add macros for recipes?

Zaftique
Zaftique Posts: 599 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Perhaps a silly question, but is there a way to just add the carb/fat/protein of a given food? I have no idea what kind of pork or apples or onions or crust go into the scrumptiously tasty food at the local pasty place, and I emailed the owner to see if I could get a nutritional rundown of some of them. I linked him to the MFP recipe calculator, but if he comes back and just gives me the C/F/P content, and not the (proprietary) ingredients, how can I add that to a recipe?

Am I SOL? :D

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  • snazzyjazzy21
    snazzyjazzy21 Posts: 1,298 Member
    You can just search the database for macros (protein, carb, fat) and add them. Is that what you mean?
  • Zaftique
    Zaftique Posts: 599 Member
    You can just search the database for macros (protein, carb, fat) and add them. Is that what you mean?
    Yes! How?

    Searching "carb" pulls up everything titled "lo-carb" "no-carb" and everything other than just straight up macro carb. Throw me some boolean. :D
  • snazzyjazzy21
    snazzyjazzy21 Posts: 1,298 Member
    Try entering macro into your search too (eg carb macro). That should give you what you're looking for :)
  • Zaftique
    Zaftique Posts: 599 Member
    Try entering macro into your search too (eg carb macro). That should give you what you're looking for :)

    Huzzah, I knew there was an obvious term I was spacing on. Durr!

    Thanks!

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