Calorie

bandatx

How much calories does nescafe clasico dark roast have ?
I'm confused I use barcode it was 0 cal
I type it in app says 4 cal

AnnPT77

My advice: Don't worry about 4 calories.

The reason for the discrepancy, probably: The MFP food database is mostly crowd sourced, i.e., entered by regular MFP users. Some are meticulous, some aren't. Some live in countries where the same-named product has different ingredients, or where the labeling requirements are different. If you like, you can make your own entry in "My Foods" in MFP that matches your label exactly.

But even if you do, I'd suggest not obsessing about differences that small. Yes, it's good to be accurate. But it's never going to be exact. It's all estimates.

Think about it: One apple is sweeter than the next, even if they weigh the same, so it probably has more calories. Even if you weigh your foods, home food scales will be inaccurate to a gram or maybe even two. If we're weighing oils, that's around 9-18 calories of imprecision. It's not possible to be exactly exact for reasons like that. But "pretty good on average" will work fine.

Focus on the big picture. The minimum calorie goal MFP will give anyone is 1200 for women, 1500 for men. Four calories is about three-tenths of a percent of 1200, two-point-six tenths of 1500. That discrepancy won't make or break the results. Eating any amount of calories under current weight-maintenance calories will trigger fat loss, just a little faster or slower. With roughly 3500 calories in a pound of body fat, 4 calories every day makes one pound of difference in 875 days, i.e., well over two years. Also, because this IS all estimates, some estimates will be a little over, others a little under, so there's some averaging out that's going to happen over time.

For some people, obsessiveness is a risk of calorie counting. That's not mentally healthy.

So, yes, be accurate. But don't stress, I'd suggest. Be reasonably accurate, and don't worry. Right now, if it feels best to make your own entry for the coffee, do that, log it, let it go. Or keep things simple, and log the 4 calories. Save your energy to focus on getting higher-calorie things reasonably close.

Just my opinion, though. I've been doing this for almost 9 years, just under one year to lose from class 1 obese to a healthy weight, 8+ years of maintaining a healthy weight since. As close as practical works fine, IME.

Best wishes!

bandatx

Okay thanks