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kgbailey1948
kgbailey1948 Posts: 1 Member
edited April 19 in Food and Nutrition
Why is it that in the Premium version the different types of fat grams(saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, and transfats) CONSUMED do not equal the total number of fat grams? On my dashboard individual types of fats added together are much less than the total shown.

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  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,887 Member
    Not all foods are going to have the breakdown. US food labels require only total, saturated, and trans, I believe.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,803 Member
    Also, the foods are entered into the database by users. Lots of entries just won't list those different fats.

    If you want correct entries, vet them carefully before you use them and if you can't find one that matches the label, you can create your own foods.
  • goal06082021
    goal06082021 Posts: 2,130 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    Also, the foods are entered into the database by users. Lots of entries just won't list those different fats.

    If you want correct entries, vet them carefully before you use them and if you can't find one that matches the label, you can create your own foods.

    Seconded, also, premium uses the same database as the free version.
  • wilson10102018
    wilson10102018 Posts: 1,306 Member
    The database is crap. I accidentally clicked on a corn choice that was put in at 85cal/gram.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    Unfortunately, the 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. A green check mark for USER-created entries just means enough people have upvoted the entry - it is not necessarily correct.

    To find ADMIN entries for whole foods, I get the syntax from the USDA database and paste that into MFP.

    https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

    The USDA changed the platform for their database in 2019 and it is unfortunately a little more difficult to use. I uncheck everything but “SR Legacy” - that seems to be what MFP used to pull in entries.

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

    For packaged foods, I verify the label against what I find in MFP. (Alas, you cannot just scan with your phone and assume what you get is correct.)
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