“A food scale is an indispensable kitchen tool,” Weiss says. The three main reasons: it adds ease to baking, makes healthy eating simpler, and gives a more precise measurement than measuring cups or spoons. “Imagine that you’re baking a new chocolate chip cookie recipe, and it calls for a cup of all-purpose flour,” Weiss says. “Measuring by volume may yield less-than-perfect results. However, weighing the flour with a food scale all but guarantees you’ll use just the exact right amount.” Food scales are even more helpful when baking with alternatives such as gluten-free flour since the perfect baked good texture can be harder to achieve using gluten-free ingredients. We don't recommend regularly using food scales to track how much you're eating. This is a form of dieting, which doesn't tend to work long-term.