Energy provided by remaining macronutrients

sanaahrabi

Hi community,
I’m relatively new here and I faced a problem hope to get an answer from you. I see the remaining calories and macronutrients in my dashboard, the problem is when I sum the calories provided by macros up (4cal/g for carbs and protein and 9cal/g for fats) the result is less than what’s mentioned as remaining total calories. Why is that? Isn’t it the math?

cmriverside

99% of the food entries in the database are entered in by members such as yourself. They often are missing nutrients and/or are entered incorrectly.

You have to vet every item you use the first time to ensure accuracy.

kshama2001

There may be a small discrepancy due to rounding, but something big enough to be significant would be due to the reason above. Here are my standard tips on finding good entries:

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

Use the “SR Legacy” tab - that's 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. Note: scanning is mostly only available with Premium these days.)