Nutrition Facts are wrong

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laphinatu
laphinatu Posts: 1 Member
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I put in a receipie and called for 1/4 tsp garlic powder and it said it was 331 calories and 73 carbs.
What's up with that.

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  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
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    A lot of the calorie counts in the data base are incorrect. User based input. Check the USDA for more accurate values.
  • attycda
    attycda Posts: 5 Member
    edited July 2019
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    I was curious so I scanned in the barcode on the garlic powder that I use. It's a generic brand. It came up as 28 calories per teaspoon.
  • tomorrowperfume
    tomorrowperfume Posts: 67 Member
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    I find that a lot of time when I input a recipe. Definitely flag incorrect values when you see them!
  • CynthiaMargiotta
    CynthiaMargiotta Posts: 15 Member
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    Anybody know how to change the # of servings in a "meal" that you've made?
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 9,984 Member
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    CynthiaMargiotta wrote: »
    Anybody know how to change the # of servings in a "meal" that you've made?

    For logging? Just change the number 1 next to servings to some other number.
    If you mean you want to tell MFP that the meal serves more than one person, like you do with a recipe, you can't do that with a meal. But if you originally included all the food to serve four people, for example, and you want to log one fourth of that, just change the number of servings when you log to 0.25,

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