Weighing salad dressing

smc864

I've searched the forums but haven't found a satisfactory answer, so forgive me if this thread has been done before. My salad dressing says that 30 mL is one serving but I would like to know how much that would be in grams so that I can weigh it and be more accurate.

I know that 1 mL of water = 1g but I don't think that I can use that for the dressing. Any suggestions?

PikaKnight

You could use a converter...like this one:

http://calculator-converter.com/converter_ml_to_g_milliliters_to_grams_calculator.php

And if 1mL = 1 gram...then why would it somehow be different for salad dressing? 1 ml is 1 mL and 1g is 1 g regardless if it is water, dressing or syrup.

smc864

You could use a converter...like this one:

http://calculator-converter.com/converter_ml_to_g_milliliters_to_grams_calculator.php

And if 1mL = 1 gram...then why would it somehow be different for salad dressing? 1 ml is 1 mL and 1g is 1 g regardless if it is water, dressing or syrup.

Thanks for the calculator... and because of density differences. The more dense something is the more 1 mL of it would weigh. I would assume salad dressing has a higher density than water. Maybe it's not enough to make a huge difference but just wanted to know what other people do to log dressing.

AZ_Gato

You could use a converter...like this one:

http://calculator-converter.com/converter_ml_to_g_milliliters_to_grams_calculator.php

And if 1mL = 1 gram...then why would it somehow be different for salad dressing? 1 ml is 1 mL and 1g is 1 g regardless if it is water, dressing or syrup.

I'm singing a horse is a horse of course of course.

: )

I'm just glad you're cute.

257_Lag

Buy some disposable portion cups so you know. That's what I do! Actually I sell them but can't post a link for obvious reasons. What an eye opener in keeping portion sizes correct!

PikaKnight

You could use a converter...like this one:

http://calculator-converter.com/converter_ml_to_g_milliliters_to_grams_calculator.php

And if 1mL = 1 gram...then why would it somehow be different for salad dressing? 1 ml is 1 mL and 1g is 1 g regardless if it is water, dressing or syrup.

Thanks for the calculator... and because of density differences. The more dense something is the more 1 mL of it would weigh. I would assume salad dressing has a higher density than water. Maybe it's not enough to make a huge difference but just wanted to know what other people do to log dressing.

What is your salad dressing?

Some_Watery_Tart

You could use a converter...like this one:

http://calculator-converter.com/converter_ml_to_g_milliliters_to_grams_calculator.php

And if 1mL = 1 gram...then why would it somehow be different for salad dressing? 1 ml is 1 mL and 1g is 1 g regardless if it is water, dressing or syrup.

Because milliliters are a measurement of volume while grams are a measurement of weight. So if the density of the salad dressing is different than that of water, there will be a difference in weight even if volume is identical. It probably wouldn't amount to much difference, but for accuracy an online conversion calculator would work.

Oh_Allie

1 mL = 1 gram when we're talking things like water, but it's different for different things because the density is different.


http://www.wikihow.com/Convert-Milliliters-(Ml)-to-Grams

PikaKnight

You guys are right. Oops. :embarassed: :flowerforyou:

PikaKnight

You could use a converter...like this one:

http://calculator-converter.com/converter_ml_to_g_milliliters_to_grams_calculator.php

And if 1mL = 1 gram...then why would it somehow be different for salad dressing? 1 ml is 1 mL and 1g is 1 g regardless if it is water, dressing or syrup.

I'm singing a horse is a horse of course of course.

: )

I'm just glad you're cute.

Or so you'd like to think

smc864

I went on their website and they had the serving size listed in grams. Yay!

In this case 30mL = 31g

Now I feel a little silly worrying about it. I'm a perfectionist, what can I say? :bigsmile:

smc864

You could use a converter...like this one:

http://calculator-converter.com/converter_ml_to_g_milliliters_to_grams_calculator.php

And if 1mL = 1 gram...then why would it somehow be different for salad dressing? 1 ml is 1 mL and 1g is 1 g regardless if it is water, dressing or syrup.

I'm singing a horse is a horse of course of course.

: )

I'm just glad you're cute.

Me too :bigsmile:

AZ_Gato

I went on their website and they had the serving size listed in grams. Yay!

In this case 30mL = 31g

Now I feel a little silly worrying about it. I'm a perfectionist, what can I say? :bigsmile:

On noez...not 1ML!

jackielou867

just give up the dressing :-)

smc864

just give up the dressing :-)

Why would I do that? If I want to eat one serving of Hidden Valley Light Ranch on some raw spinach I think I will.

Typically I eat my salads without dressing if I cooked chicken to have with it, but I was a little lazy tonight and didn't feel like it.

smc864

I went on their website and they had the serving size listed in grams. Yay!

In this case 30mL = 31g

Now I feel a little silly worrying about it. I'm a perfectionist, what can I say? :bigsmile:

On noez...not 1ML!

Please don't envy my dedication to accurate logging...

It's arduous and tedious but worth it in the end.

SherryTeach

Most of the salad dressing I buy lists serving size in tablespoons, which is very convenient because I have measuring spoons. I'm surprised that a dressing would be listed as a metric measurement if sold in the U.S. Of course, if you are somewhere else, I'm thinking that there are metric measuring spoons that people use. Yes?

AZ_Gato

I went on their website and they had the serving size listed in grams. Yay!

In this case 30mL = 31g

Now I feel a little silly worrying about it. I'm a perfectionist, what can I say? :bigsmile:

On noez...not 1ML!

Please don't envy my dedication to accurate logging...

It's arduous and tedious but worth it in the end.

Yes, you are correct. I will support you in sickness and in health.

almostplenty

Almost all nutrition labels I notice list serving sizes in both measures of volume (tbsp, ml) and mass (grams). My salad dressing does anyway: "Serving size= 2 tbsp (30g)"

smc864

Almost all nutrition labels I notice list serving sizes in both measures of volume (tbsp, ml) and mass (grams). My salad dressing does anyway: "Serving size= 2 tbsp (30g)"

For some reason my dressing just had "Serving size = 2 tbsp (30mL)"

The same goes for my coffee creamer :sad:

smc864

I went on their website and they had the serving size listed in grams. Yay!

In this case 30mL = 31g

Now I feel a little silly worrying about it. I'm a perfectionist, what can I say? :bigsmile:

On noez...not 1ML!

Please don't envy my dedication to accurate logging...

It's arduous and tedious but worth it in the end.

Yes, you are correct. I will support you in sickness and in health.

That's more like it.