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EatSmart Nutrition Scale, reviewed

EatSmart Nutrition Scale

There are lots of good reasons to have a kitchen scale at home. The biggest reason is that they are far more accurate than just about any other means of measuring, especially when it comes to dry ingredients that are measured by cups for most US recipes. A cup full of flour can actually be two very different amounts, if one measure has been sifted and the other packed, even though they look alike. A basic scale will do – as long as it’s accurate, of course – but there are scales out there that offer many more features to the consumer, like the EatSmart Nutrition Scale.

The EatSmart Nutrition Scale is a kitchen scale that calculates nutritional information for hundreds of foods in addition to weighing them. It weighs in grams and ounces, and has a database of 999 preprogrammed food items for which it can give you the nutritional information according to the weight of the item on the scale. It gives you calories, carbs, fiber, sodium, potassium, magnesium, total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, calcium, protein and vitamin K. You can also program in up to 99 additional items, if what you’re interested in isn’t already in the scale, to have those numbers available at the touch of a button. There is also a nutrition calculator mode to adjust the stats on a nutrition label to your portion size on the scale easily.

I found the scale to be accurate and easy to use. It was fun to see the nutritional information, too. The apple pictured below was 202 grams, contained 105 calories, 27.9 grams of carbs and 4.8 grams of fiber. While I’m not usually inclined to calculate the stats for everything I make, I really liked having such an easy option. I lent it to a friend who does weight watchers and she absolutely adored it. The only downside with this particular scale is that it only goes up to 6-lbs (3000gms), so if you do a lot of bulk bread baking or think that you’ll want it to weigh out large roasts, keep that in mind before you try one out.

EatSmart Nutrition Scale, in use

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4 Comments
  • Sandie
    March 26, 2009

    Great review, nice to try before you buy. This scale sounds perfect for those following Weight Watchers or learning to measure portions. Seeing the exact serving size really helps people figure out just how much they should (or shouldn’t) be eating.

  • Linda
    March 26, 2009

    I adore my digital scale. I wish all recipes would include weight as well as measurements to save my conversions but I will still take the time to convert and use my scale. My cups spend most of their time in the drawer and unused. Especially for a small kitchen like mine, a scale makes it less messy and more efficient to bake more often and easily. This scale seems to take mine to another level for nutrition as well as conversion!

  • Robert
    July 16, 2009

    Awesome! thats what you call an insightfull post.

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