Why does .75 tsp of sugar show up as 75 g of sugar in Nutrition?

lizzym61
lizzym61 Posts: 1 Member
in MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions
Lots of errors once you start looking a little closer

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,168 Member
    The database is crowd-sourced (entered by regular MFP users like you and me, except some of them aren't very meticulous/accurate). There are also a few (tiny percentage) of entries that were reportedly broken in a database conversion years back.

    If I person checks choices carefully the first time they're used, their recent/frequent foods will reflect accurate options for the things they eat regularly. That's what I'd suggest, personally.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 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. All ADMIN entries from the USDA will have weights as an option BUT there is a glitch whereby sometimes 1g is the option but the values are actually for 100g. This is pretty easy to spot though, as when added the calories are 100x more than is reasonable.

    https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

    The “SR Legacy” tab is what MFP used to pull in entries.

    Use "sugars, granulated"

    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. Note: scanning is mostly only available with Premium these days.)

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