MFP and Editing Fast Food info

DaNkinator

When using the MFP app for logging of daily food intake, there's the search feature which allows you to add something that you might've eaten from any restaurant. As an example, a grilled chicken go wrap from Wendy's shows as 260 calories, 25g carbs, 10g fat, and 19g of protein.

But can we edit that? Say I ordered without cheese or another ingredient, can I edit that entry to remove those things?

MikePTY

You shouldn't edit an existing entry because it can change it for others. You can add a new entry that has new calorie information for any changes you make. So you can add sand entry "grilled chicken wrap without cheese" for example.

DaNkinator

MikePTY wrote: »

You shouldn't edit an existing entry because it can change it for others. You can add a new entry that has new calorie information for any changes you make. So you can add sand entry "grilled chicken wrap without cheese" for example.

But then, how is it calculated?

Annie_01

You can create your own entry. Go to Food - My Food - Create

MikePTY

DaNkinator wrote: »

MikePTY wrote: »

You shouldn't edit an existing entry because it can change it for others. You can add a new entry that has new calorie information for any changes you make. So you can add sand entry "grilled chicken wrap without cheese" for example.

But then, how is it calculated?

You have to get the nutritional information from Wendy's. There is nothing special about the food database here. It is just entered nutritional information from publicly available information. So if there is a wendy's go wrap, it is from the information on the Wendy's website. It doesn't know how much the mayo, and the cheese are as part of that. So you would only know if the Wendy's website has nutritional information for a go wrap without cheese.

cmriverside

MikePTY wrote: »

You shouldn't edit an existing entry because it can change it for others. You can add a new entry that has new calorie information for any changes you make. So you can add sand entry "grilled chicken wrap without cheese" for example.

No, that's not how it works. It would create chaos! When you "edit" an existing food it then becomes one of your MY FOODS and when you search for it it will come up at the top of the list for that food item, but the original owner of the food doesn't have his/her item changed.

cmriverside

DaNkinator wrote: »

MikePTY wrote: »

You shouldn't edit an existing entry because it can change it for others. You can add a new entry that has new calorie information for any changes you make. So you can add sand entry "grilled chicken wrap without cheese" for example.

But then, how is it calculated?

You can also enter "quick calories" or you can enter individual ingredients like the bread and the chicken etc., (or make your own New Food like Annie said.)

I can usually find a "Wendys Chicken without cheese" in the database, but if not I make a new food.

Crafty_camper123

You could always alter your serving size if you can't find an entry. Your macro's wont be accurate, but it would account for the item(s) you removed calorie wise. For example let's say a wendy's chicken go wrap is 400 calories, and the cheese is estamated at 100 calories, you would make your serving .75 instead of 1.

Susieq_1994

cmriverside wrote: »

MikePTY wrote: »

You shouldn't edit an existing entry because it can change it for others. You can add a new entry that has new calorie information for any changes you make. So you can add sand entry "grilled chicken wrap without cheese" for example.

No, that's not how it works. It would create chaos! When you "edit" an existing food it then becomes one of your MY FOODS and when you search for it it will come up at the top of the list for that food item, but the original owner of the food doesn't have his/her item changed.

Yes it does, unfortunately. Many of my personal foods have been destroyed by idiots changing the macros around. I no longer share my created foods with the public database.

cmriverside

Susieq_1994 wrote: »

cmriverside wrote: »

MikePTY wrote: »

You shouldn't edit an existing entry because it can change it for others. You can add a new entry that has new calorie information for any changes you make. So you can add sand entry "grilled chicken wrap without cheese" for example.

No, that's not how it works. It would create chaos! When you "edit" an existing food it then becomes one of your MY FOODS and when you search for it it will come up at the top of the list for that food item, but the original owner of the food doesn't have his/her item changed.

Yes it does, unfortunately. Many of my personal foods have been destroyed by idiots changing the macros around. I no longer share my created foods with the public database.

Huh. I've never had that happen in 12 years. Back in the day all foods got automatically shared to the public database. I guess it's been such a long time since I entered any foods that I shared, I just never have seen this.

Kalex1975

Also, if you ever share a food you can never delete it from your personal foods which can be annoying sometimes... I like to keep things tidy, I have stuff I can’t delete that I haven’t eaten in 3 years.