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Full size products for recipe creation

Hilary_Perkins
Hilary_Perkins Posts: 4 Member
in Feature Suggestions and Ideas

When entering a recipe, it would be so nice to have the option of choosing an entire product, rather than having to calculate the total servings from the individual serving size offered. For example, if a recipe calls for a whole 18oz can of tomato sauce, I’m only given the option of adding the individual serving size which I then have to multiply by [whatever] to get the full calorie/nutrition for the can. I’m only talking about recipe creation here. Because I need the whole nutrition amount, which is then divided by the servings, to get the correct nutrition for the whole recipe. Is this making sense?

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,574 Member

    Yes, it makes sense.

    In most food items in the database that default to X ounces, but that's only part of the whole package, and you're using the whole package, there's another option besides multiplying.

    If you click the serving size drop-down on a thing that defaults to X ounces, you'll usually have a one ounce option. If you click on that, then change the number of servings to 18 (or whatever the whole package is), MFP will do the multiplying for you.

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