what nutrition facts to believe?

ahoier

I got a bag of "Dandy" Celery.......

Serving Size 2 medium branches (110 g)

Cals 20
Fat 0g
Saturated 0g
Trans 0g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 100mg
Potassium 320mg
Total Carbs 5g
Dietary Fiber 2g
Sugar 0g
Protein 1g
Vit A 2%
Vit C 15%
Calcium 4%
Iron 2%

Then I checked out the Food Database here....and found a non-asterisk (which I assume is system generated......from the FDA/USDA/etc.....?)

Calories 16 Sodium 89 mg
Total Fat 0 g Potassium 289 mg
Saturated 0 g Total Carbs 3 g
Polyunsaturated 0 g Dietary Fiber 2 g
Monounsaturated 0 g Sugars 2 g
Trans 0 g Protein 1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Vitamin A 10% Calcium 4%
Vitamin C 6% Iron 1%

That's what came up, using the same serving size.......1.11g (to match the Dandy brand serving size)

RodaRose

About 80 percent of the time we are eating the same foods over a 7 day period. When I have a "new for me" food, I Google it against what I find in the database. The USDA calorie count for celery (found via Google) is likely more accurate than user generated data in the MFP data base.
What happened in this case is that the Dandy brand's labeling is a little bit off.

Sandigesha

And? They're almost identical

brianpperkins

Rounding off of estimates.

NJGamerChick

You can burn the difference with a few minutes of laughter. I wouldn't be bothered stressing over it.

ahoier

Yes I did get a kick out of it. Cause it's basically rounded up.....but have also noticed in the past where Potassium would be omitted for some foods, and would have to re-create (with the app) or edit the food (if Im online.....) for the Potassium nutrient.