No offense MFP but....
Amanda82691
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I don't feel that MFP is the most trustworthy place to get foods nutritional value from. I am looking for something more reliable to go to for foods nutritional value when they don't have a food lable 
What do you guys use and suggest!?
What do you guys use and suggest!? 0
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You can always do some research and customize your own food labels0
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I just add my own recipes to get the more accurate idea.0
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I just add my own recipes to get the more accurate idea.
right but I'm building a recipe in mfp recipe calculator and using the foods people entered before that doesn't mean there not wrong. I am talking about a different site or resource other then MFP when foods DON'T have food labels.0 -
This is a good resource:
http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=12-35-45-000 -
Foods with no label such as veggies and fruits I will google around for the most accurate, after a while of doing it for so long you can immediately tell if it's BS or not when you try to search something. So i'll end up picking the closest or most accurate one from my previously gathered intel.
I've also grown so accustomed to my kitchens digital scale to weigh out my food, so i'm able to make a pretty good educated guess when choosing portion sizes.
But yeah there are some pretty rediculous values out there entered in on some of these products. Don't forget we submit thoes nutritional values ourselves into the database. creating your own like mentioned before me may be the best route for now, especially for thoes really common foods.0 -
MFP is the best!! sometimes the information is not accurate but you can always check from other websites if you suspect something unusual.0
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calorieking.com is a good place to look. I had the actual pocket version book before all the websites out there popped up.0
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nutritiondata.com0
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I use Nutritiondata.com as well. Very accurate, great analysis and huge database 0
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I always cross-reference. 0
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I like calorieking.com0
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yeah I agree... it is not very accurate about food or exercise. For instance I do alot of yoga... but it's not the gentle hatha yoga, it's kundalini yoga which is actually very aerobic... but mfp only lists yoga as a general activity with one general calorie burning value... i had to add another
It's ridiculous...
that's my rant anyway0 -
Foods with no label such as veggies and fruits I will google around for the most accurate, after a while of doing it for so long you can immediately tell if it's BS or not when you try to search something. So i'll end up picking the closest or most accurate one from my previously gathered intel.
I've also grown so accustomed to my kitchens digital scale to weigh out my food, so i'm able to make a pretty good educated guess when choosing portion sizes.
But yeah there are some pretty rediculous values out there entered in on some of these products. Don't forget we submit thoes nutritional values ourselves into the database. creating your own like mentioned before me may be the best route for now, especially for thoes really common foods.
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If you are making your own recipe, then make you recipe on the recipe builder. It works.I don't feel that MFP is the most trustworthy place to get foods nutritional value from. I am looking for something more reliable to go to for foods nutritional value when they don't have a food lable What do you guys use and suggest!?0 -
Items that don't have labels for nutritional values such as fruits and vegetables are mostly all in MFP and they were not added by users. The items that DO NOT have an asterisk are entered by the creators of this site and I use those values religiously. I have searched elsewhere and I find them to be spot-on accurate.
Very rarely do I find a non-labeled item that I can't find within MFP that has been entered by the creators. The only thing I ever found that I couldn't find was squash delicata.
Anything else, like homemade date nut bread - if I don't know where the recipe came from I look at multiple entries within MFP and use an average.0 -
When you look up something click "nutrition information" and verify it yourself. If it is WAY off, edit/correct. It is done.
The data here is input by users, and if no one inputs the correct data how can it ever be right? Don't just complain about it, help fix it.
Keep in mind that sometimes value of things change as products alter their recipes for healthier versions.0 -
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If you are making your own recipe, then make you recipe on the recipe builder. It works.I don't feel that MFP is the most trustworthy place to get foods nutritional value from. I am looking for something more reliable to go to for foods nutritional value when they don't have a food lable What do you guys use and suggest!?
Yep. And if the info you get on an ingredient seems wrong, definitely double check, because some entries are wrong.
You can even edit or flag them as inaccurate I believe when you do find one that is incorrect.0 -
I don't feel that MFP is the most trustworthy place to get foods nutritional value from. I am looking for something more reliable to go to for foods nutritional value when they don't have a food lable What do you guys use and suggest!?
Remember it is us people that share our food items to make it easier for logging.... don't be so wrapped on each calorie but pay attention to how much you eat of that portion.... if something seems to low for me I add half serving to it.....0 -
I use the mfp ingredients with no asterix. As said before they are not user input and are accurate.0
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I use Nutritiondata.com as well. Very accurate, great analysis and huge database
I just checked it out and it seems like a great site I'm sure i will be using it!! Thanks!0 -
I just add my own recipes to get the more accurate idea.
right but I'm building a recipe in mfp recipe calculator and using the foods people entered before that doesn't mean there not wrong. I am talking about a different site or resource other then MFP when foods DON'T have food labels.
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.0 -
also important to remember that manufacturers go by weight, not volume. So when I use the recipe calculator for my brownies, I weigh everything out and use the weights, not the volumes, to estimate calories. I havent come across an ingredient so obscure that I cant get a food label or some sort of reliable USDA information on it.0
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http://nutritiondata.self.com/
To be honest, if you find a listing on MFP that doesn't have an asterisk first in the listing, it is likely to be from here- these things seem pretty accurate. User submitted data- not so much. But hen, I don;t know what someone else's idea of a lean lamb chop 1 portion is like compared to mine.0 -
For an entire year, I have used nothing but MFP to calculate my calories and exercise. I agree that they may not be 1000% accurate.
But with that being said, it all seems to be working for me.
When I find a food with multiple choices, I find a reasonable one with the Cals in the middle somewhere.0 -
I often Google whatever food it is I'm checking and cross-reference with several different sites. Quick add the calories and make a note in my food notes.0
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*IMPORTANT MFP HACK*
If you want MFP to be more accurate, then you have the power to help all of us by making it more accurate!
When you add an existing food to your diary, click the "Nutritional Info" link to examine the details. If it lines up with what you see on the label, or what you find on another site that you trust more, then click "Yes" under "Is this data accurate?" Click "No" if it's way off. Then you can edit it to make it right. You can even fix typos in a name this way.
MFP is built by us users, not by some huge health organization with researchers and data entry operators. If we find errors, then WE'RE the ones who can/should fix it!0 -
I like nutrition data.com. I use it when I see things with great variances on here.0
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nutritiondata.com
^^^ When in doubt, I always go there0
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