Scale Measuring

gs0403
gs0403 Posts: 38 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi Everyone,

I'm having a difficult time with measuring my cereal. I use 1/2 cup which on the nutrition label = 30 G. When measuring I do 4oz on the scale...once I hit grams it gives me grams of 112G.

What should I be doing?

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  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    An ounce is about 28 1/3 grams, so 4 x 28.3 = 113.2. Your scale is right.

    30 grams is just a little more than one ounce.
  • gs0403
    gs0403 Posts: 38 Member
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    An ounce is about 28 1/3 grams, so 4 x 28.3 = 113.2. Your scale is right.

    30 grams is just a little more than one ounce.

    Thanks but why does the cereal box say serving size 1/2 cup (30G) for 210 CALS?? When 30 G does not equal 4 OZ
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    You're confusing FLUID ounces (8 fluid ounces = 1 cup; 4 fluid ounces = 1/2 cup) vs. WEIGHT ounces.

    Fluid ounces are a measure of volume; weight ounces are a measure of weight.

    I agree it can be confusing.
  • JohnBarth
    JohnBarth Posts: 672 Member
    Half cup (4oz) is a liquid weight. Dry items such as cereal weigh MUCH less.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Weigh it. Weighing and logging according to weight is always more accurate than measuring.
  • gs0403
    gs0403 Posts: 38 Member
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    You're confusing FLUID ounces (8 fluid ounces = 1 cup; 4 fluid ounces = 1/2 cup) vs. WEIGHT ounces.

    Fluid ounces are a measure of volume; weight ounces are a measure of weight.

    I agree it can be confusing.

    Ugh..so confusing I guess with some reading and practice I will get it right!
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