Tool for comparing multiple food's nutrition

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DivineKataroshie
DivineKataroshie Posts: 5 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello everyone ! I'm looking for tool/website to compare nutrition information for multiple foods, or reliable source for nutrition values.

Do you guys know any, or can recommend one ? :)

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  • LiftHeavyThings27105
    LiftHeavyThings27105 Posts: 2,086 Member
    I can - and will gladly - suggest a few sites!

    First and foremost, using the labels on the foods is the best idea. Clearly. But, you are likely asking about "what happens when I eat out?"

    So, most places will have nutritional values on their web site. I would check that, first and foremost.

    I would - if you find that you eat someplace that does not have that - suggest the following two web sites:

    1. https://www.nutritionix.com
    2. https://www.fatsecret.com

    I find that these two web sites are pretty darn good - and have EVERYTHING!

    Now, and this is 100% my bias, I would *NOT* trust the MFP data base. When I first started doing this some two years ago I found myself constantly frustrated with the 1,001 choices for the same food item. Anyway, that is my experience. I am also very OCD with details....just ask my colleagues! Hey, if the MFP Data Base works for you, then please by all means!

    I hope that this helps!
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    edited July 2018
    This might be something like what you’re for?

    https://www.myfooddata.com


    I have no idea how reliable it is, but it looks like it’ll show the data side by side for multiple foods. The couple things I checked seemed like reasonable values.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,183 Member
    https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list?home=true
  • DivineKataroshie
    DivineKataroshie Posts: 5 Member
    LiftHeavyThings27105 wrote: »
    I can - and will gladly - suggest a few sites!

    First and foremost, using the labels on the foods is the best idea. Clearly. But, you are likely asking about "what happens when I eat out?"

    So, most places will have nutritional values on their web site. I would check that, first and foremost.

    I would - if you find that you eat someplace that does not have that - suggest the following two web sites:

    1. https://www.nutritionix.com
    2. https://www.fatsecret.com

    I find that these two web sites are pretty darn good - and have EVERYTHING!

    Now, and this is 100% my bias, I would *NOT* trust the MFP data base. When I first started doing this some two years ago I found myself constantly frustrated with the 1,001 choices for the same food item. Anyway, that is my experience. I am also very OCD with details....just ask my colleagues! Hey, if the MFP Data Base works for you, then please by all means!

    I hope that this helps!

    Haha thank you for the reply ! as a fellow OCD I understand your frustration perfectly :D thank you for the recommendation !
  • DoubleUbea
    DoubleUbea Posts: 1,115 Member
    LiftHeavyThings27105 wrote: »
    Now, and this is 100% my bias, I would *NOT* trust the MFP data base. When I first started doing this some two years ago I found myself constantly frustrated with the 1,001 choices for the same food item. Anyway, that is my experience.

    I wish they would clean it up and verify the data. The problem with crowd source data is the variables in the crowd.

  • LiftHeavyThings27105
    LiftHeavyThings27105 Posts: 2,086 Member
    DivineKataroshie wrote: »
    LiftHeavyThings27105 wrote: »
    I can - and will gladly - suggest a few sites!

    First and foremost, using the labels on the foods is the best idea. Clearly. But, you are likely asking about "what happens when I eat out?"

    So, most places will have nutritional values on their web site. I would check that, first and foremost.

    I would - if you find that you eat someplace that does not have that - suggest the following two web sites:

    1. https://www.nutritionix.com
    2. https://www.fatsecret.com

    I find that these two web sites are pretty darn good - and have EVERYTHING!

    Now, and this is 100% my bias, I would *NOT* trust the MFP data base. When I first started doing this some two years ago I found myself constantly frustrated with the 1,001 choices for the same food item. Anyway, that is my experience. I am also very OCD with details....just ask my colleagues! Hey, if the MFP Data Base works for you, then please by all means!

    I hope that this helps!

    Haha thank you for the reply ! as a fellow OCD I understand your frustration perfectly :D thank you for the recommendation !

    You are most welcome. I would also encourage you to look for other sources. The two that I mentioned seem - after a good period of time - to be pretty reliable. But, not the only two. :-)
  • LiftHeavyThings27105
    LiftHeavyThings27105 Posts: 2,086 Member
    DoubleUbea wrote: »
    LiftHeavyThings27105 wrote: »
    Now, and this is 100% my bias, I would *NOT* trust the MFP data base. When I first started doing this some two years ago I found myself constantly frustrated with the 1,001 choices for the same food item. Anyway, that is my experience.

    I wish they would clean it up and verify the data. The problem with crowd source data is the variables in the crowd.

    Agreed. I could go on and on and on and on about this, but it won't change anything. So, I said my peace (so to speak) and will leave it at that!
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