Help please!! confused about certain serving sizes!

marylovehellokitty
marylovehellokitty Posts: 146 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
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Question. I see on chips/pretzels/snacks it says 1 ounce is 110 cal then says 23 pieces?? Now I weighed aboout ten pieces and it weighed about a ounce?? So I'm confused as to why it says 23 pieces?? Lol. Thabks for the help!

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  • Kayley
    Kayley Posts: 327 Member
    The packages are usually guessed amounts of the item. I always go with the measurement rather than the amount. :flowerforyou:
  • OpenHeaven
    OpenHeaven Posts: 275 Member
    The packages are usually guessed amounts of the item. I always go with the measurement rather than the amount. :flowerforyou:

    ^^^^^^it's true...if you have a scale, I would weigh it!!! You can still have the 23 pieces - it's just that you will correctly log what you are eating if you weigh it!!
  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    Go with the weight! I guess the 23 pieces are if they are broken! Yikes, what a difference...
  • marylovehellokitty
    marylovehellokitty Posts: 146 Member
    Thank you ladies for the help :) I just checked my brown rice & it says serving is 1/2 cup but cooked is 1 cup??? So confusing blahh.
  • Canbfit4life
    Canbfit4life Posts: 124
    always measure things like rice before cooking ,because you stem or boll it of course the weight & consumption will seem to be different
  • marylovehellokitty
    marylovehellokitty Posts: 146 Member
    always measure things like rice before cooking ,because you stem or boll it of course the weight & consumption will seem to be different

    true but I'm making a small pot of rice :/ lol
  • mfp_1
    mfp_1 Posts: 516 Member
    It's best to weigh rice uncooked. If you can't do that, weigh it cooked. Cups are the devil's measure.

    Do you have digital scales?
  • marylovehellokitty
    marylovehellokitty Posts: 146 Member
    It's best to weigh rice uncooked. If you can't do that, weigh it cooked. Cups are the devil's measure.

    Do you have digital scales?

    yes I have a postal scale
  • mfp_1
    mfp_1 Posts: 516 Member
    marylovehello wrote:
    yes I have a postal scale

    I saw you talk about weight but then you spoke about using cups for rice. I always weigh energy dense foods like rice. A small error in cup measurement means a lot of extra weight. A digital scale can be set to grams and that also helps if you measure down to the nearest 5 grams or even 1 gram.

    I know you have postal scales. I don't know your financial circumstances but have you considered getting digital scales? I don't think postal scales do tare (add&weigh). They're one of my most used kitchen tools, not just for calorie counting but also for improved cooking.
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