Misleading labels / wrong info in myfitnesspal database

whyroby

I just wanted to point out that even though myfitnesspal has a very handy barcode scanner, you should always try to carefully read the labels of what you're eating. I often eat sandwiches from Natural Power-Fu, Inc and their labels can be very confusing (and seem to have been entered into the database wrong).

For the "Spicy Power-Fu Salad Sandwich", the labels state that one serving is one sandwich and that there is one serving per container. Thus, the easy assumption would be that the calories, fat, protein, and carbs listed on the label are for the entire packaged sandwich, right? Unfortunately, those things are all listed "per 100 grams" rather than "per serving". The sandwich is listed at 7.5 oz (213 grams), but I just weighed one that I have and it came in around 9.5 oz (269 grams).

So, if you want to track this sandwich (and others with similar problems) properly, you need to multiply everything on the label by something like 2.13, 2.69, or whatever the proper ratio ends up being (thus increasing the caloric intake and everything else).