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poorly phrased question, but for example, if the nutrition facts for a restaurant say that one serving of fries is 150 calories, is one serving what they put on your plate? Or are there multiple servings on your plate?
Most restaurants, if properly run, use standard amounts that are weighed out or measured using a standard scoop. The amount you are given is rarely - ever - one actual serving. If your nutrition guide says a certain food is 150 calories, then you need to determine how many portions are on your plate and divide it up. If you have the actual calorie guide from the restaurant, itself, then it's safe to assume that the amount stated is what you receive.
Thats an average estimate. It won't be exactly 150 calories each time, sometimes it's a little more or a little less. We have to guess it to be honest. I work in a restraunt and I know these things. With the fries, we have this strange scoop thing with a handle which fits perfectly for the small fry bags so it's easier and quicker to make them. But yeah, if something says it's 150 calories in a restraunt it'll be roughly that amount per serving.
I have the actual guide. So if on the website, on the nutrition facts it says one serving underneath the fries, would that mean that they put more servings on my plate then? Because it doesn't say that for anything else.
Oh, and how do they know it's only 150? Do they count the fries or something? O.o or do they weigh it?
And yes, that will be one serving on your plate.
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