Stupid Serving Size

_Calypso_
_Calypso_ Posts: 1,074 Member
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Name an item(s) that have a serving size that is difficult to adhere to:



Fig Newtons - 2 cookies
Tortilla Chips - 7 chips (really - who eats 7 chips and stops?!)


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  • Twisted_Wrister
    Twisted_Wrister Posts: 758 Member
    Those Nutty Buddy chocolate bar things...they come two to a pack and the serving size is only one bar (I think). I wouldn't know for sure b/c I ALWAYS eat both!
  • SapiensPisces
    SapiensPisces Posts: 992 Member
    Girl Scout Tagalongs: 2 cookies...

    2 cookies? LOL That's called "just getting started!"
  • Sarahnade42x
    Sarahnade42x Posts: 308 Member
    Trail mix -- Those "single-serve" bags have 6-7 servings in them! Grrr.
  • bizco
    bizco Posts: 1,949 Member
    20 oz. soda bottle is 2-1/2 servings. Ridiculous.
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  • charlicee
    charlicee Posts: 53
    Haagan Daz and Ben & Jerry's ice cream. How you can only stop at 1/4 of a container is ridiculous. Most ice cream eaters I know usually clean out the container!
  • kiniece
    kiniece Posts: 96 Member
    PEANUT BUTTER! who uses ONLY 2 tbsp?!? and have you actually MEASURED out 2 tbsp... :sad:
  • Takes2long
    Takes2long Posts: 367 Member
    Trail mix -- Those "single-serve" bags have 6-7 servings in them! Grrr.

    LMAO...1/4 cup. Really?? Is that a child serving size? That's a handful as I walk out of the pantry :laugh:
  • Squamation
    Squamation Posts: 522 Member
    Ramen- a half a packet is a serving size.
  • rowlandsw
    rowlandsw Posts: 1,166 Member
    Trail mix when it's a 1/4 cup, that's not much when you weigh it out. I agree with peanut butter, i'm glad i found them in premeasured serving containers. I was sick of trying to get it into the measure spoon and back out again.
  • _Calypso_
    _Calypso_ Posts: 1,074 Member
    Pop Tarts - 1 pastry.

    If the serving is ONE pastry why do they put TWO in a package?!! Trickery
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    Haagan Daz and Ben & Jerry's ice cream. How you can only stop at 1/4 of a container is ridiculous. Most ice cream eaters I know usually clean out the container!

    This!

    I do stop myself at half the container, but 1/2 cup serving, so not enough.
  • ImpishVanity
    ImpishVanity Posts: 224 Member
    Cereal - most are 3/4 of a cup. At a minimum I do 1 cup. Though sometimes *coughtodaycough* I do two cups haha
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
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  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Pop Tarts - 1 pastry.

    If the serving is ONE pastry why do they put TWO in a package?!! Trickery
    This.
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  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member
    Milano or Chessmen cookies
  • AshlynG923
    AshlynG923 Posts: 59 Member
    Peanut Butter and oreos have the stupidest serving size of all time. Along with mayo and salad dressing.
  • davidmulligan
    davidmulligan Posts: 7 Member
    Wine.
  • misti777
    misti777 Posts: 217 Member
    1 slice of pizza
    1 cup of lasagna
    2 tbsp of peanut butter
    1 chips-a-hoy cookie

    a few more, but those are some major ones for me
  • brewji
    brewji Posts: 752 Member
    Any single-serving drink: "Per 1 cup serving" when there's clearly more than that in the container/bottle.
  • CMoeDee
    CMoeDee Posts: 102 Member
    Beer.
  • timbiden
    timbiden Posts: 21
    @ JTexasFlood
    Peanuts. They get addicting sometimes!

    Watch out for foods with Maltodextrin. It's common in roasted peanuts and is a relative of MSG. It is addictive when combined with Salt.
  • thatonegirlwiththestuff
    thatonegirlwiththestuff Posts: 1,171 Member
    My specialties include eating five times the recommend serving size and falling in love with men I can't have. Such strife.
  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
    Most of these I agree with. BUt as far as drinks, not everything comes in a single serve package!! You wouldn't buy 10 individual sized servings of milk, you buy a gallon or whatever.

    Cereal is a ridiculously small serving. Especially Frosted Mini-Wheats.

    BUT From what I've heard, the nutrition labels will be changing to reflect larger portions.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Most cereals. Serving sizes are usually a cup, or worse...a 1/2 cup. For realz? A dang bowl of cereal then ends up to be 2 to 4+ servings.
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
    I should just say ditto! Cereal and ice cream for me. And raisins.
  • knitapeace
    knitapeace Posts: 1,013 Member
    Just a note about the peanut butter measuring thing...learned it here and would love to pay it forward because it changed my life. No, literally.

    Put the item being peanut-buttered (apple, toast, etc) on a digital scale set to grams and tare it. Scoop out some PB and add it to the item. Don't go by tablespoons, too subjective! Add more or take away, until you hit the serving size you want--one serving is 32 grams. Much, much easier. I was really overestimating, not so much on toast but I was scooping out the center of the apple and piling a crapton of PB in there thinking "There, that's a tablespoon." :delusional:
  • CoffeeBugg
    CoffeeBugg Posts: 75 Member
    I love that the images on the packaging of food always shows a nice full plate or bowl, but the serving size is listed at a thimble. :huh:
  • LeahFerri
    LeahFerri Posts: 186 Member
    Absolutely on the Pop-Tarts. The second one gets stale if you don't eat it.
    Any single-person drink bottle (clearly designed to fit in a cupholder, not be drunk from a cup) that contains more than one serving. Like the Bai infusions that I drink--they're 5cal a serving, 10cal a bottle--shouldn't the bottle just be the serving? Sheesh.
    Agreed on the cereal, too. I don't eat cereal because it's generally not worth it for me.
    Snacks that come in relatively small bags that aren't resealable. I know putting the resealable opening on would cost most, but I shouldn't feel like I have to eat three servings because I don't have a rubber band and I don't want to spill something all over the inside of my backpack.
  • Linli_Anne
    Linli_Anne Posts: 1,360 Member
    Cheese - 1 oz? Really? Or rather a 1cmx1cm cube.....

    Chocolate Chips/Raisins - 1 tbsp...at least give me 1/4 cup.

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