Logging ice cream!

ksmommy5
ksmommy5 Posts: 142 Member
edited November 17 in Food and Nutrition
So in Canada our ice cream nutrition labels are in mL.
I have some ice cream (it's actually frozen yogurt) that is 130 calories a serving. Serving is 125ml or 1/2 cup. My scale does allow me to measure in ml but my ice cream is not a liquid so I just measured it in grams or ounces. I gave myself 4.2 oz. When I went to log it by scanning the label, it only allowed me by cup or mL.

Is there an easy way to log ice cream? I ended up logging it as 1.5 servings (so 3/4 cup?) And it came out to just under 200 calories. Any tips on this seemingly complicated procedure of logging ice cream?

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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Does it tell you how many servings is in the tub?

    You could tip the whole lot out in to a bowl, weigh it, work the number of grams per serve and go from there? Bit of a faff but if it's something you have regularly it might be worth it?
  • ksmommy5
    ksmommy5 Posts: 142 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Does it tell you how many servings is in the tub?

    You could tip the whole lot out in to a bowl, weigh it, work the number of grams per serve and go from there? Bit of a faff but if it's something you have regularly it might be worth it?

    No it doesn't. It's a 2L tub. I'm sure there's some simple math to figure it out. I mean it's so fluffy so 1/2 cup would have been like a heaping tablespoon.
  • ksmommy5
    ksmommy5 Posts: 142 Member
    I based it on the average serving of ice cream is approx 85g. I gave myself 135g. I'm sure I over ate this ice cream.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    ksmommy5 wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Does it tell you how many servings is in the tub?

    You could tip the whole lot out in to a bowl, weigh it, work the number of grams per serve and go from there? Bit of a faff but if it's something you have regularly it might be worth it?

    No it doesn't. It's a 2L tub. I'm sure there's some simple math to figure it out. I mean it's so fluffy so 1/2 cup would have been like a heaping tablespoon.

    So if it's a 2000 mL tub, there's 16 serves of 125 mL... If it's a square tub, mentally cut it in half horizontally, then in to 8ths....
  • amtyrell
    amtyrell Posts: 1,447 Member
    Measure volume of your ice cream scoop. Then give yourself flat scoops likely scoop is 1/4 or 1/3 cup
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    ksmommy5 wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Does it tell you how many servings is in the tub?

    You could tip the whole lot out in to a bowl, weigh it, work the number of grams per serve and go from there? Bit of a faff but if it's something you have regularly it might be worth it?

    No it doesn't. It's a 2L tub. I'm sure there's some simple math to figure it out. I mean it's so fluffy so 1/2 cup would have been like a heaping tablespoon.

    Divide 2000ml by the serving size. This gives you the number of servings per tub. If you have an empty ice cream tub, weigh that and take it off the scale. The negative number is the tub weight. Write that down. Place tub of ice cream on scale, weigh it, then divide that weight by the number of servings.

    That's it. :)
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    amtyrell wrote: »
    Measure volume of your ice cream scoop. Then give yourself flat scoops likely scoop is 1/4 or 1/3 cup
    Innacurate.
  • Xvapor
    Xvapor Posts: 1,643 Member
    Ice cream is one food I don't log
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    http://www.convertunits.com

    Pick your units and convert them.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,096 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    http://www.convertunits.com

    Pick your units and convert them.

    you cannot accurately convert from a volume measure to a weight measure (or vice versa) unless you know the specific gravity (relative density compared to water) of whatever it is you're measuring.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Xvapor wrote: »
    Ice cream is one food I don't log

    So the calories in ice cream (which is a very calorie-dense food) somehow don't count?
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    I am from Canada too and I totally eyeball it. "Ya that's about a serving." Haha.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    I bought a #8 (is 1/2 cup) food scoop just to get away from the hassle of weighing out ice cream.
  • Xvapor
    Xvapor Posts: 1,643 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    Xvapor wrote: »
    Ice cream is one food I don't log

    So the calories in ice cream (which is a very calorie-dense food) somehow don't count?

    I didn't say that. I said I don't log them

  • mari142435
    mari142435 Posts: 5 Member
    0.5cup frozen yogurt is ~87g
    0.5cup ice cream is ~66g

    from this page: http://www.traditionaloven.com/foods/search
    (I don't know where they get their information from, but I compared different items with what's written on the package, and their quite accurate)
  • mitch4_
    mitch4_ Posts: 3 Member
    1ml = 1g
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    mitch4_ wrote: »
    1ml = 1g

    If it was water...
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,332 Member
    ksmommy5 wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Does it tell you how many servings is in the tub?

    You could tip the whole lot out in to a bowl, weigh it, work the number of grams per serve and go from there? Bit of a faff but if it's something you have regularly it might be worth it?

    No it doesn't. It's a 2L tub. I'm sure there's some simple math to figure it out. I mean it's so fluffy so 1/2 cup would have been like a heaping tablespoon.

    There is no easy way to convert ml of ice cream to grams because of the density of it. Sadly in Canada they allow makers of products that are packed in a liquid form (ice cream) by volume rather than weight. My suggestion is measure out a half a cup as accurately as you can, weigh it, and make a personal food entry using that gram amount for the product you are eating. From then on weigh it using that entry. Will it be 100% accurate, nope, but it will be close enough for you to be consistent.
  • SueSueDio
    SueSueDio Posts: 4,796 Member
    I squished down my sorbet as much as I could into a 1/2 cup measure and then weighed it, and used that weight for logging "a serving" from then on. (Also in Canada.) At some point I wondered how accurate that was, so I weighed out my serving and put it in a measuring jug to melt. As a liquid, it was exactly 125ml. Then I put it back in the freezer to firm up, and ate it... ;)
  • Xvapor
    Xvapor Posts: 1,643 Member
    Love Canada
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    This is why I eat Yasso bars rather than Halo Top. A serving = one bar.
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    When I eat ice cream, I just eat the whole pint. That way, there's no trouble when trying to log it!

    (To be fair, I usually eat Halo Top. But sometimes I'll indulge in a pint of Ben & Jerry's or Jenni's)
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    OMG i think I'd just give up eating icecream if i lived in Canada. Such a kafuffle for what should be a simple thing!
  • ksmommy5
    ksmommy5 Posts: 142 Member
    So I just decided to put it in a 1/2 cup and measure it out in grams so I know going forward. It won't be 100% but oh well. Thanks guys!
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I have a digital scale which claims to measure solids, waters, and milks. Should I use the milk scale to measure ice cream?
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