# Best Digital Kitchen Scale in Egypt: Weighing in Grams Instead of Cups > The bottom line: For most homes, a 5 kg scale with 1 g accuracy and a tare button is enough: Tefal Optiss, or Home Fashion stainless steel if the budget is lower. If you knead large quantities or weigh a heavy pot, Kenwood 8 kg. And if you want a long warranty, Salter Ark, but make sure the maximum weight is enough for you. **4 min read** ## Why is a scale more accurate than a cup? A cup of flour is not a fixed weight: if you scoop from the bag and pack it, you will take much more flour than if you fill it with a spoon and level the top. This difference is what makes a cake turn out dry one time and moist another, and dough sticky one time and dry another. That is why most foreign recipes and professional bakers write in grams. A scale also saves on dishes: you put the bowl, tare, add flour, tare, add sugar, without many cups and spoons. And if you are copying a recipe from a foreign book or video, you will mostly find the measurements written in grams, so the scale lets you make it exactly as is without conversion. ## What will you use it for in the Egyptian kitchen? - **Kahk, biscuits, and ghorayeba:** Measurements in grams, and dividing the dough into balls of the same weight so the whole tray bakes evenly.- **Basbousa and cake:** The ratio of semolina or flour to ghee and sugar is what makes a difference in texture.- **Bread and pizza at home:** The exact ratio of water to flour gives you dough that is the same every time.- **Dividing meat and chicken for the freezer:** Bags of the same weight, so you know each bag is enough for a meal.- **Coffee:** Weighing the coffee grounds for the kanaka or espresso machine makes the taste consistent. ## Maximum weight and accuracy - **5 kg** is enough for most homes: a bowl with cake ingredients or bread dough.- **8 kg or more** if you knead large quantities, like Eid kahk, or weigh the whole pot or tray.- **1 g accuracy** is good for flour, sugar, butter, and cheese.- Yeast, baking powder, and salt are added in very small quantities, and a regular scale might not read those few grams accurately. Use measuring spoons, or a small scale with 0.1 g accuracy if you work in grams for everything.- Some scales have a minimum weight of 5 g, not 1, so read this number on the page. ## Tare button and units The tare button is the most important button on the scale: you put the empty bowl, press it, the screen goes back to zero, so you weigh only the food without the weight of the bowl. Make sure it is present and written on the page. - **Units:** Grams are what you will use, and ounces and pounds are useful for American recipes.- **Ml mode:** It calculates liquid as water, so milk is very close, but oil is lighter than water, so 100 ml of oil weighs less than 100 g.- **Auto-off:** It saves the battery, but it might turn off while you are adding slowly, so keep an eye on the screen. ## Surface and batteries - **Tempered glass:** Flat and easy to wipe, but handle with care and do not hit a pot on it.- **Stainless steel:** Does not break, but shows fingerprints.- The surface must be larger than the base of the bowl, so the screen does not hide under it.- Check the battery type before buying, keep a spare one, and remove it if the scale will sit for months without use. ## Use and care - Put it on a flat, dry surface, not on a towel or next to the stove.- Do not put more than the maximum weight on it, and do not hit heavy things on it.- Wipe it with a damp towel and wring it out well, and do not wash it under the tap.- If you feel the weight is not right, change the battery first, then weigh something with a known weight, like a sealed 1 kg bag of sugar. ## Check before you buy - Maximum weight, accuracy, and minimum weight are written on the page.- Batteries included or not, and their type.- Who the seller is, and whether the warranty is local or from the seller only. ## FAQ ### How many grams of flour are in a cup? There is no fixed number. It differs according to the type of flour and how you filled the cup, and the difference can reach tens of grams in a single cup. This is exactly why weighing with a scale is more accurate, especially in cakes and bread. ### A 5 kg scale or 8 kg? 5 kg is enough for most homes. Get 8 kg or more if you knead large quantities, or weigh a whole heavy pot or tray, or prepare food for a week. ### Do I weigh water and milk with the scale? Yes, and this is easier than the cup. Water weighs about a gram per ml, and milk is close to it. Oil is lighter, so if the recipe is written in ml, use a measuring cup for oil or ml mode while knowing there is a small difference. ### The scale is reading wrong numbers, what should I do? Change the battery first, because a weak battery is one of the most common reasons. Put it on a flat surface away from heat, tare it before putting the food, and then weigh something with a known weight. If it is still wrong, talk to the seller while you are still in the warranty period. --- Source: https://hanakoleah.com/en/article/best-digital-kitchen-scale-egypt Edited by: Marwa Mohamed Last updated: 2026-10-31