USDA Nutrient Database disappearing next week

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    dulinh wrote: »
    The new site sucks :( I use the old site all the time so that I can find the correct MFP database entries.

    I searched for 'lentils' and initially got over 900 results. I narrowed to just SR legacy and got 9 which is manageable.
    Next I tried 'chicken' with just the SR legacy selected... 392 results. Who has time for that looking through that list?

    I wonder if MFP would please identify the uploaded USDA results in some way to make it easier to search right in MFP. Either bold them, italize, highlight... whatever. Something.

    392 seems excessive, even with all the permutations of white vs. dark meat, skin included or just meat, cooked or raw, what cooking method, etc. I'm guessing by just typing chicken you're also picking up chicken soup, chicken broth, chicken fried rice, etc. A few years back you used to be able to narrow your search on the USDA database by category (e.g., meat, poultry, cereals and grains, legumes and legume products, etc.), but I guess that was too helpful and the functionality disappeared.

    "Chicken" plus just SR Legacy selected does include brands. I also got 392 results: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/?query=chicken

    I thought "chicken, breast" would narrow it down, but now I get 428 results >.<

    I hopped back to the old site and see I get a similar number of results, which I never noticed, because the results I wanted were always right at the top.

    The new database is cluttered with brands.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,421 Member
    edited September 2019
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    I did "chicken breast raw" and got what I wanted up top. So if you know the old syntax somewhat that can help.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    With the old database I could change quantities, which was useful for checking when the USDA database entry wasn't in the MFP database and I wanted to verify a user-created entry.

    For the chickpea thread just now I wanted to get the USDA values for 240 g, but unless I'm missing something on https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/173800/nutrients my only options is Portions, which only gives 100 g and 253 grams - I'm bummed I can't enter any value I wanted like I could before.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Yeah, I think that's what I hate most about the new one. Why get rid of a helpful feature like that? Sigh.

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