Measuring food by weight, not volume and the MFP database

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fougamou
fougamou Posts: 200 Member
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Is there an easy way to look up the nutritional value of food in the MFP database based on weight, not volume? Most of the measurements appear to be volume.

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  • caseythirteen
    caseythirteen Posts: 956 Member
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    I lot of the MFP entries have multiple ways of entering including grams. You can tell these because they do not have an asterisk next to it. I always use those whenever possible. In addition to that, I will look at the label and see what the weight is and then do my own calculation for what percentage that is of a volume measurement. So if something is 57g or 1/2 cup and it weighs 45g when I weigh it, I will just enter .8 of the 1/2 cup serving. HTH and close to what you were asking. :)

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