Question: You often write about servings of healthy foods. But what is a serving? Is it measured by weight, volume or cup, for instance? And are servings for fruit, nuts, red meat, whole grains, etc, all measured similarly?
hat Costco calls a muffin would almost have qualified as a family-sized cake during my childhood in the 1970s and 80s. And muffins are not the only “growing” food in New Zealand: a 2018 study by the University of Auckland found that fast-food serving sizes noted. For example, a serving of pasta is defined as 80g of raw pasta in Italy. In contrast, our Ministry of Health defines a serving as 1 cup of cooked pasta–about 56g of uncooked pasta.
