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This nutrition label seems fishy

This Indian snacks nutrition label states that the serving size is 1 Cup (35g). The last I checked 1 cup does not = 35 grams. Please correct me if I’m wrong f.

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Answer

Cup is a measure of volume, and grams is a measure of weight. Every food has a different density, so a cup is not always going to have the same weight.

When you put a snack like that into a measuring cup, the pieces don’t pack together very tightly, and most of the cup is actually filled with air, so you don’t need much weight of food to fill up a cup. Another example would be something like popcorn, which contains a lot of air and also does not tightly pack into a cup. Popcorn is around 8g per cup.

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