Every household owns one: A kitchen scale for weighing ingredients. If digital or analog - the intention is the same. The classic kitchen scale has gone through a groundbreaking evolution over the years. On the front of modern kitchen scales is a digital LCD-screen, which displays the weight information in a clearly readable way. The precision has also tremendously increased.
From weighing lightweight goods like chopped nuts or spices to voluminous sausage, cheese, fruit and pastry - the weighing precision of modern LCD-scales can indicate the weight of anything. For cooking, such a scale is irrecoverable. When using a recipe for cooking a meal, the single ingredients must be perfectly weighted and not estimated ( In case you are aiming for the best results and the veridical taste of the finished recipe ).