How or can I get the figures of the nutrition facts from a recipes ?

grandmagege

Hi I'm a cookbook collector. not a good thing when I need to lose weight. But I just bought more and one doesn't have the nutrition facts. How do people figure out these things?

janejellyroll

I use the recipe builder on this website.

grandmagege

wow where do I find that?

heiliskrimsli

It's on the Food tab under Recipes.

For cookbook you can do "Add recipe manually".

Or use this:

Recipe Calculator

Tried30UserNames

I find the recipe builder difficult to use.

For recipes, I tend to just look up the calorie counts of each recipe item online (USDA website or calorieking or nutritiondata or similar) and write it down on a piece of paper. It's easier for me than trying to wade through all the varied items in the data bank here and figure out which items are correct and which are way off.

grandmagege

Thank you both I will try both ways. I love this site and I don't know why I keep paying for other sites.

danigirl1011

I do the same where i add the recipe in here and the number of servings and save it and then every time i log it i know i'm getting the right amount

French_Peasant

Tried30UserNames wrote: »

I find the recipe builder difficult to use.

For recipes, I tend to just look up the calorie counts of each recipe item online (USDA website or calorieking or nutritiondata or similar) and write it down on a piece of paper. It's easier for me than trying to wade through all the varied items in the data bank here and figure out which items are correct and which are way off.

Recipe Builder can be a pain in the butt, and you are right that you have to go through things with a fine-toothed comb because it will import some crazy-@ss ingredients. I learned the hard way to enter "Gold Medal all purpose flour" or domino granulated cane sugar" or any ingredient in grams with USDA in the title, and I also have problems adjusting the recipe, especially from my phone or tablet.

That being said...once you have the recipe in there, it is always there, so if you have something you make frequently, it is well worth the effort to navigate the system and have it in your recipe bank. That way you don't have to hand-calculate every time and/or ride herd on little scraps of paper (although you could always write it in the cookbook next to the actual recipe).

kshama2001

Tried30UserNames wrote: »

I find the recipe builder difficult to use.

For recipes, I tend to just look up the calorie counts of each recipe item online (USDA website or calorieking or nutritiondata or similar) and write it down on a piece of paper. It's easier for me than trying to wade through all the varied items in the data bank here and figure out which items are correct and which are way off.

I agree the database is full of useless or duplicate entries. This is one reason why I won't pay for Premium, which uses the same cluttered DB.

Also, the green check marks are used for both user-created entries and system entries. To find system entries for whole foods, I get the syntax from the USDA database and plug that into MFP.

For packaged foods, I verify the label against what I find in MFP.

grandmagege

I used it tonight and it worked great for my first one. 494 cal. each serving that's a lot.

deannalfisher

always double check entries - there are some funky ones (3000cal garlic for example)

Rebecca0224

deannalfisher wrote: »

always double check entries - there are some funky ones (3000cal garlic for example)

This, I often find entries that are way off.