Interested in Getting a Food Scale

cakebatter07

Hi, I am very interested in buying a food scale so I can be more accurate with logging. Any suggestions? Does it matter which one I get or are they all pretty much the same? Thanks.

kiwitechgirl

You don't need anything fancy, just a basic food scale! I've seen suggestions that you get one which weighs in grams as well as ounces - grams are a smaller unit so will be more accurate with your weighing. I always weigh in grams but then I live in Australia where all weights are metric anyway!

livingleanlivingclean

Get one that measures in 1g increments ...or whatever the smallest measure you use is!

One with a big weighing area is good too, it's easier to fit bigger bowls/containers on it

Annie_01

This is the one I recently bought. Weighs in grams and ounces up to 12 lbs. Nothing fancy but does the job and inexpensive.

http://www.amazon.com/Ozeri-Digital-Kitchen-Capacity-Stylish/dp/B003E7AZQA/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1388311974&sr=8-5&keywords=food+scales+for+dieting

WaterBunnie

I have this one and it's brilliant. Digital is much better than the old kind.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Salter-Design-Electronic-Platform-Kitchen/dp/B000ZNM51O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388312458&sr=8-1&keywords=salter+digital+scales

Shaky44

This is the one I recently bought. Weighs in grams and ounces up to 12 lbs. Nothing fancy but does the job and inexpensive.

http://www.amazon.com/Ozeri-Digital-Kitchen-Capacity-Stylish/dp/B003E7AZQA/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1388311974&sr=8-5&keywords=food+scales+for+dieting

I have this same scale and it's been great.

MrfreddieV

Get a digital. Some can switch grams, oz, pounds but what is the best is you can use any cup or bowl with mine and then reset to 0 so you then weight whatever. Then you can reset again and weight the next ingredient. Sounds silly but it changed how i eat over night. It was around $20 bucks at Walmart. Good luck to you.

MrfreddieV

This close to mine as well

LyndaSBenham

This is the one I use and its perfect
http://www.idealo.co.uk/compare/1973889/salter-1025-aquatronic.html
I rarely use the bowl because it can be reset to zero while something is on the scales so can put my eating plate/bowl on and add foods/ingredients one at a time.
Can switch between gm and oz and between fl oz and ml too.
Weighs up to 5 kg.

futurefitdvm2017

Check out groupon. I got a great deal on mine and I'm really happy with it. Make sure you get a digital one that can convert units. I just looked on their site and they have two different scales that are both around $20.

Andy_Chow

Haha, I use a postage scale. It's super not accurate, but is legal to the 20g. And it cost like 2$. And can weigh up 1 kg. Can reset to zero with a plate, easy.

Who need to be accurate beyond 20g? Your food content probably varies more than this (like 1 lbs of beef fat content is beyond that 20g variance).

It you really want precision, I've heard Tanita makes the best scales.