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What is 0.2 of a teaspoon?
Mandyt2937
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Not sure if I am measuring that right, but is it equivalent to 1/8 a teaspoon? Plugged in Simply Organic cinnamon and it said serving size 0.2 tsp, I just hit the check mark. Any body know or have ideas? Thanks
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Probably closer to a 1/4 tspn.3
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Usually when you plug decimals into MFP, they display rounded or truncated, but the calorie count still matches what you entered. If you put in 0.25 (1/4) it shows as 0.2.1
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I do not trust generic or brand spices in the MFP Food Database.
I search for the MFP entries imported from the USDA National Nutrient Database in the format: "spices ground xxxx."
Search for "spices ground cinnamon" and use that.0 -
I don't log spices, they have negligible calories unless I'm eating the whole container, and no one does that.
0.25 is a quarter, mfp rounds to 0.2. Not like it makes a difference in this case.7 -
It's a dash.0
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Mandyt2937 wrote: »Not sure if I am measuring that right, but is it equivalent to 1/8 a teaspoon? Plugged in Simply Organic cinnamon and it said serving size 0.2 tsp, I just hit the check mark. Any body know or have ideas? Thanks
Math check - do you really think that 0.2 of something equals 1/8th or is 1/8th just an option that's set in the database?1 -
0.2 is 1/5. A teaspoon is 5 ml. The serving size would be 1 ml. I don't know what use serving size is. You take the amount you need. If you are logging spices, do yourself a favor and stop. Spices has almost no calories, at least not in amounts people normally use.4
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kommodevaran wrote: »0.2 is 1/5. A teaspoon is 5 ml. The serving size would be 1 ml. I don't know what use serving size is. You take the amount you need. If you are logging spices, do yourself a favor and stop. Spices has almost no calories, at least not in amounts people normally use.
*facepalm* I forgot that sometimes 0.2 might actually be used on purpose.1 -
I'd say it was 1/5 of a teaspoon. Although as it's cinnamon I really wouldn't worry, just add according to taste.0
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A tsp is a pile with a base about the size of your pinkie (men)/ring (women) fingernail (depending on the size of your hands), so 1/5 of that is like 2-3 pinches - essentially nothing. A Tbsp is about the size of your thumb (= 3 tsp), which u can estimate from the first joint to the tip. A serving of meat is about the size of a bar of soap (typically 2 oz, but could be 3oz depending on raw/cooked, density of the meat, etc.). Weigh/measure is of course more accurate, but good to know these estimates in case you're out to eat, or don't have food scales/measuring cup to calc everything.
I agree with other, don't count spices in your meals - calories from them are so minute (unless you using sugar, honey, etc., something that is nothing but calories).1 -
Just because I'm not sure if there's any uncertainty:
1/8 = 0.125
1/5 = 0.2
1/4 = 0.255 -
On a kitchen scale, treat 0.2 tsp as "1 gram" or "1 ml". For considering precision, anything from 0.6 g to 1.4 g should register as "1 g". Heck, it's cinnamon. Put more.0
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I'm a very mathematical person, so I sometimes need a reminder that arithmetic isn't a second language for many people.
And FWIW,
1/8 = 0.125 = 12.5%
1/5 = 0.2 = 20%
1/4 = 0.25 = 25%3 -
I'm a very mathematical person, so I sometimes need a reminder that arithmetic isn't a second language for many people.
And FWIW,
1/8 = 0.125 = 12.5%
1/5 = 0.2 = 20%
1/4 = 0.25 = 25%
I think you just stumbled onto the 'new math'! But instead of numbers, new mathers would use a graphical depiction of apple slices or something.0 -
What is 1/8 tsp cinnamon? Not enough cinnamon (IMO).
Seriously: 1/8 of a teaspoon is 0.125 teaspoons, which, if logged, will round for display (but not calculation) to 0.1 teaspoons.0 -
WayTooHonest wrote: »It's a dash.
It's nearly a quarter teaspoon. That would be a very heavy-handed dash. Or three or four dashes.1 -
WayTooHonest wrote: »It's a dash.
A dash is 1/8th...according to my measuring spoons0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »0.2 is 1/5. A teaspoon is 5 ml. The serving size would be 1 ml. I don't know what use serving size is. You take the amount you need. If you are logging spices, do yourself a favor and stop. Spices has almost no calories, at least not in amounts people normally use.
So if you used 0.2 tsp of salt (which is technically a spice) you wouldn't count it because it has no calories? Note that that much salt has 500mg sodium.0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »0.2 is 1/5. A teaspoon is 5 ml. The serving size would be 1 ml. I don't know what use serving size is. You take the amount you need. If you are logging spices, do yourself a favor and stop. Spices has almost no calories, at least not in amounts people normally use.
So if you used 0.2 tsp of salt (which is technically a spice) you wouldn't count it because it has no calories? Note that that much salt has 500mg sodium.
Actually, technically, it's a mineral. Spices come from plants.livingleanlivingclean wrote: »WayTooHonest wrote: »It's a dash.
A dash is 1/8th...according to my measuring spoons
A dash is 1/16th ... according to the USDA, at least when talking about salt. (1 tsp = 6 g; dash = 0.4 g, or roughly 1/16th of a tsp.)
https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/296?manu=&fgcd=&ds=Standard Reference
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »0.2 is 1/5. A teaspoon is 5 ml. The serving size would be 1 ml. I don't know what use serving size is. You take the amount you need. If you are logging spices, do yourself a favor and stop. Spices has almost no calories, at least not in amounts people normally use.
So if you used 0.2 tsp of salt (which is technically a spice) you wouldn't count it because it has no calories? Note that that much salt has 500mg sodium.
Actually, technically, it's a mineral. Spices come from plants.livingleanlivingclean wrote: »WayTooHonest wrote: »It's a dash.
A dash is 1/8th...according to my measuring spoons
A dash is 1/16th ... according to the USDA, at least when talking about salt. (1 tsp = 6 g; dash = 0.4 g, or roughly 1/16th of a tsp.)
https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/296?manu=&fgcd=&ds=Standard Reference
My measuring spoons go by this
https://www.accuracyproject.org/pinchdash.html0 -
No, I wouldn't, and I haven't. If I had to watch sodium, I would count it.kommodevaran wrote: »0.2 is 1/5. A teaspoon is 5 ml. The serving size would be 1 ml. I don't know what use serving size is. You take the amount you need. If you are logging spices, do yourself a favor and stop. Spices has almost no calories, at least not in amounts people normally use.
So if you used 0.2 tsp of salt (which is technically a spice) you wouldn't count it because it has no calories? Note that that much salt has 500mg sodium.2 -
Mandyt2937 wrote: »Not sure if I am measuring that right, but is it equivalent to 1/8 a teaspoon? Plugged in Simply Organic cinnamon and it said serving size 0.2 tsp, I just hit the check mark. Any body know or have ideas? Thanks
0.2 is two tenths, which is the same as one fifth. So as a teaspoon is 5ml, that would be 1ml.0 -
Thank you guys!! I will not track spices. I appreciate all the feedback! I feel so supported! First time reaching out to the community!!1
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I only count seasonings and spices if they contain sodium because I’m watching that.0
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