Nutritional facts - worried

hmg90

I get such different results depending on which post I click on in the database. I'm also concerned as to whether food producers put the right number on the package.
For instance, I used 100 g of Tesco bacon the other day, and it came up as 260 kcal. Today I bought bacon from Sainsbury and 100 g is listed as over 300. Looking at it, there is no difference between the amount of fat on the two.

(Usually I take it out and put it into plastic bags in the freezer, that's why I don't have the package available to look at the cals and just use the database. I've bought products from Iceland before and some have no nutritional facts on them at all and I just have to look up something similar).

How much do you trust the database? I've spotted some mistakes in the past, for example Sancerre white wine being listed as way too low in calories (I corrected it of course).
But I am worried that I am unknowingly consuming more than I thought.

Ninkyou

Different brands, different serving sizes, different cooking methods, different ingredients....
That's why you have to look at labels. If you don't want to keep the labels, just write the important stuff on the bag.... like "Tesco Bacon, 100g serving, 260 cal"

Then when you eat it, match it with the database.

Yes, there are going to be some errors every once in a while, but those errors in the grand scheme of things, will have little effect.

Sreneesa

I don't trust the database, just like I don't trust what everyone says in real life. lol

I always do my own research if nutritional info isn't on the packaging, then look up stuff on MFP database and compare. If it doesn't add up then I make my own entry. I have seen way more than not different nutritional info for the same brand and food on MFP that has been totally inaccurate according to my label or google searches.

So trust your own research and nutritional packaging if provided.

And like the poster said above, write the nutritional info on bag if you buy in bulk or whatever and throw packaging away when freezing.

QuietBloom

Different brands, different serving sizes, different cooking methods, different ingredients....
That's why you have to look at labels. If you don't want to keep the labels, just write the important stuff on the bag.... like "Tesco Bacon, 100g serving, 260 cal"

Then when you eat it, match it with the database.

Yes, there are going to be some errors every once in a while, but those errors in the grand scheme of things, will have little effect.

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