Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. -----Original Message----- From: Susanne Westenbrink <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Food Composition Discussion Group <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:32:52 To: <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Susanne Westenbrink <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Weights for a Measured Cup of Food Dear Cathy, It would be good to have some sort of standardisation in defining portion sizes, eventhough in many situations specific procedures might be required. I do not know if standardised procedures already exist for this type of measurements. If there are, I would be interested to receive them. I do know that we did measure some portion sizes in the Netherlands in the past (not too many) and can ask my colleagues if any procedures were developed that could be used more generically. With best wishes, Susanne Susanne Westenbrink Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM) / National Institute for Public Health and the Environment Centrum voor Voeding, Preventie en Zorg / Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services PO Box 1 3720 BA Bilthoven The Netherlands tel: +31 (0) 30 274 2448 fax: +31 (0) 30 274 4466 e-mail: [log in to unmask] for more information on the Dutch food composition database see http://www.rivm.nl/nevo http://nevo-online.rivm.nl From: "Chenard, Catherine A" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask], Date: 31-10-2014 01:22 Subject: Weights for a Measured Cup of Food Sent by: Food Composition Discussion Group <[log in to unmask]> Hi - I am trying to locate standard procedures for measuring the weight of 1 cup of raw leafy greens including factors such as number of replicates to make, degree of packing, sampling plan, etc. The FAO/INFOODS Density Database Version 2.0 http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/ap815e/ap815e.pdf includes density values for a few leafy greens but I did not see any information about how the measurements were made. Does anyone know if this type of information exists? Thanks much for any information you can provide! Cathy Notice: This UI Health Care e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1 Proclaimer RIVM http://www.rivm.nl/Proclaimer ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1