Bogus nutritional info in the food database?

xinit0

I keep running into things that are new in my diet that only have calories entered, but no fat, potassium, protein, etc. Is there any way to flag bad entries? Just going through the steamed white rice entries alone, you'd think that rice was a magical food that has anywhere from 80 to 400 calories per cup. I'd like to be CLOSE to the right numbers at the end of the day, but the user submitted data's all over the map.

chasetwins

Using a regular computer (not phone app) if you click on nutritional data before adding the item it will ask you on some foods if the information is correct or not.

If I can not find the right one - I add it myself I track everything so I need all the data and it to be accurate!

thisismeraw

Unfortunately most will have discovered that. Some users only care about total calories so that's all they enter. Some users are from different areas of the world so that same item you ahve could be either a different serving entered or different nutrition amounts.

k8blujay2

I always check to see how many people have confirmed the item. If it is incorrect, I correct it (so there isn't a billion of one thing floating around). The only ones I don't correct are the items without an astrisk next to it (since that is the one that MFP staff entered in).

Don't be afraid to enter in data that is incomplete.