Scale issue or packaging issue?

spideywebb77
spideywebb77 Posts: 126 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Either companies are way off on the weights that they put on our foods or there is something wrong with my scale. Velveeta shells and cheese should have 3 servings at 112g each. I seperated 2.5 servings out and still have a little over 2 left.. almost 2 extra servings.... Over 189 extra grams. :huh:

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  • miss_phat_booty
    miss_phat_booty Posts: 117
    Most likely companies are off.... purposely maybe.
  • spideywebb77
    spideywebb77 Posts: 126 Member
    I could see that if it were under... (I have seen that also). Now I am looking at all this extra mac n cheese and want to split it up. but at an extra 240 calories per plate.... Grrrrr :noway:
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    Either companies are way off on the weights that they put on our foods or there is something wrong with my scale. Velveeta shells and cheese should have 3 servings at 112g each. I seperated 2.5 servings out and still have a little over 2 left.. almost 2 extra servings.... Over 189 extra grams. :huh:

    Is this cooked or uncooked?
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    I feel you. I had some potatoes which said a serving was 148 g or 4 potatoes...it only took 2 potatoes to make 150 grams. It really makes it impossible to eat without a scale.
  • spideywebb77
    spideywebb77 Posts: 126 Member
    Is this cooked or uncooked?


    cooked
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    Is this cooked or uncooked?


    cooked

    It is possible the listed weigh is dry, pasta usually is.
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    I wonder what the logic would be to list servings dry for something that you are only ever going to divide after cooking? I mean, it has a powdered sauce with it, right? Would they really expect you to divide out dry pasta, and powdered sauce, and cook the servings individually to keep them separate?
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    I wonder what the logic would be to list servings dry for something that you are only ever going to divide after cooking? I mean, it has a powdered sauce with it, right? Would they really expect you to divide out dry pasta, and powdered sauce, and cook the servings individually to keep them separate?

    Because when you cook pasta the weight of the finished product is not consistent.

    If you have the calorie value for the dry measurement and the sauce, when mixed together, the weight after cooking isn't really an issue. If one box is 3 servings, you divide in 3 equal servings, no need to cook individually. The cooking did not change the calorie content but it did change the weigh.
  • paygep
    paygep Posts: 401 Member
    The package is likely correct, as far as the amount of servings per container. If it says 3 servings, just use your scale to make 3 equal portions of the cooked stuff.

    You can probably find a 1-800 number on the box to call for info... I've done that before when the label servings/weights have been confusing!

    Enjoy your mac&cheez :bigsmile:
  • paygep
    paygep Posts: 401 Member
    Now, those potato labels... The potatoes always weigh more than the "one potato" weight listed on the label! The information per weight is supposed to be correct though., so I'm always having to adjust the serving size to match the weight. :grumble: What a scam.
  • spara0038
    spara0038 Posts: 226 Member
    I wonder what the logic would be to list servings dry for something that you are only ever going to divide after cooking? I mean, it has a powdered sauce with it, right? Would they really expect you to divide out dry pasta, and powdered sauce, and cook the servings individually to keep them separate?

    Part of it is so that they don't get sued, sadly. The other part is that that's what their scales are set to when they're packaging up the dry material at their factory. If they put 100g on the box but only gave you 98g, they may be sued for "false advertising" or shortchanging their customer. The water content can vary once you cook it, so they wouldn't have an accurate measure of calories by weight so that's why they don't measure it cooked. You may add 1 cup water, I may add 1.1 cups which changes the weight.

    When they're boxing up all of the pasta and powder, they tare out the weight of their packaging and fill the package until they have the weight they wrote on the box. It's automated, so that process is pretty exact or sometimes an underestimation of what's in the package.

    Good news is that the extra weight is coming from the water, so 2.5 servings of dry and cooked should nutritionally be the same as 2.5 cooked, unless you added butter or milk to it (which, they have no control over- you have to add that in yourself)
  • spideywebb77
    spideywebb77 Posts: 126 Member
    yay.!!! so the extra that I tossed actually belongs in my belly..... :sad:

    LOL... not sure i couldnt figure this out on my own.

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