeevil yogurt. I feel your pain.
  • TrishSeren
    TrishSeren Posts: 587 Member
    Corn chips, large packet, only half full but apparently has 6.5 servings per packet? It looked to be around 5-7 chips is one serving.

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