Asterisk next to foods

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laurae
laurae Posts: 115 Member
edited September 2024 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 Member
    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 Member
    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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