Food measurement question

cheri03

Do you weigh or measure by volume? For instance, I ate some frozen yogurt the other day and measured it out by 1/2 cup. Today I weighed out a portion (labeled 1/2 cup or 64 gm) so I weighed 64 gm. They are totally different as far as the amount in my bowl by a lot. Which would be right? Thank you.

MissyFit08

I would go according to what the nutrition label says...

...per serving, that is.

routerguy666

Weighing it is the only way to be accurate.

corgifan

I think what the OP is asking is what happens when the serving size (ice cream for example) if 1/2 cup or x grams, but when measured by volume and weight are different amounts.

For me, I go by weight because I feel I'm less likely to make an error, whether it be inadvertently packing the food in the measuring cup while I'm leveling it off or varying measuring cups (they do vary by brand unfortunately, and I feel scales probably less so). Also, things like fruits and veggies are easier to measure by weight.

Don't stress too, too much. Either way you go you're aware of what you're eating and that's a HUGE step.

Laurayinz

Depends on what it is. Some things are volume and some things are weight. For yogurt and fruit and vegs, I would do volume. For meat I would do weight.

MissyFit08

Ah, I see...

cheri03

Yes I did mean if it was labeled cup vs gm, which would you choose. I understand that choosing volume for yogurt makes sense but it was a huge difference, scary difference making it about 75% more if I used volume. It is wild!
Thanks

saltorian

I do weight on everything -- it's more accurate, even with fruit and vegetables. I mean, think about it: 1 cup of sliced apple might be very different depending on exactly how big the slices were. Same with cereal and rice and stuff. It can settle so the volume isn't really accurate anymore. The only things I don't weigh are stuff like slices of bread or crackers -- stuff that you count by number.

cheri03

Just to add, I have been reading labels for a long time (been doing this for several yrs) but I never noticed such a difference.

corgifan

I do weight on everything -- it's more accurate, even with fruit and vegetables. I mean, think about it: 1 cup of sliced apple might be very different depending on exactly how big the slices were. Same with cereal and rice and stuff. It can settle so the volume isn't really accurate anymore. The only things I don't weigh are stuff like slices of bread or crackers -- stuff that you count by number.

I'll do bread by weight if I don't have a brand to go off of or they're odd shaped slices (like with round loafs), mainly because the air volume in the bread can really alter the nutrition profile or the slices vary in size.

cheri03

I do weight on everything -- it's more accurate, even with fruit and vegetables. I mean, think about it: 1 cup of sliced apple might be very different depending on exactly how big the slices were. Same with cereal and rice and stuff. It can settle so the volume isn't really accurate anymore. The only things I don't weigh are stuff like slices of bread or crackers -- stuff that you count by number.

I'll do bread by weight if I don't have a brand to go off of or they're odd shaped slices (like with round loafs), mainly because the air volume in the bread can really alter the nutrition profile or the slices vary in size.

I do weigh bread, esp bread that is not cut or odd sizes.