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grams in a 1/2 cup of ice cream?
angelicprettyy
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I have a scale and I measure out all my food but on my ice cream container it lists one serving as 125ml. Do I just use a 1/2 measuring cup and estimate? Or how do I find out what it is in grams?
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Do you measure or weigh your food? If you can weigh it. Ounce to gram conversion on google.0
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Did you trying doing an internet search for the amount in grams? That would be my suggestion.
Also what kind of company gives the measurement for a solid in mL? What jerks.0 -
I do measure and weigh. Okay, I did that and I got 119g... but I've been reading around and some people said that a 1/2 cup of ice cream is 68g, then another said 90g?0
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I think it's a Canadian thing.Did you trying doing an internet search for the amount in grams? That would be my suggestion.
Also what kind of company gives the measurement for a solid in mL? What jerks.
All of the ice cream here is in mL. I tried doing the search but nothing came up. 0 -
1/2 cup is about 118 grams
edit: I am a retard. I did this measurement today for spinach. So I think for ice cream the number would be different. Sorry, didn't mean to give you bad info.0 -
Milliliters (volume) do not convert easily to grams (mass).
Do your best guess. Weighing is best for ice cream.0 -
Too funny. I did this same research last night. I found that for most ice creams 60-65grams is equal to 1/2 cup. I am in the US and after all my research on how much a 1/2 cup ice cream weighed, found out from a post on here that the container likely has it in grams too. I simply weight out 122 grams (as my Friendly's light Black Raspberry was 61g per serving) on my food scale. Good luck and enjoy0
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1/2 cup is about 118 grams
Oh? Because 1/2 cup of my vanilla ice cream is 60g. and 1/2 cup of my Sorbet is 100g. And 1/2 of my gelato is 110g.
I'm gonna say that kind of thing varies0 -
In a perfect world, one gram of pure water is equal weight to one ml.. So if you were measuring pure water, you could do that.. With anything else, it has a different density, so the equation is a lot more convoluted as you have to know the relative density and weight.. It's all. To. Hard. If you are going to have ice cream regularly, you could always melt it down, measure it out to 125mls and then weigh that in grams so you know for sure... Me personally! I'd just eat the ice cream and enjoy every mouthful.
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Milliliters (volume) do not convert easily to grams (mass).
Do your best guess. Weighing is best for ice cream.
Also this.
What brand is it? Maybe an not Canadian version is in the database?0 -
I imagine that mass of ice cream could vary greatly depending on brand. Just weigh what you want and log according the weight listed on the label.0
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I do measure and weigh. Okay, I did that and I got 119g... but I've been reading around and some people said that a 1/2 cup of ice cream is 68g, then another said 90g?
Okay, I like you. List what you weighed and move on; oh and enjoy the ice cream!0 -
It's Breyer's, but I think that's an exclusively Canadian one...Milliliters (volume) do not convert easily to grams (mass).
Do your best guess. Weighing is best for ice cream.
Also this.
What brand is it? Maybe an not Canadian version is in the database?0 -
I noticed that my digital scale has a unit for mL but I never use it. I have also noticed, that whatever weight in grams it is usually equal in mL. Not sure how accurate this is...0
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I think grams only equal mL exactly if it's a liquid.I noticed that my digital scale has a unit for mL but I never use it. I have also noticed, that whatever weight in grams it is usually equal in mL. Not sure how accurate this is...0 -
It's Breyer's, but I think that's an exclusively Canadian one...Milliliters (volume) do not convert easily to grams (mass).
Do your best guess. Weighing is best for ice cream.
Also this.
What brand is it? Maybe an not Canadian version is in the database?
Can you tell us what kind? Worst that happens is you're right and it's only in Canada and you have to guess/do a really confusing formula. Best case it's not exclusive.0 -
I imagine that mass of ice cream could vary greatly depending on brand. Just weigh what you want and log according the weight listed on the label.
What they said. Every brand of ice cream is going to have various gram amounts.0 -
Chocolate chip cookie dough.
It's Breyer's, but I think that's an exclusively Canadian one...Milliliters (volume) do not convert easily to grams (mass).
Do your best guess. Weighing is best for ice cream.
Also this.
What brand is it? Maybe an not Canadian version is in the database?
Can you tell us what kind? Worst that happens is you're right and it's only in Canada and you have to guess/do a really confusing formula. Best case it's not exclusive.
Just did some intense googling and found out it's 68g. Oh my gosh, this is complicated just for icecream- but totally worth it. Thanks everyone 0 -
Yes, 68g. I bought that one once
But man they are jerks in Canada!0 -
There are 236 ml in a cup.
So 118 ml in a scoop (1/2 cup)
Most of the world works in ml units for ice cream. It's not like Canada is special, oh?0 -
Chocolate chip cookie dough.
It's Breyer's, but I think that's an exclusively Canadian one...Milliliters (volume) do not convert easily to grams (mass).
Do your best guess. Weighing is best for ice cream.
Also this.
What brand is it? Maybe an not Canadian version is in the database?
Can you tell us what kind? Worst that happens is you're right and it's only in Canada and you have to guess/do a really confusing formula. Best case it's not exclusive.
Just did some intense googling and found out it's 68g. Oh my gosh, this is complicated just for icecream- but totally worth it. Thanks everyone
Awesome. I imagine you're pleased you didn't go with 118g in the end, lol0 -
There are 236 ml in a cup.
So 118 ml in a scoop (1/2 cup)
Most of the world works in ml units for ice cream. It's not like Canada is special, oh?
How does measure a solid in mL? Does most of the world melt it down first or do they have special 'ice cream' settings on their scale?0 -
There are 236 ml in a cup.
So 118 ml in a scoop (1/2 cup)
Most of the world works in ml units for ice cream. It's not like Canada is special, oh?
How does measure a solid in mL? Does most of the world melt it down first or do they have special 'ice cream' settings on their scale?
Grams --> cups --> mls
use a scoop or often labels have a mixed unit with g and ml or I google it.0 -
There are 236 ml in a cup.
So 118 ml in a scoop (1/2 cup)
Most of the world works in ml units for ice cream. It's not like Canada is special, oh?
How does measure a solid in mL? Does most of the world melt it down first or do they have special 'ice cream' settings on their scale?
Grams --> cups --> mls
use a scoop or often labels have a mixed unit.
How to Convert Milliliters to Grams if Measuring Anything Other than water
If you are measuring a substance other than pure water, you have to account for the substance's density.
Determine the substance's density. Density is mass per unit volume. Therefore, density measures the compactness of a substance [3]. Often your question will provide you with the density. Other times you may need to look up the density on a chart or table. Make sure your density units are in g/ml. If not convert them.
The density of water is 1 g/ml. Therefore if your substance's density is higher than 1 g/ml then your substance is more dense than water. If your substance's density is less than 1 g/ml, then your substance's density is less than water.
For example, if I was trying to convert 10 mls of ethanol to grams. I would look up the density of ethanol, and find it is 789.00 kg/m³. I would then need to convert kg/m³ to g/ml. I know that kg/m³ = 1,000g/100x100x100cm³ = 0.001g/cm³ = .0001g/ml. Knowing this, I would multiply 789.00 kg/m³ by 0.001g/ml and get 0.789 g/ml, as the density of ethanol.
Multiply mls by density. Multiply the mls of your substance by its density in g/ml. The ml units will cancel, and you will be left with grams and your answer.
For example if I was trying to convert 10 mls of ethanol to grams. I would multiply 10 mls by 0.789 g/ml, and get 7.89 grams. I now know that 10 mls of ethanol weighs 7.89 grams.
Note that ethanol weighs less than the same volume of water. Remember, 10 mls of water is equal to 10 grams of water. But here we found that 10 mls of ethanol only weighs 7.89 grams. This is because ethanol is less dense than water.
Conversely, if your substance was more dense than water, its density was greater than 1, your substance would weigh more than the same volume of pure water.
So. Yeah. Grams->cups->mLs.
Seems simple. :indifferent:
I'd imagine most places have a mixed label, which makes sense I guess, but the OP's label clearly didn't. Using the Grams-cup-mL method you suggested she would have eaten 118g of ice cream instead of 60someoddgrams.0 -
I've always just scooped it with a measuring cup. It would never occur to me to weigh ice cream...There are 236 ml in a cup.
So 118 ml in a scoop (1/2 cup)
Most of the world works in ml units for ice cream. It's not like Canada is special, oh?
How does measure a solid in mL? Does most of the world melt it down first or do they have special 'ice cream' settings on their scale?0 -
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I've always just scooped it with a measuring cup. It would never occur to me to weigh ice cream...There are 236 ml in a cup.
So 118 ml in a scoop (1/2 cup)
Most of the world works in ml units for ice cream. It's not like Canada is special, oh?
How does measure a solid in mL? Does most of the world melt it down first or do they have special 'ice cream' settings on their scale?
I'd be willing to bed money the amount your eating is what you think it is. I can fit 100g of ice cream into a half cup, for example, but according to the carton 60g is a half box.
Not that it matters. I eat whatever amount pleases my eyes/stomach but for people who care about that kind of thing it could be a issue.0 -
There are 236 ml in a cup.
So 118 ml in a scoop (1/2 cup)
Most of the world works in ml units for ice cream. It's not like Canada is special, eh?
Fixed that for you.
/is Canadian
Tabernacle et Merci. Forgetting the local lingo.0 -
Yes, 68g. I bought that one once
But man they are jerks in Canada!
Thanks Harper.0 -
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