grams to ounces / not doable

mrsgolfie
mrsgolfie Posts: 42 Member
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Why is alot of food in grams like pasta/spagetti? I would like to eat 1 l/2 cups of cooked pasta, but can't figure out what to enter on food log...
grams to ounces or cups ....omg the logging is frustrating sometimes...Any help??

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  • khartley535
    khartley535 Posts: 151 Member
    I know that 2oz of dry spaghetti is about 1 cup cooked. As for other types, what does it say on the packaging? It should tell you what a "prepared" portion is and then you can enter it in your diary yourself.
  • Huskeryogi
    Huskeryogi Posts: 578 Member
    1 gram = 0.0352739619 ounces

    http://www.onlineconversion.com/

    I use this site quite a bit.
  • 13hirteen
    13hirteen Posts: 94 Member
    http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/cup-to-gram-conversions/detail.aspx

    This chart might be handy, too, if you want to get a general idea of what equates to what.
    That said, I must admit that US cups still seem to be a bloody weird measurement, even with context. :)
  • otr12
    otr12 Posts: 632 Member
    http://www.metric-conversions.org/weight/grams-to-ounces.htm

    I use this several times a day.
  • ♥_Ellybean_♥
    ♥_Ellybean_♥ Posts: 1,646 Member
    28grams is 1 oz = 8oz is 1 cup

    http://www.metric-conversions.org/weight/grams-to-ounces.htm
  • ♥_Ellybean_♥
    ♥_Ellybean_♥ Posts: 1,646 Member
    wrong info
  • ♥_Ellybean_♥
    ♥_Ellybean_♥ Posts: 1,646 Member
    double post sorry
  • blazergrad
    blazergrad Posts: 603 Member
    If you use Google Chrome as your browser, you can just type what you want to convert right into the "address" line .... for example, key in "ounces in 28 grams", hit 'enter' and it will return the results. You can also do this in the search box on Google.com.
  • Geordie_Girl
    Geordie_Girl Posts: 175 Member
    I find the exact opposite, I often have to trawl through LOADS of foods to find something in grams rather than oz, cups, some other obscure American/Imperial measurement. It's just down to what the original member added the food as, since most are member submitted.
  • ignatiusreilly
    ignatiusreilly Posts: 411 Member
    And my kids ask me "Why do I need to study this math? I'll never need it again!".

    Case closed.
  • mea9
    mea9 Posts: 561 Member
    I find the exact opposite, I often have to trawl through LOADS of foods to find something in grams rather than oz, cups, some other obscure American/Imperial measurement. It's just down to what the original member added the food as, since most are member submitted.

    I just punch in "cabbage raw grams" it comes up. It's the easiest because I use a scale:)
  • SixCatFaerie
    SixCatFaerie Posts: 690 Member
    If you use Google Chrome as your browser, you can just type what you want to convert right into the "address" line .... for example, key in "ounces in 28 grams", hit 'enter' and it will return the results. You can also do this in the search box on Google.com.

    Yep! (Thankfully!)
  • Larius
    Larius Posts: 507 Member
    The best way is to weigh it dry on a gram scale, and go by grams. This will give you the most accurate measurement because the label is accurate based on the grams listed and any other measurement, like cups, is just an estimate.
  • MIMITIME
    MIMITIME Posts: 405 Member
    I just gave in and bought a food scale that weighs in grams. It cost about 10 dollars. Problem is, I didn't realize it doesn't weigh in ounces also. Now I have to divide the total grams by 28 to get the ounces. I may splurge and get a scale that does both.
  • kendernau
    kendernau Posts: 155 Member
    The problem with converting grams to ounces/cups is they are apples and oranges.

    Grams is mass, ounces/lbs is weight, ounces/cups is volume.

    The denser the food, the more grams it will take to fill a cup.

    Having said that, the numbers that have been listed before are still useful as rules of thumb. If you can't weigh/measure something, and you have to eyeball it, for most people their estimate will be further off than the difference due to the grams->cups conversion.
  • Geordie_Girl
    Geordie_Girl Posts: 175 Member
    Erm....grams is weight :huh:
  • kendernau
    kendernau Posts: 155 Member
    Correction to my post. Pound is also mass - lb-force is the weight/force measurement (1lb = 1lb-force at 1G).

    Double checked, and gram is mass - not weight. Metric measure for weight/force is Newtons.

    Not much difference between weight and mass for us poor earthlings stuck on the surface though :)
  • MikeSEA
    MikeSEA Posts: 1,074 Member
    Correction to my post. Pound is also mass - lb-force is the weight/force measurement (1lb = 1lb-force at 1G).

    Double checked, and gram is mass - not weight. Metric measure for weight/force is Newtons.

    Not much difference between weight and mass for us poor earthlings stuck on the surface though :)

    Yeah I think the distinction between mass and weight isn't super important unless you plan on changing the force due to gravity at some point.
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