How to Measure Cereal

An important part of healthy living is monitoring the food that you eat and controlling your portion size. If you enjoy eating cereal and you are trying to regulate your weight, you must measure the amount of cereal that you put into your bowl. The nutrition information provided on the cereal box is given in cup measurement and gram measurement. While you can use either method, the most accurate way to measure cereal is in grams using a scale.

Things You'll Need

• Scale

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Instructions

• 1

  Check the serving size of the cereal. The weight of the serving size varies depending on the cereal. For instance, one serving of Life cereal is 32 g, while one serving of Cap'n Crunch is 27 g.

• 2

  Set your food scale to 0. In order to get an accurate measurement, you must set your scale to 0 by pressing the "Tare" button when there is no cereal on the scale.

• 3

  Pour the cereal onto the scale. Stop pouring the cereal and allow it to settle before reading the weight measurement.