In kitchens worldwide, digital food scales have become an essential and valued tool. With their compact designs, user-friendly digital displays, and consistently precise measurements, commercial food scales have transformed our approach to food preparation. Whether you’re a gourmet chef, a humble home cook, or something in between, a set of food scales in your kitchen will give you the ability to weigh ingredients with accuracy for cooking, baking, and portion control.
Whether you’re cooking up complex culinary masterpieces, baking for specific dietary requirements, or simply trying to make more health-conscious meals, a set of food preparation scales will enrich both your cooking and dining experience.
Applications of Food Scales
Food scales are used across industries to ensure accurate measurements, maintain portion control, and achieve consistency in cooking, manufacturing, and nutrition. Their applications extend from professional kitchens and food production facilities to personal health and dietary management.
Food scales can be used for
Outside of the home kitchen, digital food scales have become the lifeblood of various commercial enterprises, including:
Hospitality -
In the professional hospitality and culinary trades, food scales are chefs rely on food scales to accurately measure ingredients for recipes, ensuring consistency, precision, and the desired taste in dishes. They enable chefs to maintain portion control, calculate nutritional information, and ensure the correct balance of flavours.
Baking -
The same can be said for the pastry industry, where bakers rely on precise measurements to achieve the desired texture and consistency of their baked goods. Food scales are used to weigh ingredients like flour, sugar, butter, and spices accurately, helping bakers achieve consistency in their recipes.
Food Manufacturing -
Food scales are essential to maintaining product quality and meeting regulatory requirements within various food manufacturing facilities. They are used to weigh raw materials, measure exact quantities for formulations, and ensure accurate packaging of finished products. Food scales contribute to efficient production processes, precise recipe adherence, and compliance with food safety standards.
Dietary/Nutrition -
Food scales play a vital role in dietary and nutrition settings, helping individuals track and manage their food intake. They assist in portion control, calorie counting, and meeting specific dietary requirements. Nutritionists and dieticians often use food scales to educate clients about proper serving sizes and maintain accurate records for meal planning and nutritional analysis.
Health and Fitness -
Food scales are valuable tools in the health and fitness industry, supporting individuals in monitoring their food intake and managing calorie consumption. They assist in portion control for weight management, precise ingredient measurements for meal planning, and accurate tracking of macronutrient intake.
Features of Food Scales
A digital kitchen scale can enhance your cooking and baking experiences by offering the following benefits:
Consistency & Precision:
Digital food scales provide precise measurements for ingredients, ensuring accuracy in recipes. This is particularly crucial for baking, where precise measurements are essential for achieving desired outcomes.
Unit Conversions:
With a digital scale, converting measurements becomes effortless. Whether you need to switch between grams, ounces, or other units, the scale can handle the conversion for you, saving time and reducing the likelihood of errors.
Portion Control:
Maintaining portion control is important for those seeking a healthy lifestyle. A digital scale allows you to accurately measure and portion food according to recommended serving sizes, supporting mindful eating habits.
Tracking Nutritional Information:
Certain advanced digital kitchen scales can display nutritional data in addition to weight. This feature enables you to access information such as calories, sodium, protein, fat, carbohydrates, cholesterol, and fibre content of the food you're weighing, aiding in dietary planning and awareness.
Introducing Anyscales Food Scales
OHAUS VALOR 4000 SERIES
The Ohaus Valor 4000 Series combines high speed with sturdiness, and a choice of stainless steel or plastic housing designs. Offering both power and portability, its universal power adapter is compatible with 100-240 VAC, giving you the flexibility to operate from various power sources. With large dual displays and non-slip levelling feet, it’s no wonder that the Valor 4000 is certified to NSF/ANSI 169 (Special Purpose Food Equipment and Devices and Hygiene Requirements for the Design of Meat and Poultry Processing Equipment).
Ishida IPC Series
Despite the Ishida IPC Series featuring a compact design, it is still able to handle up to 30kg in measurements. The large LCD panel is positioned at an angle optimised for easy viewing, and its dual power operation means that it can be powered by an optional AC adaptor or by batteries (each sold separately), depending on what best suits your kitchen setup. When equipped with two alkaline batteries, the device can operate for up to 500 hours, and an indicator conveniently notifies users when it is time to replace the batteries. The Auto Power Off function will also conserve power and extend battery life, ensuring optimal longevity.
ANYSCALES T28 Series
The ANYSCALES T28 Series - Bench Scale is a terrific option if you’re dealing with the drier areas of food preparation. With a stainless-steel pan and a clear display with backlight, this versatile bench scale comes with an internal rechargeable battery, but can also be powered via a 12VDC adapter if you’re in bind.
Keep in mind that this is a mere glimpse into the bevvy of great food scales that are on the table (so to speak), and you can check out the full range of Anyscales food scales here.
How to Choose the Right Food Scale?
Here are some things you may wish to consider while you’re selecting a set of food scales…
- Accuracy: Arguably the first thing you should factor in when selecting a pair of scales. Accurate measurements in food scales are crucial for precise recipe execution, portion control, and ensuring consistent product quality.
- Platform Size: Digital scales come in many different sizes, so selecting an appropriate platform size for specific weighing needs is essential. You’ll ultimately need something that neatly fits in your kitchen setup, in a non-cluttered manner, so as to keep your measurement readings from being influenced by external impact interference.
- Capacity: The maximum weight capacity is a very important factor to keep in mind when buying any kind of weighing device and should be considered a driving force in your ultimate choice of product. If you’re doing basic food prep with typically light ingredients, something that’s small and compact may be all you need. If you’re batch cooking - or simply working with ingredients that are significantly heavier - then obviously you’re going to need a larger set with a bit more grunt. When assessing the maximum weight to be placed on the scale, don’t forget to factor in the weight of containers that you’ll be using.
- Readability: A good set of scales should optimise quick and easy readability; as such, the screen should be positioned in a way that allows clear and legible weight readings while the scale is in use. Displays with large, high-contrast, backlit options and big digits are preferable.
Conclusion
At Anyscales, we are committed to providing high quality scales to the Australian market at an affordable price. You can browse our digital food scales here, or check out our wide range of other scales here. If you’re having trouble finding what you’re after, you can contact Anyscales here, and one of our friendly staff members will be able to help you directly.
FAQs
How do you know if the food scale is accurate?
You can check the accuracy of a food scale by using calibrated weights or comparing measurements with a verified scale.
What should I look for in a food scale?
When selecting a food scale, consider factors such as accuracy, weight capacity, ease of use, readability, platform size, and cleaning capabilities.
What's the difference between a food scale and a regular scale?
A food scale is specifically designed for measuring ingredients in the kitchen and often provides features like tare functionality, unit conversions, and nutritional information.
What are three types of food scales?
Common types of food scales include digital scales (electronic scales with digital displays), mechanical scales (analog scales with dials or pointers), and kitchen scale apps (smartphone applications).
How do you calibrate a digital food scale?
Scale calibration typically involves placing a known weight on the scale and adjusting it until the scale reads accurately. That said, it is always recommended that you read and follow the manufacturer's instructions, as there is no universal rule for weight calibration across different models.
