single serve

Just for one

Single serve describes products packaged in individual portions meant for one person at one time: single-serve coffee pods, single-serve yogurt cups.

The term emerged with the rise of convenience packaging, emphasizing portion control and minimal waste.

Also appears as single-serving: a single-serving bag of chips.

Related

packet · convenience · ready to eat · instant · microwave · cup · snack · grab-and-go · grab and go · disposable · wrapper · tear · peel · portion control · lonely · desk lunch · quick · coffee pod

Categories
Opposites
portion size/quantity

single servefamily-sized

Scaled for households

family size · bulk · party size · economy size · jumbo

consumption context

single serveshareable

Able to be divided

communal · shared · potluck · buffet style · collective

Family

single, serve, singly, singles, singled, singling, singular, singularity, singularly

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