UK based Nutritional Kitchen Scales compatible with MyFitness Pal

Loulou1912

Hi guys,
Nice to meet you all. I’ve lost 160lbs with the help of surgery and life changes but 2 years on I have to work harder to keep going. I want a nutritional scale for my Kitchen which is compatible with MyFitness Pal app that isn’t USDA based but rather UK or universal. Can anyone recommend one so I can make smarter choices and keep going please?

heybales

I don't see any food scales that have apps that sync with MFP.

https://www.myfitnesspal.com/apps

Seems the scale would have to scan a UPC code to know what product is about to be weighed.

But sadly on MFP with UPC codes easily referring to a product 5 yrs old that has been updated for nutritional info, you'd always have to compare on first use, and it would seem on each use a correction to change the database entry to change.

I'd be curious for any that exist too.

janejellyroll

Can you explain more what you're hoping to do? My impression is that ANY scale is compatible with using MFP and none are tied to USDA measurement specifically.

cmriverside

When you buy a food scale, most of them can switch back and forth between grams and ounces and between kg and pounds.

So you would use your preferred measurement and then look for a food database item that contains that measurement as one of its choices.

I'm in the U.S. but I use grams, as it is more accurate for weight. I use ounces for liquid, because that's the way our cups are labeled. I still have to search for a food that matches what I am looking to use.

Loulou1912

Well now I have to be super accurate in measuring and I’m starting to become malnourished and show signs of vitamin deficiency due to malabsorption so want to track vitamin, mineral intake along with Macros and calories. If the US one is simply different measurements that would be fine. I see some people sync their food measurements straight to their food diary but putting it in by hand is no problem really. Thank you all

janejellyroll

Loulou1912 wrote: »

Well now I have to be super accurate in measuring and I’m starting to become malnourished and show signs of vitamin deficiency due to malabsorption so want to track vitamin, mineral intake along with Macros and calories. If the US one is simply different measurements that would be fine. I see some people sync their food measurements straight to their food diary but putting it in by hand is no problem really. Thank you all

MFP doesn't offer micronutrient tracking like that, it only tracks a limited range of nutrients.

heybales

I think there is some confusion.

I don't believe there is anyone syncing their food measurements straight to their food diary the way you describe.

MFP has a food database of tons of valid and invalid entries.

Some entries, valid and not, have a UPC code tied to them, US certainly does, don't know about UK.
If there is UK - you can scan the product bar code and it finds the entry - and then you HAVE to manually confirm the nutritional info is still correct, because nutrition labels are changed all the time and UPC codes kept the same.

But that scanning does little for actually logging quantity unless you ate the whole product.
And you should not trust what you ate weighs the same as what the package said.
And absolutely not when you get into servings from a package.

You need to weigh what you eat, and the scanning isn't really that useful I think.
Just find the entry that is already there that is correct to the label in your hand.
Recommend do not always re-enter all the info, that's how the database got so sloppy big already with invalid items.

claireychn074

I’d also add that some of us don’t track 100% what we eat. I track to ensure I get enough protein and fat (not trying to lose weight), so I eyeball portions and pick a standard size I frequently use. It means my diary looks quite standardised as I’ll put 80g of strawberries when it might be 60 or 100g - I don’t need to know my exact calories. So you may be seeing that technique for adding in some people’s diaries.