Weird question about weighing food.

BornxVillain
BornxVillain Posts: 79 Member
edited November 8 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey everyone! Hope you all are doing great. :)

I have a weird question that I will try my best to explain..
Persay you have a box of crackers, and the serving size is 22 crackers / 30 grams? You weigh out your crackers to 30grams, and for some reason you count them and suddenly you have persay 34 crackers instead of 22? Should I just eat the original 22 crackers despite the 30gram measurement or follow the 30gram serving?

I hope I was able to explain that well enough.. thank you for any help. :)

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  • Branstin
    Branstin Posts: 2,320 Member
    edited November 2014
    It isn't weird because nutritional labeling isn't always accurate. I would use the 30 grams. I have a similar issue with my oatmeal. A serving size is supposed to be 1/2 cup or 40 grams but 1/2 cup is more than 40 grams so I use the 40 grams.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    Always use the weight if there's a discrepancy.
  • BornxVillain
    BornxVillain Posts: 79 Member
    Thank you so much for your response! I have these thin cracker breads that are super airy and thin, and the serving size is 18g / 3 crackers, but I always get 4 crackers out of the 18g so I just was wondering if I should follow the measurement or the serving size.
  • BornxVillain
    BornxVillain Posts: 79 Member
    Thank you so much both of you! Feel a lot better now. :)
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »
    Always use the weight if there's a discrepancy.

    ^This. Always Always Always use weight when given the option.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    always weigh, as its way more accurate than labeling.
  • funchords
    funchords Posts: 413 Member
    BornxVillain wrote: »
    I have a weird question that I will try my best to explain..
    Persay you have a box of crackers, and the serving size is 22 crackers / 30 grams? You weigh out your crackers to 30grams, and for some reason you count them and suddenly you have persay 34 crackers instead of 22?
    You've got the answer from the nice folks above, but that really is weird. What's the product?

  • nuvimi
    nuvimi Posts: 103 Member
    "Persay" is not a word...
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    nuvimi wrote: »
    "Persay" is not a word...
    +10 OMG.
  • Patttience
    Patttience Posts: 975 Member
    22 crackers is not diet food. Don't eat them.
  • BeTheChange352
    BeTheChange352 Posts: 253 Member
    since you have a scale to weigh your food just get into the habit of weighing everything possible now. I guarantee the serving size amounts will be wrong the majority of the time. I eat almonds and cashews a lot. 28g never equals 28 nuts. I get those packaged apple slices from Burger King and even those are wrong every time. sometimes it's quite a bit more or a quite a bit less.
  • moremuffins
    moremuffins Posts: 46 Member
    nuvimi wrote: »
    "Persay" is not a word...

    Why does no one know how to properly use ellipses? I do love the irony though.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    I would suggest using the number of crackers instead of the weight. The machine that makes the crackers uses the same amount each time. The difference in weight could be due to the crackers drying out or the crackers they tested having had a little more moisture. Since water has no calories, replacing water weight with another cracker will result in more calories.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    edited November 2014
    I weigh everything. If I grab some crackers that are supposed to be 30 grams for 20 crackers but 20 crackers is only 22g, then I mark 22grams. I've still lost weight. I do not go by the label unless when I weigh it it's pretty much always on point. Which so far has only been my plain rice crackers (which actually tend to be 1g heavier always) and pudding/jello cups because those are just a pain to weigh unless I were transferring them out (but I have weighed before and after eating and it was just about the serving weight indicated).
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    Patttience wrote: »
    22 crackers is not diet food. Don't eat them.

    Oh, guess those times I've eaten 22+ crackers in a sitting and still lost weight because I was under my calorie goal were just a figment of my imagination.
  • scrittrice
    scrittrice Posts: 345 Member
    The weight is always the "official" number. The serving size (number of crackers, 1/2 cup, etc.) is added for the convenience of consumers but isn't tightly regulated.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    Who really wants to eat "diet food" anyway? If you're eating stuff you wouldn't normally eat, you'll end up gaining weight when you go off your diet.
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