This is why we always tell you to use grams and not cups!
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Wynterbourne wrote: »baciodolce18 wrote: »
No, it's not. The label explicitly says 1 cup (56g) dry.
Yeah the label is weird. What brand is it?
Private Selection by Kroger. Basically an "upscale" version of a generic supermarket brand.0 -
Wynterbourne wrote: »baciodolce18 wrote: »
No, it's not. The label explicitly says 1 cup (56g) dry.
All the pasta labels in my cupboard are also for dry weight (though for 100g; they also say 1/5 of box, no cup measurement at all). Calories for cooked weight would be so much easier.0 -
RunRachelleRun wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »baciodolce18 wrote: »
No, it's not. The label explicitly says 1 cup (56g) dry.
All the pasta labels in my cupboard are also for dry weight (though for 100g; they also say 1/5 of box, no cup measurement at all). Calories for cooked weight would be so much easier.
Unfortunately, cooked weight will vary every single time based on how long it is cooked. The longer it is cooked the more water it will absorb and the more it will weigh. The calories would always be different weighing the cooked amount. The dry weight doesn't ever vary.12 -
I cook lentils and beans every week and can attest to this.Wynterbourne wrote: »RunRachelleRun wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »baciodolce18 wrote: »
No, it's not. The label explicitly says 1 cup (56g) dry.
All the pasta labels in my cupboard are also for dry weight (though for 100g; they also say 1/5 of box, no cup measurement at all). Calories for cooked weight would be so much easier.
Unfortunately, cooked weight will vary every single time based on how long it is cooked. The longer it is cooked the more water it will absorb and the more it will weigh. The calories would always be different weighing the cooked amount. The dry weight doesn't ever vary.
This week, my lentils in particular were heavy. I weighed out 126 grams dry and came out with over 400 grams cooked.
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VintageFeline wrote: »baciodolce18 wrote: »
This just makes the cups thing even weirder because depneding on how you like your pasta cooked will make the variances even more unpredictable!
Looking forward to the day US nutrition labels ditch the cups (does anywhere else do this? Obviously we don;t in the UK).
Canada uses a mix of Imperial and metric.0 -
Wynterbourne wrote: »MissusMoon wrote: »Yep!
One minor nitpick, is that cooked pasta on the scale?
Nope. That's what campanelle looks like raw. I'm fully aware that the pasta package says 'dry' as part of the serving size.
It's cool, I just couldn't tell!3 -
Virtually every pasta has a 2 oz/56 grams serving size dry.1
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Great thread op! Well done!!3
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Wynterbourne wrote: »
Is that the oxo scale with the pull out display?0 -
BTW... ALL my pasta says the same thing as this label, a serving is 56 grams (2oz.) dry. I have never seen one that says one cup cooked.3
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Colorscheme wrote: »Virtually every pasta has a 2 oz/56 grams serving size dry.
True, but what I was pointing out was that the weight of one cup, for all of those people that insist that because the label also says 56g equals 1 cup, isn't always the case. They insist they can't be underestimating their calories because they used a level cup. But this shows that one level cup is NOT always the 56g that the package claims. It happens all the time.3 -
melissa6771 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »
Is that the oxo scale with the pull out display?
Yeppers. I got the one with an 11lb capacity. They also make a 5lb one.0 -
Wynterbourne wrote: »melissa6771 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »
Is that the oxo scale with the pull out display?
Yeppers. I got the one with an 11lb capacity. They also make a 5lb one.
Do you love it? I was looking at that one but wondered whether the pull out would be more likely to break
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I must confess my colleagues think that I am mad because I have a set of scale at my desk at work (measuring out oats for my breakfast) - insisting that I should just use a measuring cup. I might have to print out that photo and put it upon my wall to get people to stop with the comments.
Meanwhile, my wife makes a similar complaint, but that's more about the fact that I inist on weighing things when I am trying to lose weight, so it takes a little longer to make dinner (however I must confess that I never bother to weigh mushrooms, carrots, capsicum or broccoli).6 -
Great post OP. Weigh your food people!!4
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It's the America's Test Kitchen top pick for digital food scales. I have the 11 pound one as well. The five pound capacity one is half the price.Wynterbourne wrote: »
The pull out doesn't seem at all fragile.melissa6771 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »melissa6771 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »
Is that the oxo scale with the pull out display?
Yeppers. I got the one with an 11lb capacity. They also make a 5lb one.
Do you love it? I was looking at that one but wondered whether the pull out would be more likely to break
Now, can anyone tell me how to make grams the default when it turns on?1 -
Colorscheme wrote: »Virtually every pasta has a 2 oz/56 grams serving size dry.
This, exactly this.0 -
melissa6771 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »melissa6771 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »
Is that the oxo scale with the pull out display?
Yeppers. I got the one with an 11lb capacity. They also make a 5lb one.
Do you love it? I was looking at that one but wondered whether the pull out would be more likely to break
Very much so. I've had it for a very long time and haven't had a problem yet.0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »
It's the America's Test Kitchen top pick for digital food scales. I have the 11 pound one as well. The five pound capacity one is half the price.Wynterbourne wrote: »
The pull out doesn't seem at all fragile.melissa6771 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »melissa6771 wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »
Is that the oxo scale with the pull out display?
Yeppers. I got the one with an 11lb capacity. They also make a 5lb one.
Do you love it? I was looking at that one but wondered whether the pull out would be more likely to break
Now, can anyone tell me how to make grams the default when it turns on?
Strange, for me it's always stayed with whatever it was set to when it turned off. I wonder if some of them were 'defective'.1 -
MarvelGrrl wrote: »Colorscheme wrote: »Virtually every pasta has a 2 oz/56 grams serving size dry.
This, exactly this.
Yes, I realize this, and as I stated before, that's not the point of this post. I just happened to use pasta for the example. As you can see by the photo, my package of pasta also listed cups, like many other foods do, and the point of the picture was that the serving size volume can't be trusted. Only trust and use the weight. I only used pasta as an example because it happened to be the most glaringly obvious example that I'd seen recently.6
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