5 scoops not enough?

[Jet]

Last time I ordered, I had the massive buchsteiner shaker bottle with the bigger scoop, and about 3 and a half level scoops were about right.

I'm on Queal Standard

Now I have the new shaker bottle with the new scoop, and it says to use 5 scoops. However, after 3 meals (with 350ml of water), the bag is never empty, and in fact, there's enough for another meal entirely.

The new scoop is much smaller, but someone has suggested using 7-8 scoops instead, and this seems about right.

Why does the bag say to use 5 scoops if it won't be anywhere near empty after 3 meals?

[Onno_Queal]

Hey @Jet, excellent question!

We've noticed a wide array of interpretations for "scoop", and certain characteristics of the powder are not helping either.
The powder is quite easily compress-able.
If you completely fill the scoop inside the bag, and use your other hand to compress the powder into the scoop by pressing the side of the bag from the outside, that is how we originally intended it.
With that technique, it comes to 5 scoops.
There's the additional benefit that the powder will 'stick' to the scoop even when the scoop is virtually completely turned upside down. This makes for easy shaker-filling.

However, if you have a different scooping technique, that requires 7 scoops, that perfectly fine too of course!

The Queal Standard bags are all at least, and very close to, exactly 533g. So if 7 scoops per meal gets 3 meals out of the bag, than that's the right quantity of scoops for however you're scooping!

Sorry about the confusion.

[Jet]

Thanks for the reply, I haven't thought of how compressible the powder is

I use fairly "level" scoops, which means upto the brim of the circular scoop provided with the newest shaker

[yfollet]

Hello,
Out of curiosity, how many grams exactly am I supposed to add to 350ml of water? Might be easier than counting how many scoops or... Because I don't understand the difference between 5 "compressed" scoops and 7...
Thanx a lot for your answer

[Jet]

I still use 350ml with 7 level scoops for standard, but there's still quite a bit of room left for more liquid

[Onno_Queal]

For Queal Standard; 178gr.
For Queal Lite; 154gr.
For Queal Athletic; 190gr.

[yfollet]

Thanx a lot Onno
I think it's easier to use a scale than the scoop...

[SnarkBe]

For Queal Standard; 178gr.
For Queal Lite; 154gr.
For Queal Athletic; 190gr.

I can't tell for Athletic, but for both Lite and Standard, the weight of the powder in a bag does not divide perfectly by 3.
Any reason why the weight can't be modified to something that can be easily divided by 3? Like 540gr for Standard, and 480gr for Lite.

[Jet]

I think the powder just weighs how ever much the powder weighs for it's total daily nutritional value

The 100% nutritional values would change if you were to just put more or less powder to make up the weight, that or you would have to change the recipe too to maintain the nutritional ratio - I feel like they're just trying to keep the recipe as effective as possible, so it would just end up at whatever weight they can make it

Also, I don't think anyone expects you to perfectly measure it every time - as long as you get empty a bag a day, you're going to end up with the same nutrition

I just do what's fastest for the sake of convenience, two meals using the scoop, and then I just pour the remaining without scooping. I'll still end up with the same nutrition from that bag regardless of how accurately I measured each meal.

[SnarkBe]

as long as you get empty a bag a day, you're going to end up with the same nutrition

That's not wrong ... if you have Queal 3 times a day, which I think most people (including me) don't do. I have it usually twice a day, once a day from time to time.

But you're right, in the end, it doesn't really matter. It just makes it harder to calculate a third of bag ... but now, for the Lite, I know the weight by , after more than 2 years of consuming it.

[Jet]

Fair enough, so do I - I'm just saying, as long as it's roughly a third of the bag, I don't think it's going to do you any harm

[snotspat]

I just have one meal to start the day, before my workout.

And then when I am done with all the bags, I mix all the leftovers together.