question about food database

buckwheat30us
buckwheat30us Posts: 62 Member
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ok:grumble: every time I try and look something up on MFP i get user submitted info and when I look it up on web I get the correct nutrition information
is thier a way to look it up with out getting user submitted or being able to get the correct info

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  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
    Try putting in USDA at the end of your search. That should get the "official" government word on the subject.
    A lot of the things that I eat, I scan the bar code with my phone and add it to my diary that way. That's the official FDA word on that brand/food and it's done by averaging several hundred batches of the product.
  • buckwheat30us
    buckwheat30us Posts: 62 Member
    i use the bar code scanner also but I got fresh spinach from farm market and olives from bulk and other items that don't have bar codes
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
    My lcal farmer's market is closed for the season and I. miss it already.
  • Visions123
    Visions123 Posts: 1
    This is what I do when user-submitted info is inaccurate.... click on the Database tab and search for the food you want to add to your Food Diary, then select an item from the Matching Foods list. The Nutrition Facts will be listed on the right side. Just above the Facts is a green EDIT box. Click on that and you'll be able to change any of the values (brand, description, serving size, calories, fat, protein, etc) to reflect the "correct" nutritional information per the Web. The next time you want to add this food to your Food Diary, it will be there!

    I like Melissa's idea of putting "USDA" at the end of your search. So when I am editing the Nutrition Facts, I'll add "USDA" in the Food Description box before I click "save changes". :smile:

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