How to measure calories of Haagen Dazs ice cream?

If ur eating ice cream I don't really see the sense in even tracking ur calories..

Cool story bro.

Clearly were training with entirely different goals in mind then.

Most definitely. I want to reach my physique and fitness goals while being happy and enjoying my life and not depriving myself of things I enjoy, and you...well...enjoy your chicken and broccoli and sweet brotatoes.

It's kind of ignorant to make a defensive post under the assumption that ice cream makes me happy. I am very happy to choose fruit over ice cream or a large salad over a cheeseburger. Healthy food is delicious, I have no desire to eat a pop tart or snickers.

I'm not trying to lose weight now I'm just trying to maintain my current weight so I don't want to exclude any food from my diet. It says on the container that- net weight/net volume: 392g/ 473ml. Question: does the net weight include the weight of the container?? 1 container contains 4 servings.

You are going to eat the whole container, right? And you know how many calories in the whole container, right?

Just divide the total calories by the number of days it takes to eat the container, it'll be more than close enough.

I just meant, if you're trying to lose weight, why would u even eat ice cream

Does the nutritional info say how many serves per container? Can you work out the weight of each "serve" that way?

It says 100ml is 250cal it's not in gram that's why I'm having a hard time figuring out what to do ...

Ice cream in Canada is always labeled in mLs. It's a pain in the *kitten*. I weigh the whole tub, and I know how much the tub itself weighs, so subtract that amount, then figure out the cals etc. /100g (you figure out the total cals from the info provided and then do the math). It's annoying but if you create a My Foods for it, you only have to do it once per flavor.

Do they come in standard size tubs? In the US they are always a pint and have 4 servings per tub.

Not sure about Hagan Daas, but most brands come in plastic tubs or boxes; 2L of ice cream. Standard plastic tub is 75g, box is close. A serving is usually 125 mL, so 16 servings. A little pint like that I'd just eyeball my 4 servings, but bigger tub is harder, plus I have to share mine Easier if I can just log a g-based serving of whatever size I want

Nutritional data for Canada here (using Vanilla as an example):

http://haagen-dazs.ca/hd-en/products/ice-cream/vanilla.aspx

Nutritional data for the US here:

http://www.haagendazs.com/Products/Product/2473

Interestingly they are slightly different even though they both have 1/2 cup as a serving size. The Canadian one has 1g of each macro more and 20 calories more, which would lead me to believe that a tub of HD in Canada is a tad bigger than in the US. [It is a similar story for other flavors as well].

Serving size is 106g in the US - so in Canada, if its a bit bigger (by about 8%), then a serving there is 114g.



Yes....I am that sad that I just did that calculation!

I haven't read past your comment so I'm not sure if anyone addresses this later but in the US most of our "pint" size tubs are not actually a pint or 4 servings anymore. They're only 3.5 servings. Just like the "1/2 gallon" tubs are not a full 1/2 gallon anymore either.

Does the nutritional info say how many serves per container? Can you work out the weight of each "serve" that way?

It says 100ml is 250cal it's not in gram that's why I'm having a hard time figuring out what to do ...

Ice cream in Canada is always labeled in mLs. It's a pain in the *kitten*. I weigh the whole tub, and I know how much the tub itself weighs, so subtract that amount, then figure out the cals etc. /100g (you figure out the total cals from the info provided and then do the math). It's annoying but if you create a My Foods for it, you only have to do it once per flavor.

Do they come in standard size tubs? In the US they are always a pint and have 4 servings per tub.

Not sure about Hagan Daas, but most brands come in plastic tubs or boxes; 2L of ice cream. Standard plastic tub is 75g, box is close. A serving is usually 125 mL, so 16 servings. A little pint like that I'd just eyeball my 4 servings, but bigger tub is harder, plus I have to share mine Easier if I can just log a g-based serving of whatever size I want

Nutritional data for Canada here (using Vanilla as an example):

http://haagen-dazs.ca/hd-en/products/ice-cream/vanilla.aspx

Nutritional data for the US here:

http://www.haagendazs.com/Products/Product/2473

Interestingly they are slightly different even though they both have 1/2 cup as a serving size. The Canadian one has 1g of each macro more and 20 calories more, which would lead me to believe that a tub of HD in Canada is a tad bigger than in the US. [It is a similar story for other flavors as well].

Serving size is 106g in the US - so in Canada, if its a bit bigger (by about 8%), then a serving there is 114g.



Yes....I am that sad that I just did that calculation!

I haven't read past your comment so I'm not sure if anyone addresses this later but in the US most of our "pint" size tubs are not actually a pint or 4 servings anymore. They're only 3.5 servings. Just like the "1/2 gallon" tubs are not a full 1/2 gallon anymore either.

Mine say..."still a pint" on them. I am in the US.

*runs off to double check all of them*....will take a while


ETA: wtf....I was thinking of BnJ....I checked my HD....3.5 servings...what unholy shenanigans is this????

HD cut back to 14 oz a couple years ago to combat rising ingredient cost. Since Ben & Jerry's is owned by Unilever, they don't have that problem, their "still a pint" lids are a snarky pot shot at HD.

I just eat the whole package. Then I don't have to worry about weighing it.