Serving size question
pinkgurl456
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Instacart accidentally gave me a different cereal then I regularly buy . Cascade Farms Honey Oat crunch , the serving size says 1 1/4 cup 65 grams which I’m assuming is just 1/4 cup not 1 cup and 1/4 right?
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Weigh it on your food scale, then you'll know.
But: If it says 1 1/4 cup, why would you assume that's not what it means? I'm confused.3 -
Unfortunately I don’t have a scale but I guess the 1 included confused me . I wonder why they just didn’t put 1/4 cup lol0
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A quick google search shows a cup as 52g so, yeah, that tracks.
A 1/4 cup of cereal would be nothing...no matter what the size of the cereal.
Go buy a scale.
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I would assume its 1 and a quarter, not only 1/4 cup.2
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pinkgurl456 wrote: »Unfortunately I don’t have a scale but I guess the 1 included confused me . I wonder why they just didn’t put 1/4 cup lol
Because 1 1/4 cup is 1 1/4 cup, not 1/4 cup. A 1/4 cup of cereal would literally be nothing.4 -
Now you need to buy that scale, weigh the 65 g out, pour it into a 1/4 cup measuring cup, and see what happens.
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I could put this more emphatically.
Scales are inexpensive. I've bought one (that worked fine) for around $12 USD, about the price of a fairly mediocre non-huge take-out pizza. Since you're eating the pretty-fancy cereal, I'm guessing you're not profoundly budgetarily challenged, though I could be wrong. You can order them online.
Measuring something like cereal with cups is less accurate. If the pieces are kind of broken up/settled, meaningfully more will fit in a cup than if it's bigger clusters with more air space.
Measuring something with cups creates a tiny bit of extra work, to rinse/wash the cups.
The process of measuring cereal servings with cups takes a bit more time. Instead, put the cereal on the scale, zero it, pour cereal in your bowl until it's the amount of cereal you want, sit the box back on the scale and read the negative. That's your portion, log accordingly. Or, put the bowl on the scale, zero, pour cereal in the bowl with a gradual shake movement and watch the reading, if you want to hit an exact number of grams for some reason.
Either one of those scale methods is faster than cups, more accurate than cups, requires less washing up than cups.
I understand that some people slip into obsessiveness if measuring carefully. Maybe there are some for whom cups can't ever become obsessive, but scales can . . . but I have difficulty imagining that that's really super common.4 -
Thanks for the kind replies , I figured I’d just get a scale just to keep . I don’t think this cereal is quite fancy / high cost , just probably more healthy looking then cheerios I guess … I appreciate the comments that were kind . Thanks .1
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All Bran Cereal (in comparison):
1/4 cup = 15 grams
1 cup = 50 grams
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ha...you are correct!🙃 I just copied this from something I found online...https://www.sweet2eatbaking.com/measurements/breakfast-cereals/
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pinkgurl456 wrote: »Thanks for the kind replies , I figured I’d just get a scale just to keep . I don’t think this cereal is quite fancy / high cost , just probably more healthy looking then cheerios I guess … I appreciate the comments that were kind . Thanks .
I don't think anyone was unkind?4 -
Because cereal doesn’t fit in cups well. And measuring cups are all different sizes anyways. Hence why you should weigh your food
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Because cereal doesn’t fit in cups well. And measuring cups are all different sizes anyways. Hence why you should weigh your food
No doubt! My measuring cups are basically just taking up space in my drawer since I've switched to weighing everything. I remember just about losing my mind when I first weighed out my '1 tbsp. of nuts'.😯0 -
I don't even own cups and spoons. And own not a single cookbook using such measures.0
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Because cereal doesn’t fit in cups well. And measuring cups are all different sizes anyways. Hence why you should weigh your food
Also, the actual weight itself of the food. One cup of puffed rice is going to weigh less than one cup of golden grahams.0 -
Because cereal doesn’t fit in cups well. And measuring cups are all different sizes anyways. Hence why you should weigh your food
Devils advocate here - standard measuring cups are actually a standard size. You buy them here in sets - tsp, tbs, 1/4 cup/1/2 cup. full cup and they are a standard thing.
I dont recommend them for calorie counting purposes - but do use them in recipes, usually for dry ingredients - 1/2 cup coconut, flour, sugar etc1 -
paperpudding wrote: »
Because cereal doesn’t fit in cups well. And measuring cups are all different sizes anyways. Hence why you should weigh your food
Devils advocate here - standard measuring cups are actually a standard size. You buy them here in sets - tsp, tbs, 1/4 cup/1/2 cup. full cup and they are a standard thing.
I dont recommend them for calorie counting purposes - but do use them in recipes, usually for dry ingredients - 1/2 cup coconut, flour, sugar etc
Yes, but they do come in different shapes (of the same volume). For chunky things that have airspace as part of measured volume (like cereal), the shape of the cup may make a difference in what weight of the thing fits in that one-cup volume. Cups are extra not good for things that are chunky, have airspace in a volume.0 -
Yes, agreed Ann. As I said, I don't suggest using them for calorie counting purposes.
In recipes - will usually be for things like flour, sugar, coconut - 'non chunky' and a level spoon or cup is a set amount.1
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