Fruit Measurements

cheyeneinthesprings

I frequently eat watermelon and grapes. I use a food scale and I have a question. Is 100 grams considered a half cup of watermelon/grapes? Or should I use ounces. Thanks!

nighthawk584

grams is more accurate.

BarbaraHelen2013

Definitely grams and disregard how many ‘cups’ that is. A gram is a gram! There’s no benefit to figuring out how many cups that equals.

The more you deal in grams the less sense cup measurements make! 😂

sullus

cheyeneinthesprings wrote: »

I frequently eat watermelon and grapes. I use a food scale and I have a question. Is 100 grams considered a half cup of watermelon/grapes? Or should I use ounces. Thanks!

The problem with the question is that weight and volume don't have a 1:1 relationship. I could make 100g of watermelon fit in a half cup. or a full cup, or a quarter cup, depending on how I cut it, or if I mush it up or whatever. A half cup of grapes has variable weight depending on the size of the grapes. What adds to the confusion is that in the metric system, weight (well mass actually but for practical purposes this is fine) is measured in grams and volume is measured in cubic centimeters. In the imperial measurement system volume and weight are both measured in ounces. This brings a little confusion to the table. While 4 fluid ounces of water weighs 4 ounces, 4 fluid ounces of olive oil weighs 3.8 ounces. (this is why I weigh liquids too) .. and then your head starts to spin and just .. ugh ..

Keep it simple. Just weigh everything. It doesn't matter if you weigh in ounces or grams, but most scales let you get a little more accurate with grams.

cheyeneinthesprings

Also, do you type in "USDA" after foods to ensure more accuracy?

lemurcat2

cheyeneinthesprings wrote: »

Also, do you type in "USDA" after foods to ensure more accuracy?

The best way is to find the USDA entries that MFP itself input. You can copy the USDA syntax ("raspberries, raw") and then if it has lots of measurement options, including the 100 g one, you've found it. Anything with USDA in the title is a user input from the USDA and should be double-checked the first time you use it (although usually those are better entries vs the average).

middlehaitch

Heee you go.
This should help you with the USDA.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10621050/how-to-use-the-usda-food-database-mfp-food-database-for-accurate-logging/p1

cheers, h.

zebasschick

i type USDA and grams, but i also check the USDA to make sure the listing is correct - sometimes they're wrong as people read things wrong or have typos.

paperpudding

or just pick an entry around the average mark.

If water melon comes in at around 30 calories for 100g (according to google) then it really wont matter if you are using an entry that says 28 or 32 calories.

But if you see one that says 500 calories or 1 calorie amongst a general consensus of around 30, dont pick that one.

StaciMarie2020

Since you have the food scale, just enter by weight. Find an entry that has the calories listed based on grams. Change to the amount you eat.