Joseph Joseph SwitchScale Review & Giveaway

Monday 18 July 2016
Kitchen Scales have to be one of the absolute kitchen essentials. Whilst I'm usually happy to do a bit of bucket chemistry guestimation for cooking, when it comes to baking accuracy is absolutely vital. I've used digital scales for a number of years now but there is always a panic when the battery runs out and an error message shows. Queue rummaging in the depths of the kitchen junk drawer for the correct replacement battery, which is usually something weird and wonderful. A couple of weeks ago when my daughter was baking Rainbow Fairy Cakes with a friend my old scales gave up the ghost entirely. Even a new battery couldn't bring them back to life. Luckily she managed to borrow some form a neighbour and the cake making could continue but a new set of scales was most definitely required.




I've long been a fan of the stylish kitchen products from Joseph Joseph so they were my first stop for new scales. I was impressed by both the looks and concept of their Switch Scale which I've now been regularly using for a couple of weeks. Retailing at £50 these clever digital scales offer two options for weighing your ingredients. You can either place the items directly onto the scales or flip the top over and it becomes a measuring bowl itself. The internal mechanism of the scale has a two year guarantee and comes complete with 3 x AAA batterries. An auto power-off feature helps to maximise battery life. 




The SwitchScale™ has an easy-to-read back-lit LCD display and touch-sensitive controls. It works well for measuring both liquids and dry foods and can be quickly switched between gms, lbs, ozs, fl.ozs and mls. Maximum capacity is 5kg/176.4 fl.oz/11lb/5000ml. An ‘add and weigh’ function allows multiple ingredients to be weighed during recipe by zero-ing after each addition. I've found it really easy to use and it looks good in my kitchen. The bowl is hand wash whilst the scales themselves are easily wiped down with a damp cloth. Non-slip silicone feet keep it secure on the worktop. It can also be used with any other receptacle such as a jug or a pan by placing it on then zeroing. My only tiny gripe would be that you need to bend down to view the display from side on rather than above as I was used to with my previous digital scales. 


Joseph Joseph have provided a SwitchScale worth £50 as a giveaway for readers of Foodie Quine. 

Entry is via the Rafflecopter widget below. To enter, let me know in a comment "What's your most frequently weighed item?"

For additional bonus entries you can follow me on Twitter, Tweet about the Giveaway or like me on Facebook and Instagram.
Good Luck!

Disclosure: Joseph Joseph provided me with a Switch Scale to review and giveaway. All opinions expressed are my own.
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413 comments

  1. janeyf25 July 2016 at 12:44

    Flour

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  2. mark sanderson25 July 2016 at 12:47

    Flour :-)

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  3. Unknown25 July 2016 at 12:48

    Flour and potatoes

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  4. Unknown25 July 2016 at 12:48

    Flour or butter

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  5. Andrea Lemin25 July 2016 at 12:55

    Flour

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  6. debbie smith25 July 2016 at 12:56

    flour xx fab competition these look fab xx

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  7. steven young25 July 2016 at 13:00

    Definitely Flour

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  8. Elizabeth Hinds25 July 2016 at 13:02

    Probably pasta or rice as they're always items that I struggle with when it comes to quantities :)

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  9. Mimi25 July 2016 at 13:04

    Pasta - we eat a lot in our house!

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  10. Mimi25 July 2016 at 13:05

    Pasta - we eat a lot in our house!

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  11. cherrymix25 July 2016 at 13:08

    Flour

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  12. Alica25 July 2016 at 13:10

    My hubby is a type 1 diabetic so we have to weigh all carbs! I could really do with some new ones as they are used so much!

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  13. Laura25 July 2016 at 13:11

    Flour or sugar - basically cake ingredients! 🙈

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  14. Saetana25 July 2016 at 13:14

    Cake ingredients - butter, sugar and flour. Rafflecopter entries are in my real name NIKKI HAYES, thanks for the lovely giveaway :o)

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  15. Tracy Nixon25 July 2016 at 13:17

    flour

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  16. prwilson25 July 2016 at 13:19

    Cherry Tomatoes.

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  17. Unknown25 July 2016 at 13:33

    As I'm doing Slimming World, it's cheese and cereal for me - two of the only things that need measuring!

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  18. Unknown25 July 2016 at 13:36

    Flour

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  19. Matthew P25 July 2016 at 13:40

    myself :-))

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  20. Anonymous25 July 2016 at 13:40

    Probably cheese and sugar!

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  21. Stephanie C25 July 2016 at 13:41

    Flour, butter and sugar - I bake a lot of cakes so seems i'm always measuring these things!

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  22. Wise Ways25 July 2016 at 13:43

    It has to be pasta I make a lot of dishes that use pasta :)

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  23. emma walters25 July 2016 at 13:44

    rice at the moment, trying more healthy meals for the family x

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  24. mellysocks25 July 2016 at 13:49

    Flour

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  25. angela treadway25 July 2016 at 13:51

    Butter! X

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  26. dawney197725 July 2016 at 13:58

    Flour x

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  27. Tarn6825 July 2016 at 14:01

    Rice most likely

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  28. Anonymous25 July 2016 at 14:35

    Margaret Clarkson
    Flour

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  29. Nicki Evans25 July 2016 at 14:36

    Flour

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  30. Nicki Evans25 July 2016 at 14:36

    Flour

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  31. Nicki Evans25 July 2016 at 14:36

    Flour

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  32. glennamy25 July 2016 at 14:37

    Probably sauce mixes & flour

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  33. Anonymous25 July 2016 at 14:39

    mostly flour


    angela b

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  34. Ali Johnson25 July 2016 at 14:40

    Baking Ingredients so flour, caster sugar & butter

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  35. maci23425 July 2016 at 14:41

    flour

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  36. Unknown25 July 2016 at 14:49

    I weigh the cat's dry food every morning so she doesn't put on weight.

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  37. FunJustJustin25 July 2016 at 14:50

    Flour

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  38. Unknown25 July 2016 at 14:54

    I probably weight out our grains the most, like buckwheat

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  39. Unknown25 July 2016 at 15:02

    dried dog food to stop the dogs getting overfed

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  40. silviam25 July 2016 at 15:13

    Flour: I love baking :-)

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  41. freakfire25 July 2016 at 15:17

    Probably butter

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  42. Unknown25 July 2016 at 15:26

    My most frequently weighed items would be rice, pasta and couscous :)

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  43. Sarah Prescott25 July 2016 at 15:32

    My most frequently weighed items would be flour and sugar

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  44. Tracy Hanley25 July 2016 at 15:33

    rice and flour

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  45. Giuliana Britti25 July 2016 at 15:35

    Flower and sugar as I love making cakes! :)

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  46. Anonymous25 July 2016 at 15:39

    Flour.

    Rachel Craig

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  47. Anonymous25 July 2016 at 15:55

    Butter is probably my most weighed item.

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  48. geezerbird4425 July 2016 at 15:55

    My most frequently weighed item is rice as we eat it a few times a week

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  49. Unknown25 July 2016 at 16:01

    Flour

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  50. Unknown25 July 2016 at 16:04

    Flour - I bake a bit

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  51. Kim Neville25 July 2016 at 16:08

    Rice at the moment

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  52. Isabel25 July 2016 at 16:09

    Flour, sugar, butter, cocoa- I bake chocolate cakes a lot with my mum! :)

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  53. anthony harrington25 July 2016 at 16:14

    flour

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  54. Louise A25 July 2016 at 16:29

    At the moment my most frequently weighed item would be our 2 dogs dinner. They used to feed out of the same bowl but one of them is getting a little chunky because he is a pig when it comes to food so I have to divide it and make sure he doesn't get more than our other dog.

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  55. Edward Guerreiro25 July 2016 at 16:37

    Probably mince meat. I tend to buy packs bigger than I need for a meal. So I tend to weigh it, so I can divide it evenly.

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  56. moonray25 July 2016 at 16:42

    Probably pasta ;-)

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  57. Jo Y25 July 2016 at 16:43

    I bake lots of cakes so I weigh flour, sugar and butter equal amounts of time.

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  58. Lizzy T25 July 2016 at 16:44

    Flour because I make my own bread regularly.

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  59. christine shelley25 July 2016 at 16:51

    Flour for endless cakes

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  60. Mikey25 July 2016 at 17:06

    Flour for baking

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  61. Sonny25 July 2016 at 17:07

    Rice

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  62. Holly Gibson25 July 2016 at 17:15

    flour from all of the baking I do

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  63. Unknown25 July 2016 at 17:19

    Sugar! YUM.

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  64. Unknown25 July 2016 at 17:32

    Flour and fat for baking :-)

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  65. Blue6625 July 2016 at 17:42

    Flour and butter x

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  66. HelHots25 July 2016 at 17:46

    Flour, sugar & butter for crumbles & cakes

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  67. Louise25 July 2016 at 18:15

    For me it's probably flour :)

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  68. Kim Styles25 July 2016 at 18:21

    sugar and flour

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  69. Anonymous25 July 2016 at 18:40

    Flour and fruit thanks georgina.jacobs@blueyonder.co.uk

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  70. Hayley25 July 2016 at 18:57

    Flour x

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  71. Crown8625 July 2016 at 19:02

    Flour

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  72. Unknown25 July 2016 at 19:04

    Not to sound like a parrot but it's flour for me too ;)

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  73. pauline hill25 July 2016 at 19:15

    Flour

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  74. Unknown25 July 2016 at 19:40

    Butter

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  75. lozzle25 July 2016 at 19:46

    probably flour

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  76. barb25 July 2016 at 19:46

    plain flour

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  77. Unknown25 July 2016 at 19:47

    Flour or oats, I think!

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  78. Susan Smith25 July 2016 at 19:50

    Flour and Sugar

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  79. Jessica Powell25 July 2016 at 19:57

    Flour :)

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  80. Lillian Fisher25 July 2016 at 20:02

    It would be butter

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  81. Unknown25 July 2016 at 20:03

    Flour and butter!

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  82. Unknown25 July 2016 at 20:11

    always the flour !

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  83. janethaste25 July 2016 at 20:23

    Flour, always

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  84. Fozia25 July 2016 at 20:28

    Flour

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  85. Marc Chivers25 July 2016 at 20:33

    Butter

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  86. Mog78925 July 2016 at 20:45

    Flour

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  87. samfa25 July 2016 at 20:52

    probably flour

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  88. ninja-kanga-den25 July 2016 at 20:52

    breakfast cereal

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  89. Tammy Jayne25 July 2016 at 21:05

    porridge oats for breakfast

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  90. clairew13725 July 2016 at 21:30

    flour

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  91. Jayne25 July 2016 at 21:37

    Flour. Thanks for the lovely giveaway, I would love some new scales.

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  92. Zoe G25 July 2016 at 21:43

    Flour, butter and sugar, everything else I guess

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  93. pate-ci025 July 2016 at 21:44

    Sugar

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  94. Laura nice25 July 2016 at 21:46

    Oats, every morning for my overnight oats! :)

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  95. winnie25 July 2016 at 21:53

    sugar

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  96. Suz25 July 2016 at 21:54

    porridge

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  97. Unknown25 July 2016 at 21:57

    Definitely flour!

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  98. clairebears3025 July 2016 at 21:59

    My cereal for breakfast but everything really

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  99. Kirsty25 July 2016 at 22:05

    I've been really strict with my diet for the last year or so, almost obsessively so... So, I weigh EVERYTHING. From cereal, to rice, pasta... even raisins in my porridge! These would be brilliant.

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  100. Gillian McClelland25 July 2016 at 22:16

    Porridge Oats as I measure these each night before mixing with frozen fruit and yoghurt to make a healthy breakfast

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  101. Tony25 July 2016 at 22:19

    Flour

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  102. Unknown25 July 2016 at 22:23

    Flour

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  103. Lola88825 July 2016 at 22:24

    Porridge oats everyday for breakfast

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  104. Tiddles1225 July 2016 at 22:25

    flour for cakes

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  105. Teresa Lee25 July 2016 at 22:44

    Flour

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  106. suzy15625 July 2016 at 23:06

    FLOUR for baking my cakes

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  107. Patricia Avery25 July 2016 at 23:26

    Cake ingredients so flour, marg, sugar, fruit etc. :)

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  108. Paula Readings26 July 2016 at 00:28

    Pasta.. I'm dieting.

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  109. Unknown26 July 2016 at 00:54

    Cheese

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  110. Caroline26 July 2016 at 01:19

    Flour - cakes, pizza, bread . . . we love making them all.

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  111. Allan Smith26 July 2016 at 01:37

    flour

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  112. Carly Belsey26 July 2016 at 04:53

    Well I guess it is flour, along with all the other baking type ingredients as I love baking all different cakes :-)

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  113. ben26 July 2016 at 05:57

    has to be sugar!!

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  114. Anonymous26 July 2016 at 06:10

    I weigh every thing butter sugar cherries all dried fruit flour lard rice pasta bread crumbs sage mint even down to eggs when baking a sandwich cake

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  115. pretty pistol26 July 2016 at 06:11

    my cereal in the mornings x

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  116. Unknown26 July 2016 at 06:13

    it has to be rice

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  117. Julie T26 July 2016 at 06:25

    Flour, butter, eggs & sugar for cakes...

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  118. Jane Willis26 July 2016 at 07:00

    Fresh veg, because OH likes to keep a rough tally of what he harvests. For cooking purposes, probably flour.

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  119. Katherine26 July 2016 at 07:08

    Flour is my most frequently weighed item in the kitchen :)

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  120. Vecta226 July 2016 at 07:13

    I believe that Flour is the item that I weigh most often

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  121. Amanda26 July 2016 at 08:05

    Pasta! I have a naughty habit of cooking too much so I now weigh it

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  122. scarletblue26 July 2016 at 08:09

    Couscous!

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  123. Boab26 July 2016 at 08:21

    Flour

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  124. Mock-Turtle26 July 2016 at 08:29

    Rice and flour!

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  125. Ruth Harwood26 July 2016 at 09:19

    flour and sugar!

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  126. Anonymous26 July 2016 at 09:23

    Flour and sugar

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  127. susiebaby26 July 2016 at 10:04

    Pasta - I always cook way too much if I don't weigh it

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  128. Splodge26 July 2016 at 10:08

    Flour and sugar

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  129. Charlottep26 July 2016 at 10:45

    Probably flour. Am mildly addicted to yorkshire puddings

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  130. Jenny Toal26 July 2016 at 11:02

    Flour

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  131. Anonymous26 July 2016 at 11:10

    Flour
    @gavrc

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  132. Nora26 July 2016 at 11:16

    Flour

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  133. Unknown26 July 2016 at 12:06

    Flour for baking my cupcakes!

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  134. Unknown26 July 2016 at 12:57

    flour,butter and sugar for baking

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  135. kim26 July 2016 at 13:19

    flour most definately

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  136. Unknown26 July 2016 at 13:21

    flour butter and caster sugar x

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  137. Anonymous26 July 2016 at 13:33

    I Weigh all my foods for my diet to make sure I am not over estimating (usually am)

    KATHY D

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  138. Anonymous26 July 2016 at 13:34

    Probably cereal

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  139. Eszter26 July 2016 at 13:37

    nickel-bis-cyclooctadiene

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  140. Julie26 July 2016 at 13:50

    flour

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  141. Alix boswell26 July 2016 at 15:01

    I'm always weighing Rice!

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  142. Unknown26 July 2016 at 15:11

    I think probably chicken!

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  143. carowood26 July 2016 at 15:22

    Rice

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  144. Lucy Locket26 July 2016 at 15:33

    flour

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  145. Iona Cornish26 July 2016 at 15:58

    Flour for baking

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  146. Unknown26 July 2016 at 16:02

    Peanut Butter - a calorie counters nightmare!

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  147. Diane26 July 2016 at 16:40

    Flour

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  148. Jane Duckworth 26 July 2016 at 17:03

    Flour xo

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  149. mike wood26 July 2016 at 17:19

    rice

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  150. jenniwren1226 July 2016 at 17:48

    bread making ingredients, we make a loaf every day :-)

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  151. Emccrubb26 July 2016 at 18:01

    my breakfast cereal and cheese

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  152. maxineflossy26 July 2016 at 18:14

    Baking ingredients, especially flour

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  153. Cbodin26 July 2016 at 19:04

    Flour

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  154. charlotte isobelle26 July 2016 at 19:21

    we do a lot of baking in our house so flour for us

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  155. Isis1981uk26 July 2016 at 19:33

    Probably berries!

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  156. Hannonle26 July 2016 at 19:36

    hmm most recently it's been strawberries and sugar for making jam. Oh and ebay parcels! haha!

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  157. Michelle Ferguson26 July 2016 at 19:58

    Flour when I'm making cakes

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  158. Lewis clark26 July 2016 at 20:10

    Flour

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  159. Sharon Heath26 July 2016 at 20:27

    Flour

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  160. Unknown26 July 2016 at 20:28

    Porridge x

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  161. Andrea Fletcher26 July 2016 at 20:50

    Flour and butter

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  162. Estelle26 July 2016 at 22:46

    Flour, water, salt and sourdough starter twice a week for my sourdough bread

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  163. ElizM26 July 2016 at 22:50

    flour for cakes, homemade bread, scones

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  164. pete c26 July 2016 at 23:19

    like most, it`s flour

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  165. Unknown26 July 2016 at 23:59

    I would say it is flour

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  166. gothlass8827 July 2016 at 00:52

    flour and other baking ingredients

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  167. Heather Haigh27 July 2016 at 01:02

    Crumble ingredients - so flour, butter and sugar. We eat a lot of crumbles.

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  168. Kevin00027 July 2016 at 01:02

    Flour

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  169. Unknown27 July 2016 at 03:24

    Sugar

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  170. GreenEggs27 July 2016 at 07:26

    Probably flour - we use it in most things!

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  171. philiboy27 July 2016 at 07:43

    Flour all the way

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  172. Joannecc27 July 2016 at 07:48

    Flour

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  173. anon27 July 2016 at 08:22

    Yup, it's flour.

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  174. Kirsty Mackay27 July 2016 at 09:06

    Definitely flour for me too.

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  175. Anonymous27 July 2016 at 09:32

    Flour

    ~ Anthony G

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  176. Unknown27 July 2016 at 10:21

    Probably flour xxx

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  177. JKENN27 July 2016 at 11:38

    1000g flour to make six large pizza balls

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  178. Becky Yeomans27 July 2016 at 12:38

    Flour!! :)

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  179. Robwhufc27 July 2016 at 16:51

    Flour for me

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  180. jo liddement27 July 2016 at 17:24

    flour for bread making

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  181. janine atkin27 July 2016 at 17:43

    flour and sugar

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  182. Victoria R Morrison27 July 2016 at 19:42

    Definitely flour from all the baking I do

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  183. Anonymous27 July 2016 at 20:11

    Flour

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  184. ukdesign27 July 2016 at 20:11

    Mostly flour from when i am baking cakes

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  185. MANDY DOHERTY27 July 2016 at 21:12

    Flour as I bake quite a lot

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  186. Kate Sharman27 July 2016 at 21:29

    Eggs

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  187. Rebecca Sutton27 July 2016 at 22:57

    jacket potatoes, i cook them in the microwave oven and have to weigh them first to know how long to cook them for.

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  188. Amy b28 July 2016 at 00:46

    Flour, butter and sugar as i do a lot of baking :) mine have just broken, So would love to win some new ones x

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  189. jo ogden28 July 2016 at 06:50

    oats

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  190. LaurensMum28 July 2016 at 07:44

    Flour

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  191. Jodi hill28 July 2016 at 07:56

    Flour!

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  192. Unknown28 July 2016 at 12:38

    it has to be flour and sugar!

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  193. mouseybabe28 July 2016 at 12:44

    Icing sugar. I baked with the little ones yesterday

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  194. smileyfem28 July 2016 at 13:57

    My sons cereals this morning

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  195. strivedy7428 July 2016 at 16:03

    Flour

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  196. becky00428 July 2016 at 17:59

    Flour and sugar

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  197. Chelsey hollings28 July 2016 at 20:34

    Flour and Sugar

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  198. dorsetsgem28 July 2016 at 21:37

    flour and sugar

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  199. twinlay0628 July 2016 at 21:47

    Son always weights rice, our scales are smart price ones and ugly

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  200. Maria Hackett28 July 2016 at 22:05

    flour and sugar for cakes

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