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No offense MFP but....

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  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    No offense, but...

    It's us users that create the majority of the MFP food and exercise databases, so don't point the finger of blame at MFP itself. After you've been here a while and double checked your food values against a site like nutritiondata.com, you'll accumulate a 'favorites' list of accurate items. If something is clearly wrong, step up and help correct it.

    If an item looks too good/bad to be true, chances are, it's not accurate. Ie: a slice of cake for 50 calories is unlikely, and a 2oz serving of baked ham is probably not 600 calories. So check it and revise it, if it's wrong.
  • micheleld73
    micheleld73 Posts: 914 Member

    Manufacturer's websites usually give nutritional information. Most of the food I buy has a food label and I go by that, if MFP doesn't match, I correct it.

    Otherwise, you can use the recipe calculator and estimate it.

    If my foods have a label, i like to scan the bar code to get the correct item. If they don't i do a google search and compare the values I find and take the average depending on the sources.

    Thanks for the suggested sites - I will check them out as well!!
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