Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt Measures?

JaimeBrown5
JaimeBrown5 Posts: 324
edited October 5 in Food and Nutrition
I allow myself dessert every night (if I have calories left) - the nutrition info says that a serving is 125 ml (Canada) and the conversion that I've found is that it's 4.22 fl oz. So I was weighing it out on my scale as oz, but it seems like a really big serving that way. How do I measure it accurately? or is that accureate since the serving would essentially melt down to a liquid which would still weight the same but take up less space?

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  • Pandorian
    Pandorian Posts: 2,055 Member
    A fluid ounce (ice cream) does not a weight ounce make. They'll vary depending on the density of the item you're measuring, liquid products are measured by volume so aim for a 1/2 cup container of ice-cream to get the accurate 125mL
  • kjloiselle
    kjloiselle Posts: 101 Member
    125ml is 1/2 cup of ice cream.
  • moushtie
    moushtie Posts: 371 Member
    I would try to find out what a serving is in a weight measure, not a volume measure. ml and fl.oz are volume measures, g and oz are weight measures.

    If it helps, 125ml = half a cup. Get some measuring spoons instead.
  • 99clmsntgr
    99clmsntgr Posts: 777 Member
    Milliliters and fluid ounces are measures of volume. The ounces you measure on your kitchen scale is a measure of weight. These are not the same.

    125ml is just over a half cup (which is the serving size for ice cream listed on cartons in the States). If you have measuring cups, you can use that (which is what I do).
  • fitnatic67
    fitnatic67 Posts: 154
    keep in mind not all calories are good calories. i would sub the dessert for something a bit more healthy. i treat myself to a dessert but only one day a week. i know this was off topic but just wanted to throw it out there. Just my US $.02
  • JaimeBrown5
    JaimeBrown5 Posts: 324
    I knew it was a half/cup... I just didn't want to eat my ice cream out of a measuring cup. :( Sucks that I was wrong all this time - stupid conversions of liquid vs ...not. Ugh. Guess I'm on the search for some half-cup sized dessert bowls now.
  • emily773
    emily773 Posts: 41
    Have you tried Skinny Cow ice cream? It comes in ice cream sticks so you don't have to eat it out of a measuring cup or anything at all! They are seriously low in calories (the mini-fudge pops are as low as 50 calories and the ice cream sandwiches are about 150). The peanut butter chocolate ice cream sandwiches are 150 calories, 2 g fat, and 3 g fiber (4 points plus on WW).
    They are SO delicious and you don't feel like you had a diet dessert, if you know what I mean.
    My only criticisms are: the ice cream sandwich got a little melty and messy in my last few bites (although I, with NO shame, just licked it all off of my fingers and enjoyed every bite) AND the treats run about $6.00 US dollars per box (of about six). At least at my grocery store though they are frequently on sale.
    Here's their website: http://www.skinnycow.com/
    Happy sweets!
    p.s. I have found that some small coffee mugs or teacups are about half a cup, too.
  • JaimeBrown5
    JaimeBrown5 Posts: 324
    Have you tried Skinny Cow ice cream? It comes in ice cream sticks so you don't have to eat it out of a measuring cup or anything at all! They are seriously low in calories (the mini-fudge pops are as low as 50 calories and the ice cream sandwiches are about 150). The peanut butter chocolate ice cream sandwiches are 150 calories, 2 g fat, and 3 g fiber (4 points plus on WW).
    They are SO delicious and you don't feel like you had a diet dessert, if you know what I mean.
    My only criticisms are: the ice cream sandwich got a little melty and messy in my last few bites (although I, with NO shame, just licked it all off of my fingers and enjoyed every bite) AND the treats run about $6.00 US dollars per box (of about six). At least at my grocery store though they are frequently on sale.
    Here's their website: http://www.skinnycow.com/
    Happy sweets!
    p.s. I have found that some small coffee mugs or teacups are about half a cup, too.


    I love Skinny Cow! Buuuuut I'm not paying the prices they want for ice cream. No thank you. I did some research last night and found that 1ml is very close to 1g, so I started putting 125 g into my bowl and it looked like too much, so I filled my measuring cup and dumped that into my bowl and weighed it (tared) and it was 85 g. So now I know that I can measure that ice cream out into 85 gs and it's a good accurate amount for the calories.
  • emily773
    emily773 Posts: 41
    perfect! very thorough research.
  • insidemeout
    insidemeout Posts: 20 Member
    Now I'm confused. So, you go to a Froyo bar and they weigh 4 oz.. I have a styrofoam cup that holds 4 oz. volume. Which is correct? The cup looks A LOT less than what I get at the froyo shop.
  • insidemeout
    insidemeout Posts: 20 Member
    bump for my question above
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