Question about nutrient numbers

me160slim

Hi everyone! Can anyone clarify what a daily calcium count of “100” means (as well as other nutrients). Is this 100%? If so, what measurement is used and how much. I need to know the recommended mg amount that this is based on or whatever, otherwise I can’t figure out how much I’m getting per meal

Thanks for any help!

lemurcat2

me160slim wrote: »

Hi everyone! Can anyone clarify what a daily calcium count of “100” means (as well as other nutrients). Is this 100%? If so, what measurement is used and how much. I need to know the recommended mg amount that this is based on or whatever, otherwise I can’t figure out how much I’m getting per meal

Thanks for any help!

The calcium numbers on MFP are based on US labels. They are percentages. The RDA for calcium is 1000 mg, so they are based on percentage of that -- 50% = 500 mg.

Of course, this assumes that whoever created the entry in question did it correctly. Sodium gets messed up all the time for UK labels, since people put down the amount for salt, not sodium, or put down the grams instead of mg.

lynn_glenmont

lemurcat2 wrote: »

me160slim wrote: »

Hi everyone! Can anyone clarify what a daily calcium count of “100” means (as well as other nutrients). Is this 100%? If so, what measurement is used and how much. I need to know the recommended mg amount that this is based on or whatever, otherwise I can’t figure out how much I’m getting per meal

Thanks for any help!

The calcium numbers on MFP are based on US labels. They are percentages. The RDA for calcium is 1000 mg, so they are based on percentage of that -- 50% = 500 mg.

Of course, this assumes that whoever created the entry in question did it correctly. Sodium gets messed up all the time for UK labels, since people put down the amount for salt, not sodium, or put down the grams instead of mg.

I think we're going to see a lot more messing up on calcium and iron going forward, as new U.S. food labels apparently include both raw amounts (mg) and percentages, and I've already seen some new database entries where the user has input the raw amount instead of the percentage.

kshama2001

lynn_glenmont wrote: »

lemurcat2 wrote: »

me160slim wrote: »

Hi everyone! Can anyone clarify what a daily calcium count of “100” means (as well as other nutrients). Is this 100%? If so, what measurement is used and how much. I need to know the recommended mg amount that this is based on or whatever, otherwise I can’t figure out how much I’m getting per meal

Thanks for any help!

The calcium numbers on MFP are based on US labels. They are percentages. The RDA for calcium is 1000 mg, so they are based on percentage of that -- 50% = 500 mg.

Of course, this assumes that whoever created the entry in question did it correctly. Sodium gets messed up all the time for UK labels, since people put down the amount for salt, not sodium, or put down the grams instead of mg.

I think we're going to see a lot more messing up on calcium and iron going forward, as new U.S. food labels apparently include both raw amounts (mg) and percentages, and I've already seen some new database entries where the user has input the raw amount instead of the percentage.

Yes, a few weeks ago all the entries for Dunkin Donuts Beyond Sausage used the grams for iron instead of percentage (when people bothered to include anything for iron at all.) I tried to edit one and was unable to find this entry, a glitch that has been plaguing @cmriverside for some time.

lynn_glenmont

kshama2001 wrote: »

lynn_glenmont wrote: »

lemurcat2 wrote: »

me160slim wrote: »

Hi everyone! Can anyone clarify what a daily calcium count of “100” means (as well as other nutrients). Is this 100%? If so, what measurement is used and how much. I need to know the recommended mg amount that this is based on or whatever, otherwise I can’t figure out how much I’m getting per meal

Thanks for any help!

The calcium numbers on MFP are based on US labels. They are percentages. The RDA for calcium is 1000 mg, so they are based on percentage of that -- 50% = 500 mg.

Of course, this assumes that whoever created the entry in question did it correctly. Sodium gets messed up all the time for UK labels, since people put down the amount for salt, not sodium, or put down the grams instead of mg.

I think we're going to see a lot more messing up on calcium and iron going forward, as new U.S. food labels apparently include both raw amounts (mg) and percentages, and I've already seen some new database entries where the user has input the raw amount instead of the percentage.

Yes, a few weeks ago all the entries for Dunkin Donuts Beyond Sausage used the grams for iron instead of percentage (when people bothered to include anything for iron at all.) I tried to edit one and was unable to find this entry, a glitch that has been plaguing @cmriverside for some time.

Sorry -- not quite understanding. When you click on "edit," it doesn't take you to the entry you were looking at? That's a really annoying glitch. I haven't been doing a lot of entry editing lately. Just been finding a "close enough" entry and logging it.

me160slim

Thank you for the clarification & speedy response! Very helpful 👍

cmriverside

lynn_glenmont wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

lynn_glenmont wrote: »

lemurcat2 wrote: »

me160slim wrote: »

Hi everyone! Can anyone clarify what a daily calcium count of “100” means (as well as other nutrients). Is this 100%? If so, what measurement is used and how much. I need to know the recommended mg amount that this is based on or whatever, otherwise I can’t figure out how much I’m getting per meal

Thanks for any help!

The calcium numbers on MFP are based on US labels. They are percentages. The RDA for calcium is 1000 mg, so they are based on percentage of that -- 50% = 500 mg.

Of course, this assumes that whoever created the entry in question did it correctly. Sodium gets messed up all the time for UK labels, since people put down the amount for salt, not sodium, or put down the grams instead of mg.

I think we're going to see a lot more messing up on calcium and iron going forward, as new U.S. food labels apparently include both raw amounts (mg) and percentages, and I've already seen some new database entries where the user has input the raw amount instead of the percentage.

Yes, a few weeks ago all the entries for Dunkin Donuts Beyond Sausage used the grams for iron instead of percentage (when people bothered to include anything for iron at all.) I tried to edit one and was unable to find this entry, a glitch that has been plaguing @cmriverside for some time.

Sorry -- not quite understanding. When you click on "edit," it doesn't take you to the entry you were looking at? That's a really annoying glitch. I haven't been doing a lot of entry editing lately. Just been finding a "close enough" entry and logging it.

Just to clarify: I'm on the web version and it's Never Done That ^^.

If I look at the "Nutrition" info, it used to ask me if it was correct or not and if I said, "No," then it would let me edit it. The "edit" now just erases the item from Search.

My MY FOODS search thing is all kinds of messed up too.

I can't delete my own foods any more either.

So. Broken.

lynn_glenmont

cmriverside wrote: »

lynn_glenmont wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

lynn_glenmont wrote: »

lemurcat2 wrote: »

me160slim wrote: »

Hi everyone! Can anyone clarify what a daily calcium count of “100” means (as well as other nutrients). Is this 100%? If so, what measurement is used and how much. I need to know the recommended mg amount that this is based on or whatever, otherwise I can’t figure out how much I’m getting per meal

Thanks for any help!

The calcium numbers on MFP are based on US labels. They are percentages. The RDA for calcium is 1000 mg, so they are based on percentage of that -- 50% = 500 mg.

Of course, this assumes that whoever created the entry in question did it correctly. Sodium gets messed up all the time for UK labels, since people put down the amount for salt, not sodium, or put down the grams instead of mg.

I think we're going to see a lot more messing up on calcium and iron going forward, as new U.S. food labels apparently include both raw amounts (mg) and percentages, and I've already seen some new database entries where the user has input the raw amount instead of the percentage.

Yes, a few weeks ago all the entries for Dunkin Donuts Beyond Sausage used the grams for iron instead of percentage (when people bothered to include anything for iron at all.) I tried to edit one and was unable to find this entry, a glitch that has been plaguing @cmriverside for some time.

Sorry -- not quite understanding. When you click on "edit," it doesn't take you to the entry you were looking at? That's a really annoying glitch. I haven't been doing a lot of entry editing lately. Just been finding a "close enough" entry and logging it.

Just to clarify: I'm on the web version and it's Never Done That ^^.

If I look at the "Nutrition" info, it used to ask me if it was correct or not and if I said, "No," then it would let me edit it. The "edit" now just erases the item from Search.

My MY FOODS search thing is all kinds of messed up too.

I can't delete my own foods any more either.

So. Broken.

So sorry. I wish we could have the website as it was in 2013 (when I started). Pretty much everything they have done to it since then has been for the worse. Well, maybe having a woo/disagree was a small improvement, but I'd trade that 10X over to improve the logging/database/recipe functions.