# Scoop to cup ratio

**URL:** <https://discourse.huel.com/t/scoop-to-cup-ratio/1004>\
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**Created:** [January 17, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/scoop-to-cup-ratio/1004 "2018-01-17T13:32:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![AGaspard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b782af/32.png) [@AGaspard](https://discourse.huel.com/u/AGaspard)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/scoop-to-cup-ratio/1004/1 "2018-01-17T13:32:25Z")

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Hey guys first time user here. My huel just came in I got the shaker and the scoop. Serving says one cup. How many scoops equals one cup?

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**Author:** ![Sothan\_Huel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.huel.com/sothan_huel/32/1176_2.png) [@Sothan\_Huel](https://discourse.huel.com/u/Sothan_Huel)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/scoop-to-cup-ratio/1004/2 "2018-01-17T18:15:02Z")

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Hi @AGaspard

To be exact, weighing Huel is always the most accurate way to know you’re getting a 500 calorie/127g serving. Our standard scoop is 70cc, which gives you about 36-40g, so generally approx. 3 scoops in 500-600mL of water is recommended.

If you’re trying to track exactly, an inexpensive food scale can help you get it exactly, but otherwise I would recommend 3/4 scoops in 500mL-600mL water.

-Sothan

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**Author:** ![miked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@miked](https://discourse.huel.com/u/miked)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/scoop-to-cup-ratio/1004/3 "2018-01-18T01:23:42Z")

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fwiw, that’s “3 to 4 scoops per” not “three quarters of a scoop per”

Also, it might be a good idea to have someone put together a sticky post explaining to Americans how scoops and cups measure volume and not weight - because the grams and milliliters is not native - and 1:5 ratio is likely to be a 1 cup measure of Huel into 5 cups of water … i can’t estimate how many mL are in 5 C but 5 cups sounds like too much to drink for breakfast

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**Author:** ![King4me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a183cd/32.png) [@King4me](https://discourse.huel.com/u/King4me)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/scoop-to-cup-ratio/1004/4 "2018-01-20T21:07:45Z")

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Miked,

500 mL is equal to just over 2 cups (2.11 to be exact).

So the ideal serving for us 'Mericans is:

3 to 4 “scoops” of Huel to just over 2 cups of cold water. They suggest adding ice I just mix with cold water.

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**Author:** ![miked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@miked](https://discourse.huel.com/u/miked)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/scoop-to-cup-ratio/1004/5 "2018-01-21T02:09:15Z")

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I keep wondering how much a “scoop” is because the one that came with my first shipment was under the second bag so I’ve been using regular kitchen measuring cups - a 1/4 cup packed is 40-45g. I pour some juice to the 100mL line, water up to 400, 3x the quarter cup measures and use an immersion blender to make something almost too thick to drink so i add another 100mL to thin enough to drink.

It is interesting that I’m using 3 of a 1/4 cup measure and it’s 120-130g despite that much on the bag as a serving is 1 cup. So the takeaway is that you need to be measuring by weight due to how much you can pack whatever you use to measure a “scoop” - with numbers like I’m using I’d expect someone with an actual 1 cup measure packed would be using ~180g of Huel for much more than the 500 calories they might have thought they were getting.

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**Author:** ![Wn2fsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/848f3c/32.png) [@Wn2fsh](https://discourse.huel.com/u/Wn2fsh)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/scoop-to-cup-ratio/1004/6 "2018-01-21T02:54:37Z")

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I know everyone is different, but I find around 200ml of water per scoop of Huel works out great.

So for me, a full meal is 3.3 scoops to about 600ml.

Shaken, not stirred.

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**Author:** ![Liam1965](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Liam1965](https://discourse.huel.com/u/Liam1965)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/scoop-to-cup-ratio/1004/7 "2018-07-03T18:42:26Z")

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@miked, it’s definitely better to use the scale. As I mentioned on another thread, depending on how packed down the bag is, I’ve found that 3 scoops (level) has come out to be as little as 100g and as much as 120g.

Thus, a cup is also going to vary widely, while measuring by weight will be exact every time.