Nutritional information...?

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HealthyishWithMaggieG
HealthyishWithMaggieG Posts: 397 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Does anybody have a suggestion for where I can find good, generic, nutritional information for things that aren't in the MFP database? I just went out to eat this evening and the restaurant I went to didn't have any nutritional information listed on the menu or their Website. Yes, it was a cheat meal, but I'd still like to have a ballpark idea of what I consumed.

(I am proud of myself though. I ate half of my meal and packed the rest to go. I did order dessert... key lime cheesecake... totally decadant. I ate about 5 normal-sized bites and packed the rest to go. Before I started watching what I ate so closely, I would have devoured all of it at the restaurant and felt miserable all night. Hey, it's about taking baby steps in the right direction, right?)

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  • Lisa__Michelle
    Lisa__Michelle Posts: 845 Member
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    If I go somewhere that has no nutritional information, I just choose another restaurant of the same type of food (italian, mexican, chinese) and use theirs as a guesstimate.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,119 Member
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    Servings Per Recipe: 8
    Serving Size: 1 serving



    Amount Per Serving


    Calories 222.3

    Total Fat 3.6 g

    Saturated Fat 1.0 g

    Polyunsaturated Fat 0.0 g

    Monounsaturated Fat 0.0 g

    Cholesterol 10.0 mg

    Sodium 493.8 mg

    Potassium 62.7 mg

    Total Carbohydrate 22.4 g

    Dietary Fiber 0.5 g

    Sugars 13.3 g

    Protein 13.0 g


    Vitamin A 23.8 %

    Vitamin B-12 0.0 %

    Vitamin B-6 0.0 %

    Vitamin C 0.0 %

    Vitamin D 5.0 %

    Vitamin E 0.0 %

    Calcium 35.0 %

    Copper 0.0 %

    Folate 0.0 %

    Iron 2.2 %

    http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calories.asp?recipe=19737
  • NutritionDivaRD
    NutritionDivaRD Posts: 467 Member
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    I picked up a little Calorie King book that fits nicely in my purse and use it as a guide when necessary. It doesn't always have what I'm looking for but I can usually figure it out. :)
  • ct1986
    ct1986 Posts: 200
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    I use the Calorie King book as well. Actually my endocrinologist gave it to me to help with tracking carbs but it works for this too.
  • HealthyishWithMaggieG
    HealthyishWithMaggieG Posts: 397 Member
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    Thanks for the replies. I do usually guestimate based on other restaurant's info in MFP, but I didn't see anything close to "deep fried aligator tail" in the database and I don't know what aligator is similar to with regard to nutritional info. I got caught up on that and didn't start looking for any of the other things that I ate.

    Oh, and cmriverside, while that recipe for key lime pie sounds really good and I thank you for it, I can assure you that those numbers aren't even close to the ones in the piece I had tonight. There wasn't anything low-cal or low-fat about it. :blushing:
  • crystalroy
    crystalroy Posts: 84 Member
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    www.nutritiondata.com I've found it helpful
  • snobuny032
    snobuny032 Posts: 82
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    I use Calorieking.com.. http://colorieking.com/

    Hope that helps you
    Happy Holidays!
  • CarrieAbbey
    CarrieAbbey Posts: 378 Member
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    If I go somewhere that has no nutritional information, I just choose another restaurant of the same type of food (italian, mexican, chinese) and use theirs as a guesstimate.

    this is an excellent idea, great tip
  • MzBug
    MzBug Posts: 2,173 Member
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    Google is your friend :happy: I have found some odd nutritional information that way, or at least enough info I could "guestimate" the recipe used. For something like gator tail you might check cajun cooking websites.

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