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Weighing Foods - FYI

Katy009
Katy009 Posts: 579 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I have an electric kitchen scale and have noticed lately that a lot of the weights of foods are incorrect. For example:

a yogurt that should weigh 125 grams might weight only 105.....
a tin of drained tuna that should weight 56 grams might weight only 45.....
or a piece of bread that should weight 23 grams actually weighs 32!......

I have now been measuring EVERYTHING. Depending on the food, some things can make a huge difference when you log it.......whether they weigh under or weigh more.

It's not the scale, because the 'actual package' weighs correctly. And I have tested it with other things, so it IS actually a difference in the food.

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  • Katy009
    Katy009 Posts: 579 Member
    I have an electric kitchen scale and have noticed lately that a lot of the weights of foods are incorrect. For example:

    a yogurt that should weigh 125 grams might weight only 105.....
    a tin of drained tuna that should weight 56 grams might weight only 45.....
    or a piece of bread that should weight 23 grams actually weighs 32!......

    I have now been measuring EVERYTHING. Depending on the food, some things can make a huge difference when you log it.......whether they weigh under or weigh more.

    It's not the scale, because the 'actual package' weighs correctly. And I have tested it with other things, so it IS actually a difference in the food.
  • Crystal_Cherry
    Crystal_Cherry Posts: 92
    I have an electric kitchen scale and have noticed lately that a lot of the weights of foods are incorrect. For example:

    a yogurt that should weigh 125 grams might weight only 105.....
    a tin of drained tuna that should weight 56 grams might weight only 45.....
    or a piece of bread that should weight 23 grams actually weighs 32!......

    I have now been measuring EVERYTHING. Depending on the food, some things can make a huge difference when you log it.......whether they weigh under or weigh more.

    It's not the scale, because the 'actual package' weighs correctly. And I have tested it with other things, so it IS actually a difference in the food.

    disturbing...we hv to really be careful abt everything... whats this life
  • skiski
    skiski Posts: 173 Member
    Oh i hear you...:flowerforyou:

    i have noticed this also and weigh some foods but try not to get too preoccupied about weighing the food rather than enjoying it lol xxx

    love skiski xxx:heart:
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