Just starting and wondering about nutrition facts

heatherbar
heatherbar Posts: 3
edited September 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Hi, I am just starting and wondering why sometimes the nutrition facts on the box of a product is sometimes different to what is stored in as a item in the food data base.

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  • Magenta15
    Magenta15 Posts: 850 Member
    I often wonder the same - but i do know the same item can differ from country to country

    for example cheerios in canada might have 10 cals more then in the US and usually europe or the UK is lower in sugar & sodium then our values are here...respective factories for the same product create it to suit the tastes of that particular country -- US and Canada are like sodium crazy and thus we have more sodium in our stuff then over seas.... I saw this on the news as well.

    HTH :flowerforyou:
  • ducky5m48
    ducky5m48 Posts: 50 Member
    a lot of times you have to scroll down and check several different product nutrition facts to find the one that fits yours. It happens because say you have a bag of doritios. Well someone may have had a snack bag and put that in but another person put in a medium sized bag like what you get at the gas station while another person put in one serving out of a big bag. Then sometimes ppl just put in the wrong info. That is why if u will notice when u click on nutrition facts it tells u in small print in red how many ppl have confirmed that the facts are correct.
    hope this helps.

    good luck. :)
  • Lisa0711
    Lisa0711 Posts: 1,405 Member
    Also, the food with an * by it was put in by another member, so they could have put in the information wrong. It's best to check the foods you generally eat a lot or put the information in yourself. If you can't find food that has the correct values and you put it in yourself, when you type in the food in the search bar it will put the ones you entered yourself at the top so they're easy to find.
  • MOMOFTWO29
    MOMOFTWO29 Posts: 8,276 Member
    Hello and welcome to MFP, the best website ever!!! You will love this site if you don't already. I love this site. It is so motivational, supportive, helpful, easy to use, and everyone is so nice and friendly. I just wanted to wish you a lot of success on your weight loss journey. You can do this!!!!!!!!!!! :smile: :flowerforyou: :smile: :flowerforyou:
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