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Item Macros don't match up

hawlibear
hawlibear Posts: 3 Member
in MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions
So I have a recipe that I've inputted. The Macros on the recipe do not match what shows up in the food diary. t1iv12sr29vz.png
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Why is this happening?

Answers

  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,857 Member
    Because the nutrition on the individual items that you used to create the recipe are probably slightly different to the nutrition on the individual items the author of the recipe used in doing their calculations.

    On the bright side, as long as you've chosen the right entries for the ingredients you've used, the nutrition for your recipe as inputted should be fairly accurate.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,666 Member
    Do you have premium, with net carbs turned on? Even without that, I'm not sure how gross vs. net carbs are handled in recipes vs. diaries.

    I'm not sure what your diary columns are, since users can customize them. If it's calories, carbs, fats, protein, sodium, sugar (which I think is the default), it looks like it's carbs that differ.

    If so, it looks like your diary carbs differ from your recipe carbs by the exact same number as the amount of fiber, which is why I'm speculating it could have something to do with gross vs. net carbs.
  • hawlibear
    hawlibear Posts: 3 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Because the nutrition on the individual items that you used to create the recipe are probably slightly different to the nutrition on the individual items the author of the recipe used in doing their calculations.

    On the bright side, as long as you've chosen the right entries for the ingredients you've used, the nutrition for your recipe as inputted should be fairly accurate.

    This nutritional information is directly from myfitnesspal. I entered it. So this is from the "my recipes" tab and the food diary that differ despite being the same item.
  • hawlibear
    hawlibear Posts: 3 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Do you have premium, with net carbs turned on? Even without that, I'm not sure how gross vs. net carbs are handled in recipes vs. diaries.

    I'm not sure what your diary columns are, since users can customize them. If it's calories, carbs, fats, protein, sodium, sugar (which I think is the default), it looks like it's carbs that differ.

    If so, it looks like your diary carbs differ from your recipe carbs by the exact same number as the amount of fiber, which is why I'm speculating it could have something to do with gross vs. net carbs.

    I do not. My diary columns here were the default ones. I only recently learned you can switch them up.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,857 Member
    hawlibear wrote: »
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    Because the nutrition on the individual items that you used to create the recipe are probably slightly different to the nutrition on the individual items the author of the recipe used in doing their calculations.

    On the bright side, as long as you've chosen the right entries for the ingredients you've used, the nutrition for your recipe as inputted should be fairly accurate.

    This nutritional information is directly from myfitnesspal. I entered it. So this is from the "my recipes" tab and the food diary that differ despite being the same item.

    Ah I see, my apologies!

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