How do I make sure my scale is working?

RedheadedPrincess14
RedheadedPrincess14 Posts: 415 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
My food scale is acting really weird. I measured a bag of potatoes ( out of the bag, of course,) that was meant to be 680g and it scaled to 655. So to check the scale, I measured 227g pack of mushroom and it came out as 226g (and there were probably some crumbs left behind in the package so that's pretty accurate.) so how can I figure out if my scale is working? Or if it's just improperly packaged potatoes? I don't have any other full packages with labeled grams on the pack to check with

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,889 Member
    Packages can be up to 20% off. Measure water. 1 liter = 1000 grams.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    edited May 2017
    Reading comprehension fail.
  • Mycophilia
    Mycophilia Posts: 1,225 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Packages can be up to 20% off. Measure water. 1 liter = 1000 grams.

    This. The metric system is a beautiful thing for calibration.
  • Maxematics
    Maxematics Posts: 2,287 Member
    edited May 2017
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    It's all relative. You are looking at downward trends and scale weight is really not that important in the scheme of things.

    She's talking about a food scale..

    OP, you can take the suggestions above. Honestly the potatoes were probably just off. It's happened to me before as well.
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Maxematics wrote: »
    Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »
    It's all relative. You are looking at downward trends and scale weight is really not that important in the scheme of things.

    She's talking about a food scale..

    OP, you can take the suggestions above. Honestly the potatoes were probably just off. It's happened to me before as well.

    Oopsie. Sorry op. Reading comprehension strikes again.
  • RedheadedPrincess14
    RedheadedPrincess14 Posts: 415 Member
    Okay thanks guys! The scale is fine. It was just a bad bag of potatoes lol!
  • bioklutz
    bioklutz Posts: 1,365 Member
    I work in a lab. If I had a calibrated graduated cylinder at home I would test the scale with water. I don't think I would use my kitchen measuring cup to test a scale.

    I would probably use quarters. 1 quarter is 5.670 grams. 15 quarters should be 85 grams.
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