How to measure ice cream accurately?
tarcotti
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I'm curious how everyone here measures ice cream when they eat it. Honestly, its not that big of a deal, I've been eating low calorie ice cream or frozen yogurt almost every day for the past several months and my weight loss has been pretty accurate with MFP's projections so I figure I'm doing something right. Its just curiosity.
If you measure it in a measuring cup, do you pack it or not?
Do you measure it on a scale? The ice cream in the fridge right now is in ML and since my scale is in oz and grams I was just curious about what others do. I guess I could melt it down and try that approach haha.
If you measure it in a measuring cup, do you pack it or not?
Do you measure it on a scale? The ice cream in the fridge right now is in ML and since my scale is in oz and grams I was just curious about what others do. I guess I could melt it down and try that approach haha.
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weigh it. Whatever the serving weight size is what you should go by. Use your kitchen scale. google what it should be in grams. What kind of ice cream is it?0
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Right next to servings mine has 1/2 cup (65g) where the nutrition facts are. I always put a bowl on a scale and scoop out my portions into that, always.0
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I weigh mine. It's the most accurate way, IMO. Really hard to judge how much ice cream you are scooping out, and hard to pack it in to measuring cups.
I am loving my food scale. It makes calorie counting so much easier.
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I'm curious how everyone here measures ice cream when they eat it. Honestly, its not that big of a deal, I've been eating low calorie ice cream or frozen yogurt almost every day for the past several months and my weight loss has been pretty accurate with MFP's projections so I figure I'm doing something right. Its just curiosity.
If you measure it in a measuring cup, do you pack it or not?
Do you measure it on a scale? The ice cream in the fridge right now is in ML and since my scale is in oz and grams I was just curious about what others do. I guess I could melt it down and try that approach haha.
Do not measure it. Notoriously unreliable for calorie counting.
Get a digital scale, put the bowl on the scale, zero the scale with the bowl on it, then add the ice cream. Most commercial ice creams will give you calories in grams per serving.0 -
I have this little scoop that takes about 1/4 cup so I go by that. 2 of these scoops is 1/2 cup. That said, I almost never eat ice cream because it's so many calories for such a tiny amount. Frozen fruit lets me eat more.0
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Also for 15 bucks you can get a scale that will offer measurements in ml, oz, grams, etc.0
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I just eat the entire pint and then I know how many calories it was. :indifferent:1
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I weigh it.
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I just eat the entire pint and then I know how many calories it was. :indifferent:
That really simplifies things! Thanks for the tip. :bigsmile:0 -
Aqua-calc.com does a ml to grams conversion for different substances. I just looked and they have frozen yogurt. I would guess it would be similar for ice cream. 50 ml was 57 grams.0
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Right next to servings mine has 1/2 cup (65g) where the nutrition facts are. I always put a bowl on a scale and scoop out my portions into that, always.
This, exactly.0 -
I just eat the whole pint and log it.0
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When I buy a (paper) pint like Ben & Jerry's, I LITERALLY cut the carton into four equal parts. I enjoy one in a bowl, and put the other quarters into a gallon-sized Ziploc bag into the freezer.
Otherwise, I measure with a mental 1/2 cup measuring cup and I do pack the ice cream.
Or, I buy pre-portioned single servings; fudge bars, etc.0 -
I'm curious how everyone here measures ice cream when they eat it. Honestly, its not that big of a deal, I've been eating low calorie ice cream or frozen yogurt almost every day for the past several months and my weight loss has been pretty accurate with MFP's projections so I figure I'm doing something right. Its just curiosity.
If you measure it in a measuring cup, do you pack it or not?
Do you measure it on a scale? The ice cream in the fridge right now is in ML and since my scale is in oz and grams I was just curious about what others do. I guess I could melt it down and try that approach haha.
Always a food scale. Trying to use measuring cup is honestly harder, prone to error due to how it is packed, and food scales are cheap.
All foods I have seen give the measurement in grams in parenthesis, at least in the US. I have heard that is not the same case in Canada. If a weight is not given but the net weight is on the package, you can figure it out from the net weight and number of servings per container.0 -
I measure it using inches not cm because then it's a lower number.
Okay, seriously, best move is to weigh it.
Pro tip:
- Put the container on a food scale, press "tare" to zero it
- Scoop out your ice cream and put in the bowl
- Now the amount showing on the scale is how much to log, and you can safely lick the spoon0 -
water displacement test
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kitchen scale and a bowl. Weight not volume0
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I just eat the entire pint and then I know how many calories it was. :indifferent:
^^this is what I do too. :blushing:0 -
Before I got my food scale I was packing it into a 1/2 Cup measuring cup and then transfering it to an ice cream cone (my preferred way of enjoying this small of an amount of ice cream. It looks so pathetic in a bowl, haha). Anyhow, now that I have a scale with a grams setting, I use that instead. Guess what? I think in comparing the two methods- I actually get MORE now that I use the scale.
(P.S. Edy's churned Double Fudge Brownie ice cream is really, really good for a lower fat/calorie option. Just a tip!) :happy:0 -
i just eat the whole container so that their are no inaccuracies.1
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Yep...always weigh it in grams. Then add about a third more for that whole extra scoop you tried to sneak in AFTER you weighed the serving. 0
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I stand on the scale before I eat a pint and then again after. Usually there is no change so clearly there are insignificant calories in a pint. Not quite true when I eat a half-gallon, but I only do that a couple times a month. August I gained 12 pounds on my weight loss program. In September, I gained only 11. I'm liking the trend!1
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I weigh it. Almost every brand of ice cream I've had has been 60-65 grams for a serving. This is whether it's cookie dough, mint chocolate chip, or plain chocolate/vanilla. I think even the green tea ice cream I got once was in that range, though it seemed like a denser ice cream to me.0
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Food scale for sure. When I do eat ice cream.0
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I weigh it. I don't think I've evncountered ice cream that didn't have a measurement in grams.
Does you countainer have a net weight printed on it? If so, try dividing that by the number of servings.0 -
Be careful with using any methods that depend on "servings per container". The listed number of servings and the actual number of servings are usually not the same.0
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Yep...always weigh it in grams. Then add about a third more for that whole extra scoop you tried to sneak in AFTER you weighed the serving.
^^ That made me chuckle. ????0 -
Seems everyone here missed the part where the OP said the serving size is in ML...
I'd google the ice cream type and see if you can find how many grams is a serving size for it. It can be anywhere from 61g to 100g a serving or something. Personally... I just wouldn't buy ice cream with a ML serving size because it's a PITA.0 -
when my bowl is full it's the right amount :bigsmile:0
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