what is going on with mfp carbs?

l3long

I had half a cup of saurkraut on my salad for lunch and when I went to track it differnet choices ranged from 0 - 9 g carbs? I also had 1/8 of an english cucumber and found wide variations in the carbs alotted depending on which cucumber choice I made in mfp???? Saurkrat could vary. I don't know if anyone adds sugar to theirs. Mine was homemade ... cabbage and salt are the only ingredients. Cucumbers are cucumbers and don't change much?

sweetteadrinker2

different entries are different, it's part of being a user generated database, try to check the usda website and find an entry that matches, and weigh your food for most accurate logging

Christine_72

I go here when I want to double check anything.

http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search

zyxy55

Christine_72 wrote: »

I go here when I want to double check anything.

http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search

This is great. Thanks for sharing!!

Sabine_Stroehm

MFP carbs are a joke. I saw a friend's entry the other day for something like broccoli and shrimp over rice and it listed 5 carbs. Goofy.

Christine_72

zyxy55 wrote: »

Christine_72 wrote: »

I go here when I want to double check anything.

http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search

This is great. Thanks for sharing!!

No worries

Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »

MFP carbs are a joke. I saw a friend's entry the other day for something like broccoli and shrimp over rice and it listed 5 carbs. Goofy.

Yeah I've seen some far out numbers in friends diaries that are obviously wrong. Also, Some people scroll through until they find the lowest calories listed and go with that, not caring if if it's accurate or not..

Bob314159

Try the avocado entry that has negative carbs