Why do foods disappear from the database?

I get really frustrated when a food I've been using from the database "disappears". Does anyone know why this happens? I've been using certain foods, and now when I search for them (and have tried everything I can think of to find them, and have even scrolled down through every last option), they aren't there. They aren't even on my "most recent" foods, and they should be. Why does this happen? The only thing I can think of to do is to re-add the foods to the database, but that is time that I didn't want to spend on here. Any explanations or suggestions would be helpful. Thanks in advance!