Could I seriously have eaten 190g of shreddies?

unlikely, I just filled a bowl sized tupperware with (fake) shreddies, and couldn't fit more than 160g in, and that would have been a big bowl. Is 500g the net weight, does it include the pox and packet? My fake shreddies say 30g is a serving size, I'd double that at least to 60g to be on the safe size as serving sizes are not usually generous and leave it at that.

I just had one normal bowl of cereal and didn't know how much weight in grams it was and I therefore couldn't see the calories. There are 500g in a box and I had just a normal - large bowl of it. I ate it and then I weighed the rest of the bag of cereal and apparently there's only 310g of shreddies left in the bag? 190g? Could a bowl even take 190g worth of shreddies it wasn't even like a mixing bowl or any thing, just a normal-ish bowl. Please help me some one.

Reminds me of a quote from statisticians, "statistics don't lie, but people who make statistics do". Just trying to say, make sure the numbers you're reading are right. If they are right, then mathematically yes you did. Make sure you're not confused about ounces and grams. Make sure your scale is set to grams.

Shreddies do weigh a lot. You do not get many shreddies in 30g so a large bowl would weigh quite a bit.

I don't eat shreddies personally, but I know that 30g of special K (which is one serving according to the box) isn't very much so I can imagine that it's possible to fit 160g in a bowl, as long as it's a large bowl. What I do is measure out the cereal before I put it in the bowl.

cereal weighs in really heavy.. to have 30g is a TINY portion

I think I could get about 100g in my bowls if I filled to the top. The 30g servings they recommend are TINY.
190g sounds a bit extreme though, why don't you pour another bowl in. Put the bowl on the scales, set to zero and weigh to where you roughly had it last time.

Shreddies are pretty dense, so it's entirely possible.

Having nutritional information on the side of the packet along the lines of "1 Serving = X Calories", means it's easy to think that a "serving" is what you'd consider a normal amount, when in fact you're probably eating far more than a serving.

Few people have any idea what food weighs until they try it on the scales. You don't have to weigh it every day, but you do need to have an idea of how much you're eating. You do have scales, so what you need to do is to put the bowl on the scales, zero the counter, add the amount you'd normally eat, and see how much it weighs.

You may find you've been eating far more than you think, I certainly did - none of us got this fat by overestimating their food!

"Block" items such as weetabix or shredded wheat instead of shreddies make it far harder to "accidentally" add a bit more.

The stated weights on the boxes are never accurate anyways...

Really? In the UK, and in fact throughout the EU we have strict labelling laws which are rigorously enforced. If you're from a developed country I'd be surprised if this wasn't the case where you are too.

I've weighed out 30g of shreddies and it's about 6. I've also done what i think a normal bowl is and it was 90g! So depending on your bowl and how much you think a big but normal bowl counts as then it is possible!

The weights can be up to 25% over the stated weight. They can't be under, though. But they often include the box and any other packaging too.

Here, in the UK, if the weights include the packaging they must clearly state either "Gross" or "Including Packaging".

These days, in accordance with EU directives, a very small percentage of the items tested are allowed to be under the stated weight, but only by a very small amount, for instance you'd be looking at (for instance) 15g in a 500g box.

Is it more likely that the box was drastically underweight, or that the OP poured a lot more into the bowl than they thought?

Mrchantele123, we're all curious, weigh a bowlful and let us know - or maybe someone was playing a trick on you! :bigsmile: