food scale

Weighs your ingredients

A food scale is a kitchen device for weighing ingredients, typically in grams or ounces.

Bakers rely on food scales for precision—measuring flour by weight rather than volume yields more consistent results.

People tracking calories or following dietary plans also use them: I weigh everything on my food scale.

Opposites
measurement type

food scalemeasuring cup

Graduated container for ingredients

measuring spoons · graduated cylinder · measuring jug

precision vs. approximation

food scaleeyeballing

Estimating by sight alone

a handful · estimation · guesswork · to taste

precision vs. estimation

food scaleeyeballing

Estimating by sight alone

guessing · estimation · intuition · approximation · pinch

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G