Hate measuring ice cream..

Even if it gives the serving size by volume, doesn't the package indicate the weight for the entire package? You could just divide the total weight by the number of servings to get the per-serving weight.

Dude just weigh your ice cream to 1/2 cup which is 4 oz!

4 fluid oz. Solid foods aren't going to be the same as liquids. Also the density matters. Half a cup of my every day ice cream is 62 grams. Half a cup of my favorite gelato is 104 grams.

Oh shoot! So now I have to melt it measure it and refreeze it?

True!!

Even if it gives the serving size by volume, doesn't the package indicate the weight for the entire package? You could just divide the total weight by the number of servings to get the per-serving weight.

This is an excellent answer to your conundrum and also this:

Also, based on your prior posts, you appear to be spending an inordinate amount of time fretting over this type of thing. You are 19 and bulking.

You mean I've been doing it wrong this whole time? I take a bowl and put it on my scale...zero it out. Then, I put whatever gram amount for a serving size in the bowl...and eat it.

Nope that's the right way.

Nope, that's the wrong way. I'm not going to let Ben and Jerry tell me I can have to exactly eat a half of a cup of ice cream at a time. I put the bowl on the scale, zero it out, then put the amount of ice cream I want in the bowl, divide the grams I'm going to eat by the grams in the serving size, and eat the ice cream, whether it's two-fifths of a cup (because it's just there to adorn a warm cookie or brownie), or three-quarters of a cup-- that's my decision. Mr. Ben and Mr. Jerry may make delicious ice cream, but no way they get to decide how much I eat at one sitting. (Same with Mr. Kellogg -- I'm deciding how much cereal goes in the bowl, not the label on the package.)

The stupid label on the 1000 ml tub indicates nutrition facts per 100 ml.

So the tub has 10 servings. Are you sharing it? If not, it's easy. Divide the number of servings on the container (10) by the number of times you eat it. If you eat it all up in 5 bowls (or times you eat ice cream), then you are eating 2 (10/5) servings at a time (on average). Eat it in 8 bowls, then you are eating 10/8 or 1.25 servings on average. Eat it over 12 times, then on average you are eating about 10/12 or .833 of a serving. If you're sharing it, you need to adjust for the amount other people ate. If 6 people sat down and finished the container in about equal amounts, each had about 10/6 or 1.67 servings.

Enter the nutrition information from the tub into MFP (unless it's already there) and then give your estimate of how much of a 10 serving container you had.

(I like the pint containers, because they usually say 4 servings. It's pretty easy to estimate whether I'm eating 1/4 (1 serving) or 1/5 (.8 serving). It's a little harder with 10 servings, but after awhile you can get pretty good at it.)

weighing it works. I also use a 1/2 cup potato scooper/disher makes it really easy to fill up and level off then it goes right into my bowl works like a charm.

What ice cream only has ml on the label? None that I have seen, and I have seen a lot.

Come to Canada. I've never seen ice cream that had anything but volume on the label. There's no weight measurement on the ones we have around here.

So how do you measure it?

What ice cream only has ml on the label? None that I have seen, and I have seen a lot.

Come to Canada. I've never seen ice cream that had anything but volume on the label. There's no weight measurement on the ones we have around here.

So how do you measure it?

I eye-ball it. I don't have ice cream often enough to worry about it. (Hubby on the other hand, just eats from the container, hahah!)

lol - I thought you were going to say 'messily'.

^^ That's what I do now too. But I eat enough that I had an empty bucket and a new one. :-D

What ice cream only has ml on the label? None that I have seen, and I have seen a lot.

Come to Canada. I've never seen ice cream that had anything but volume on the label. There's no weight measurement on the ones we have around here.

So how do you measure it?

This is why there are so many how do you measure ice cream threads. Canadian's ice cream is measured in half cups or milliliters. I like to measure everything in grams. I eat enough ice cream that I don't want to just guess. I know for my favourites now so I just stick to those.

You mean I've been doing it wrong this whole time? I take a bowl and put it on my scale...zero it out. Then, I put whatever gram amount for a serving size in the bowl...and eat it.

Nope that's the right way.

Nope, that's the wrong way. I'm not going to let Ben and Jerry tell me I can have to exactly eat a half of a cup of ice cream at a time. I put the bowl on the scale, zero it out, then put the amount of ice cream I want in the bowl, divide the grams I'm going to eat by the grams in the serving size, and eat the ice cream, whether it's two-fifths of a cup (because it's just there to adorn a warm cookie or brownie), or three-quarters of a cup-- that's my decision. Mr. Ben and Mr. Jerry may make delicious ice cream, but no way they get to decide how much I eat at one sitting. (Same with Mr. Kellogg -- I'm deciding how much cereal goes in the bowl, not the label on the package.)

same for Mr. Daniels, Mr. Beam, and Capt. Morgan! :drinker: