How big is a bowl?
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sbeltramelli
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When I am tracking food, I usually weight things, so I know how many calories I am eating, but I struggle when I look for soups in the food database and it gives you so many calories for "1 bowl"
It confused me because I don't know if my soup bowls are too big or too small or average.
Does anybody roughly know how many ml an average soup bowl has?
thanks
It confused me because I don't know if my soup bowls are too big or too small or average.
Does anybody roughly know how many ml an average soup bowl has?
thanks
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I had no idea there was a standard soup bowl size. But I'm curious to see if you get an answer that makes sense.1
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There is no standard bowl size. If you are eating soup, I am assuming you either made it (use recipe calculator on MFP to figure out calories) or log it from what the back of the can says.3
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Bowl of what.?0
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Does your soup say a serving size? Like half the can, or an amount of ounces? A food scale might help.2
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It is homemade soup, I can't look in the can to see how many calories there is on it.
I made a carrot and coriander soup, I checked in the food database to see how many calories it has, roughly.
Well, it says "1 bowl" is about 100 calories, that is why I wondered if my kitchen soup bowls are standard.1 -
I did a Google search and the most common answer was 8 oz = a cup of soup, and 12 oz = a bowl of soup. 1 oz = about 29.5 ml.4
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Most canned soups give you the calorie count by measurement. (ex- 1 cup = 110 calories) therefore all you have to do is measure.0
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Use the recipe calculator. It will ask you how many servings your recipe makes, thus you will determine what "1 bowl" is.8
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in general, if I come across an item in the database that says something arbitrary as the serving, I move along to an item that is more quantified or I enter it myself.4
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Bowl of what.?
As much as you can squeeze in there2 -
use the recipie calculator4
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Smaller than you think it is.6
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In the food service industry it varies. A cup is usually 8 fl. oz. But a bowl can be 12, 16 or 20 fl. oz. Best to find a more precise option in the database or measure it out.0
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I try to add the ingredients into the recipe calculator myself when someone has listed a non defined serving size. But I know that takes a lot of time and if I'm in a hurry, I just go with whatever seems closest in the database, or wait until I have time to do it.0
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best thing to do - measure it out with a food scale0
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how long is a piece of string8
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Use the recipe calculator. It will ask you how many servings your recipe makes, thus you will determine what "1 bowl" is.
Yup - use the calculator and just set the serving size to a measurement you know (like 1 cup - a measuring cup). Then you can adjust the number of cups in your diary to fit in with how many calories of that soup you want to eat.1 -
I couldn't get my hands in the toilet enough to measure...
Oh wait.. Sorry.1 -
Bowl of what.?3
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Everything I make at home, I have a sheet of paper there with me and I track the calories I'm using for each item. When I'm done and before I serve any of it, I weigh out servings so that they are the same amount. I then divide the total calories in my recipe by how many servings. This can be a huge eye-opener, especially when it comes to using oil in recipes. I've learned that when cooking (other than baked goods), that I can usually cut the oil in half.
After I'm done, if we liked the recipe, then I'll add it all into the recipe database. If I happen to use different brands the next time, I'll modify the recipe I need to rather than add it all over again.1
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