Salmon calories vary greatly???

Mucka500

I purchased a .84 pound piece of Atlantic Salmon tonight and scanned it in. The total calories for that one piece came in at 1120 and 60 grams of fat! I see in MFP that 6oz of salmon is anywhere from 240 to 500? Is there that much variance with salmon?? Thanks

JessAndreia

According to google 100 grams of atlantic raw salmon is 208 calories and 13 grams of fat.
0.84 pounds = 380 grams, which comes to 790 calories and almost 50 grams of fat.

kimny72

Many of the database entries are user entered and often are incorrect. You need to check the entries you use against the nutrition info on the package or the USDA published info for whole foods.

Cahgetsfit

kimny72 wrote: »

Many of the database entries are user entered and often are incorrect. You need to check the entries you use against the nutrition info on the package or the USDA published info for whole foods.

and once you do that and check you can make your own entry - I try to search for entries with USDA in the title because that means someone else already did it for me! So i'd type in "raw salmon USDA " or "grilled salmon USDA" for example

kshama2001

Cahgetsfit wrote: »

kimny72 wrote: »

Many of the database entries are user entered and often are incorrect. You need to check the entries you use against the nutrition info on the package or the USDA published info for whole foods.

and once you do that and check you can make your own entry - I try to search for entries with USDA in the title because that means someone else already did it for me! So i'd type in "raw salmon USDA " or "grilled salmon USDA" for example

I think I've only needed to create two entries in the six years I've been logging food, and that was not for whole foods. Way too many people unnecessarily create entries, and that clutters up the database.

If you find an entry that includes "USDA", that was a user created entry.

Unfortunately, the "verified" green check marks in the MFP database 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.

jesspen91

kshama2001 wrote: »

Cahgetsfit wrote: »

kimny72 wrote: »

Many of the database entries are user entered and often are incorrect. You need to check the entries you use against the nutrition info on the package or the USDA published info for whole foods.

and once you do that and check you can make your own entry - I try to search for entries with USDA in the title because that means someone else already did it for me! So i'd type in "raw salmon USDA " or "grilled salmon USDA" for example

I think I've only needed to create two entries in the six years I've been logging food, and that was not for whole foods. Way too many people unnecessarily create entries, and that clutters up the database.

If you find an entry that includes "USDA", that was a user created entry.

Unfortunately, the "verified" green check marks in the MFP database 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.

Yep. Whenever I enter a recipe I get thrown by the default entry for garlic which is 1000 calories for one bulb! My recipes come out higher calorie than expected and I have to comb through to find the culprit. It's always the garlic! I wish the recipe builder was better.

mlinci

The amount of fat in salmon varies enormously, so I think it’s right that some types might be much more calorific than some other, leaner types.

wilson10102018

Raw salmon of any variety will come in between 1 and 2 calories per gram. Most all of it within 1 to 1.5 calories per gram. Cooked salmon will leave rendered fat in the pan. You could weigh it and deduct it from the raw calories.

cwolfman13

jburrows500 wrote: »

I purchased a .84 pound piece of Atlantic Salmon tonight and scanned it in. The total calories for that one piece came in at 1120 and 60 grams of fat! I see in MFP that 6oz of salmon is anywhere from 240 to 500? Is there that much variance with salmon?? Thanks

There isn't...your first entry was just a *kitten* one.

Mucka500

Thank you all for your help! Much appreciated. USDA database is a great tip!