wrong nutritional information on MFP

sammama5

I have often wondered when looking up a food item, Why do people lie about the nutritional information on database additions? I understand when there are several different sized packaging items that the information from package to package may vary. Sometimes a serving is 3 pieces, or sometimes it is 1 bar, or whatever. I'm talking about absolutely WRONG information?! WHY? I added a cereal to my diary today and the information seemed wrong...way too high in calories, iron, and fat. So, I looked at the package, and not a single bit of information was accurate. It couldn't have been blamed on different sized packages or anything like that, it was just plain wrong.
Why do people put in lies like that. Are they lying to themselves for some reason? Are they trying to dupe fellow MFP members? Are they unable to accurately read? Did they let their toddler enter the information?

TyTy76

Nutritional labels can be up to %20 off.


Just saying..

k8blujay2

maybe they are from a different country and the nutrition facts are different than here... If it's wrong just correct it.

sammama5

Maybe so, but when a cereal says it has 120 calories per serving and somebody puts in 340 for that same size serving, the iron is 45% and they put 70%, the fat is 1g and they put 7g...I just don't get that.
Padding your numbers because you're not quite sure of the actual calories consumed, I get it. Estimate it into your servings, don't change the information in the database.

afwg1979

All week long I've been verifying what some MFP members have created in the nutrition database against actual product labels and/or manufacturer websites and found that the MFP-Members skewed the numbers in their favor: In other words, they could eat more (cheating). I now scrutinize the nutrition information before adding to my food. The serving size/portion was nearly always correct. Mainly the calories/fat/carbs/sugar were lower. These are the people who set themselves up to fail. Are these the same people who post "I don't know why I'm not losing . . . "