How do I weigh/log ice cream?
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Sorry I was confusing. I am in Canada and the labels have "ml" on it but no grams nor servings per container. It's in a 2L box of Breyer's Mint Chip haha. I will look for a substitute and think that instead of sharing it with the family I will buy my own little container if it shows how many servings are in it, and just eat it myself (hahaha)
Who knew weighing and logging could be so difficult? I should possibly pick another treat to enjoy haha!
Oh I just saw the suggestion of mini cups. I'm going to see if we have these here. Thanks for all the suggestions!
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I'm a bit confused as to how I log ice cream. I have an ml option on my scale but I have no idea if that is close to accurate (for liquids). It seems way too big for the amount that it is showing in say grams or ml...sorry if this is dumb, lol
Put the bowl on the scale.
Tare the bowl.
Fill bowl with ice cream ... watch as the number of grams increases.
Stop filling the bowl when the number of grams reaches the desired amount.
Same as you would with yogurt or pudding or anything else you'd put in a bowl.
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laurenebargar wrote: »Same way I weigh my dog. Weigh myself and then weigh myself holding the dog and figure the difference. Except with you, measure the bowl first then add the ice cream and take the difference.
Also weight is grams.
HOW HAVE I NOT THOUGHT OF THIS. Trying to get my dog onto the scale is like the most impossible thing ever lol.
This is how you measure luggage too ... if you don't have one of those hand-held luggage scales.
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laurenebargar wrote: »Same way I weigh my dog. Weigh myself and then weigh myself holding the dog and figure the difference. Except with you, measure the bowl first then add the ice cream and take the difference.
Also weight is grams.
HOW HAVE I NOT THOUGHT OF THIS. Trying to get my dog onto the scale is like the most impossible thing ever lol.
This is how you measure luggage too ... if you don't have one of those hand-held luggage scales.
Wow apparently my mind just wasnt capable of thinking these things lol. Here I have been hoping for the best at the airport with my luggage (no problems so far!) and wrangling my dog to sit on the scale to the point where she hides when she hears the scale now. (she was a little over weight so weighing constantly was necessary not trying to torture her on purpose
she lost the weight lol) 0 -
Uch I hate this about ice cream. In Canada it is listed in ml so it is a pain.
I wonder though, the ml amount, does anyone know if it is the melted amount or packed frozen? I wonder if I could melt a tbsp or something, then weigh it and go from there. Not sure if that would help at all.
This is why I buy single servings now
How is this a pain? 125ml is serving that we get. Thats a half cup serving. Fill half cup container with ice cream and done. Eat out of that
I feel like it was always so inaccurate pushing the ice cream into the cup.. and then it started to melt it.. haha. I guess it's better than nothing!0 -
Uch I hate this about ice cream. In Canada it is listed in ml so it is a pain.
I wonder though, the ml amount, does anyone know if it is the melted amount or packed frozen? I wonder if I could melt a tbsp or something, then weigh it and go from there. Not sure if that would help at all.
This is why I buy single servings now
How is this a pain? 125ml is serving that we get. Thats a half cup serving. Fill half cup container with ice cream and done. Eat out of that
I feel like it was always so inaccurate pushing the ice cream into the cup.. and then it started to melt it.. haha. I guess it's better than nothing!
You only have to do this once if you place the container on the food scale, hit tare, fill up to 125ml (1/4cup) and see what this weights. Now you know how much a serving of the ice cream is in grams for future. Note on the box if you are forgetful.
Curious.. is it more accurate if it was melted in the cup? Or is it based on volume as is?0 -
Uch I hate this about ice cream. In Canada it is listed in ml so it is a pain.
I wonder though, the ml amount, does anyone know if it is the melted amount or packed frozen? I wonder if I could melt a tbsp or something, then weigh it and go from there. Not sure if that would help at all.
This is why I buy single servings now
How is this a pain? 125ml is serving that we get. Thats a half cup serving. Fill half cup container with ice cream and done. Eat out of that
I feel like it was always so inaccurate pushing the ice cream into the cup.. and then it started to melt it.. haha. I guess it's better than nothing!
You only have to do this once if you place the container on the food scale, hit tare, fill up to 125ml (1/4cup) and see what this weights. Now you know how much a serving of the ice cream is in grams for future. Note on the box if you are forgetful.
Curious.. is it more accurate if it was melted in the cup? Or is it based on volume as is?
Should be based on frozen/whipped volume, not thawed/liquid0 -
clayelliott847 wrote: »Princess_Kida wrote: »For me, it's just "did I eat the whole pint, or only half the pint?"
That's me too. So I started buying Breyers, Ben and Jerry's or Haagen Daaz mini cups. They are 3.5 -4 oz. Nutrition information on the carton. It also keeps me from eating the whole pint.
Yeah I get the single serving things sometimes too but mostly I just buy pints. If I have enough calories for half, I'll eat half. If I'm lucky enough to have calories for the whole thing (sooo Halo Top or Enlightened) I just eat the whole thing. To me a pint is either one serving or 2, I never bother to try to split it in 4ths or measure it, and if I can't afford to eat half the pint, I don't get to eat it. I'm lazy.0 -
stanmann571 wrote: »Uch I hate this about ice cream. In Canada it is listed in ml so it is a pain.
I wonder though, the ml amount, does anyone know if it is the melted amount or packed frozen? I wonder if I could melt a tbsp or something, then weigh it and go from there. Not sure if that would help at all.
This is why I buy single servings now
How is this a pain? 125ml is serving that we get. Thats a half cup serving. Fill half cup container with ice cream and done. Eat out of that
I feel like it was always so inaccurate pushing the ice cream into the cup.. and then it started to melt it.. haha. I guess it's better than nothing!
You only have to do this once if you place the container on the food scale, hit tare, fill up to 125ml (1/4cup) and see what this weights. Now you know how much a serving of the ice cream is in grams for future. Note on the box if you are forgetful.
Curious.. is it more accurate if it was melted in the cup? Or is it based on volume as is?
Should be based on frozen/whipped volume, not thawed/liquid
Got it. thanks!0 -
Sorry I was confusing. I am in Canada and the labels have "ml" on it but no grams nor servings per container. It's in a 2L box of Breyer's Mint Chip haha. I will look for a substitute and think that instead of sharing it with the family I will buy my own little container if it shows how many servings are in it, and just eat it myself (hahaha)
Who knew weighing and logging could be so difficult? I should possibly pick another treat to enjoy haha!
Oh I just saw the suggestion of mini cups. I'm going to see if we have these here. Thanks for all the suggestions!
So find a Breyers Mint Chip in the database that lists grams and use that entry. Play around with it to figure out how many grams will give you the calories you want to consume, and then you can weigh it the way you would anything else!1 -
Uch I hate this about ice cream. In Canada it is listed in ml so it is a pain.
I wonder though, the ml amount, does anyone know if it is the melted amount or packed frozen? I wonder if I could melt a tbsp or something, then weigh it and go from there. Not sure if that would help at all.
This is why I buy single servings now
How is this a pain? 125ml is serving that we get. Thats a half cup serving. Fill half cup container with ice cream and done. Eat out of that
I feel like it was always so inaccurate pushing the ice cream into the cup.. and then it started to melt it.. haha. I guess it's better than nothing!
You only have to do this once if you place the container on the food scale, hit tare, fill up to 125ml (1/4cup) and see what this weights. Now you know how much a serving of the ice cream is in grams for future. Note on the box if you are forgetful.
Curious.. is it more accurate if it was melted in the cup? Or is it based on volume as is?
Idea: if you get a pint, you will have four servings. Roughly divide it into fourths (easier if dividing it between 4 people, but also two times between two or four separate times for yourself). Weigh each serving. If for yourself, you can log a serving each time as it will even out. In any case, once you have the weight of each serving, you can average it. This works if you often get the same kind of ice cream (and could be applied to the same kind purchased in larger containers). Unfortunately, since the densities are so different it's not going to work for different kind.
One reason I like pints is because I usually eat them all myself (in 3-4 servings, not at once!) or share with one other person, and it's easy to eyeball them (especially to scoop out equal amounts) and to accept that if my first 1/4 is too large I'll just have a smaller final 1/4, and the amounts will even out. Of course, since I'm in the US it's easier to just weigh, but before I weighed this is how I'd do it.
If you are sharing with someone who eats without concern for serving or from a larger carton, I find eyeballing much more difficult.2 -
@lemurcat12 thanks! Yup that is essentially what I do with a pint (usually it's only me that eats it) I will have 4-5 servings out of it.. over a period of time I may have some more one day or some less but overall it will even out!0
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i just eat the whole pint and call it a day.1
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i have a little tiny quarter cup tupperware plastic container. If i eat icecream or homemade pudding anything like that, i eat it in that little container. One, it limits my serving, two, I know what i ate. If measuring is such a big deal buy individual serving type products, I.e. Skinny Cow bars or ice cream sandwiches, Healthy Choice Fudge Bars, etc...First again its a measured amount, limited as opposed to continued scooping bottomless tub, and two again, you know the measurement, One bar, 100 calories for instance, half a bar, 50 and so on.. No reason to make it difficult when it can be simple1
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I measure it in grams.
ETA: Sorry; just read the other replies.
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Seriously.Sorry I was confusing. I am in Canada and the labels have "ml" on it but no grams nor servings per container. It's in a 2L box of Breyer's Mint Chip haha. I will look for a substitute and think that instead of sharing it with the family I will buy my own little container if it shows how many servings are in it, and just eat it myself (hahaha)
Who knew weighing and logging could be so difficult? I should possibly pick another treat to enjoy haha!
Oh I just saw the suggestion of mini cups. I'm going to see if we have these here. Thanks for all the suggestions!
Weigh an empty ice cream container in grams without the lid and record the weight.
Weigh a new tub of ice cream without lid. Subtract the container weight.
Divide total ml (if it's 2L, then 2000ml)of ice cream by serving ml. The resulting number is the number of servings per container.
Divide total ice cream weight calculated in step 2 by the servings per container number in step 3. There you have it: a precise grams serving weight instead of ml.. write serving weight on container. This way works even if someone else in your family decides to scoop out ice cream randomly. It won't screw up your numbers.
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cerise_noir wrote: »
Seriously.Sorry I was confusing. I am in Canada and the labels have "ml" on it but no grams nor servings per container. It's in a 2L box of Breyer's Mint Chip haha. I will look for a substitute and think that instead of sharing it with the family I will buy my own little container if it shows how many servings are in it, and just eat it myself (hahaha)
Who knew weighing and logging could be so difficult? I should possibly pick another treat to enjoy haha!
Oh I just saw the suggestion of mini cups. I'm going to see if we have these here. Thanks for all the suggestions!
Weigh an empty ice cream container in grams without the lid and record the weight.
Weigh a new tub of ice cream without lid. Subtract the container weight.
Divide total ml (if it's 2L, then 2000ml)of ice cream by serving ml. The resulting number is the number of servings per container.
Divide total ice cream weight calculated in step 2 by the servings per container number in step 3. There you have it: a precise grams serving weight instead of ml.. write serving weight on container. This way works even if someone else in your family decides to scoop out ice cream randomly. It won't screw up your numbers.
Perfect idea.0 -
Yes, good idea. Not sure if the "seriously" was necessary.0
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I am thinking that you have the weight of the ice cream in the full container and want to know how to translate this to ml to look up the nutrition data in the database.
Simply calculate the density of the ice cream. Take the weight and divide by the volume of the container. Then multiply by the number of ml’s that you want to eat according to the data base and the result will be the number of grams.
Weigh out that number of grams just as you would do for any other food.
To get the volume of the container it will depend on the shape of the container.
If a regular brick then simply length x height x width. (Measure in metric not in imperial)
If a standard round plastic tub, the area of the top (diameter squared x 3.14/4) multiplied by the height. If the tub has different top and bottom areas then take the average of both areas then multiply by the height.
Alternatively you can take an empty tub, fill it with water from a measuring cup and get the volume that way.
If the container is marked in ml then weigh a full one, subtract the weight of an empty one and then divide by the listed volume of the ice cream.
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I just measure a half a cup and put in calories manually!0
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