Counting carbs

neonrsjc
neonrsjc Posts: 3 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Has anyone noticed that carb counts seem wrong. Example, I logged 6 strawberries. On the “add food” page. It says there 4.2 carbs. Then when I enter it into my diary it’s logged as 80 net carbs. I’m seeing this discrepancy on a lot of different foods.

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  • paints5555
    paints5555 Posts: 1,233 Member
    Can you post the exact description of the entry you are using? There are probably 100+ listings for strawberries and it would be helpful to use the same one to recreate the error.
  • neonrsjc
    neonrsjc Posts: 3 Member
    6 medium fresh strawberries
  • paints5555
    paints5555 Posts: 1,233 Member
    I put in that exact description and nothing came up that showed 4.2g carbs. Can you post a screenshot of what you are seeing?
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,204 Member
    neonrsjc wrote: »
    6 medium fresh strawberries

    Not specific enough, there are a gazillion strawberry entries in the database, and I don't know which one that is specifically.

    Try using this one (circle on the left) and change the serving drop down (as per the circle on the right) so it's 6 medium strawberries. (Food scale is more accurate, though for something with as few calories as strawberries, it probably doesn't matter.)

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  • neonrsjc
    neonrsjc Posts: 3 Member
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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,204 Member
    neonrsjc wrote: »
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    The carb column in your diary appears to be carb percent, not carb grams. (Same thing with the protein column.) The database entry (before it's in your diary) shows that same 87%. I don't see what the issue is, other than that you might want to see if you can get your diary page to display grams rather than percents, if that's confusing to you.

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