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Scoop (utensil)
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<p>In common usage, a scoop is any specialized <a href="/facts/Spoon/6EvbJtf2">spoon</a> used to serve food. </p><p>In the technical terms used by the food service industry and in the retail and wholesale food utensil industries, there is a clear distinction between three types of scoop: the disher, which is used to measure a portion e.g. <a href="/facts/Cookie_dough/1YWNI3FT">cookie dough</a>, to make <a href="/facts/Melon_ball/Lof5EGRT">melon balls</a>, and often to serve <a href="/facts/Ice_cream/jVhC4nwR">ice cream</a> (although manufacturers frequently advise against using dishers for ice cream and other frozen foods); the ice cream scoop, and the transfer scoop which is used to measure or to transfer an unspecified amount of a bulk dry foodstuff such as rice, flour, or sugar. </p>