Asterisk next to foods

laurae
laurae Posts: 115 Member
edited September 18 in Health and Weight Loss
What does the asterisk nest to certain foods mean in the food database?

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  • laurae
    laurae Posts: 115 Member
    What does the asterisk nest to certain foods mean in the food database?
  • rheston
    rheston Posts: 638
    It means that information was provided by another MFP member and that you can validate it's accuracy when you look at the nutritional information and saying yes, no or I don't know that it's true or not. If you say no then you can update it to the correct values.
  • catlover
    catlover Posts: 389
    Ah, I knew about the asterik, but I didn't know about the correcting. I usually confirm the details but I ran into something one day that did not have the potassium amount entered. I just bypassed it. If I see the information is correct I do hit the confirm button.
  • laurae
    laurae Posts: 115 Member
    I added a food today - Breyers all natural vanilla chocolate strawberry ice ceam, and I don't see an asterisk next to it? Shouldn't it have one?
  • proudmama0118
    proudmama0118 Posts: 433 Member
    No, I believe the astericks only show up next to things other people have put in. I think they figure you already know that you are the one you entered it! :wink:
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