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Grams vs ounces vs cups

caseysmom2013
caseysmom2013 Posts: 3 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I am new here. Is there a way I can change my measurement settings to measure everything in grams instead of ounces?

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    Use the drop down arrow...

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you referring to food entries in the MFP database?

    Unfortunately, the "verified" green check marks in the MFP database are used for both user-created entries and admin-created entries that MFP pulled from the USDA database. To find admin entries for whole foods, I get the syntax from the USDA database and paste that into MFP.

    All entries that MFP pulled from the USDA database should have grams.

    Note: any MFP entry that includes "USDA" was user entered.

    For packaged foods, I verify the label against what I find in MFP.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,126 Member
    caseysmom2013 wrote: »
    I am new here. Is there a way I can change my measurement settings to measure everything in grams instead of ounces?

    No. The measurement units used for a database entry are determined by the person who created the entry. A few years back they apparently ran a script to create metric options for all the database entries originally created in imperial units (and vice versa, I think), and, trust me, you don't want them to do that again if you at all value having accurate entries to choose from.
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