Calories vs. Calories from Fat

kkmaucha

Hello - quick question..

I am looking up the calories on the restaurants nutrition information site and it lists:

Jack Astors Original Chicken Fingers, 478g
Calories: 1,036
Calories from Fat: 481

When I look up the item in the MFP database, everyone appears to be logging 481. However given the difference between the two numbers,1 I want to ensure that I am using the correct one!

So - do I record the Calories or Calories from Fat in MFP? (I have a feeling I know the answer...)

Thank you!

mom22dogs

Total calories. Those extra 600 calories don't just disappear. The database has a lot of errors.

kkmaucha

mom22dogs wrote: »

Total calories. Those extra 600 calories don't just disappear. The database has a lot of errors.

Makes sense - thank you!

deannalfisher

total calories

calories from fat is the % of the overall that is from F - so 481/1036 = roughly 46% is from fat (probably because they are deep fried)

CyberTone

The verified item in the database for "Jack Astor's Chicken Fingers" was submitted two years ago. The MFP Nutrition Facts pop-up window shows how many people agreed with the nutrition information. The verification of a item in the database seems to be based on a computer algorithm that appears to be weighted heavily on how many users agreed that the nutrition information was correct.

However, doing a quick checksum calculation of Calories from carbs + protein + fat grams, I got 467 Calories per serving of 5 fingers. Note that that is within three percent of the reported 481 Calories per serving for the 5 fingers. I would assume that MFP's computer algorithm allowed for the three percent variance on the checksum as long as enough MFP users agreed that the information was correct.

The verified item in the MFP Food Database is two years old, and the current nutrition facts from the Jack Astor's website lists the serving size as 478g, as opposed to 5 fingers. I would assume that the Jack Astor's website updated their nutrition facts over the past two years, and the verified item in the MFP Food Database is now incorrect.

I clicked No to vote that the information is not accurate. If enough people do that, perhaps the item will revert to non-verified and it can be edited. But, I would not wait for that. I would recommend creating a new item with the correct information from the restaurant's website.