Serving Size

[Bulkup]

This may sound dumb but,

when manufacturers say that 1 serve is 1tsp for example, is that 1 full tsp or cut off?

Eg. 1 tsp brown sugar = 4g, is that scooped or flat?

1tbs peanut butter = scooped or flat (hard to measure flat for something sticky like this!)

[sponge]

to get 1 teaspoon you'd get your spoon and take a scoop then use a knife or something flat to level it off.

[frogie2001]

I THINK FOR ME IT DEPENDS ON HOW CALORIE RICH IT IS. EG PROTEIN POWDER, THE MORE THE BETTER, PILED SCOOP

cREATINE, PILED tSP

gLUTAMINE ETC

HOWEVER THINGS LIKE P BUTTER, I THINK LEVELLING THE MEASURE OFF IS ACCURATE, BUT MAYBE A LITTLE TOO CRITICAL. JUST MAKE A JUDGEMENT CALL

[BrooklynBB]

This may sound dumb but,

when manufacturers say that 1 serve is 1tsp for example, is that 1 full tsp or cut off?

Eg. 1 tsp brown sugar = 4g, is that scooped or flat?

1tbs peanut butter = scooped or flat (hard to measure flat for something sticky like this!)

That definitely refers to it being leveled off, so as posted above by sponge, you'd have to take a butter knife and remove the rest of it. You'll notice that measuring spoons have more depth than serving spoons precisely for this reason.

Though unless you're counting calories down to the gram you'd need need a food scale to be precise.