When foods aren't in the database?

yesiamheathermills
yesiamheathermills Posts: 7
edited November 2023 in Getting Started
Is there any way to add a food's COMPLETE details (carbs, sugar, etc.) for something not listed in the database, or is the only option to quick-add the calories and nothing else? Thanks!

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  • palmerar
    palmerar Posts: 489 Member
    You can create a new entry, in the app go to your diary, add food, select the meal you want to add it to then select my foods, then select creat a new food.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    http://myfitnesspal.desk.com/

    It's on the "Add food" page. Search for your food - If the food you want isn't in the database, add it at that time...it even asks you if you want to add it on that page.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/search (scroll down to bottom) > http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/submit?date=2013-09-27&meal=0
  • yesiamheathermills
    yesiamheathermills Posts: 7
    THANK YOU!!! This was making me crazy!
  • kr1stadee
    kr1stadee Posts: 1,774 Member
    When I create a food, I don't add it to the database. There's already a ton of listings for every single food, so why add another? It stays in my list, and that's all that matters to me!
  • lewcompton
    lewcompton Posts: 881 Member
    As you explore more exotic and lighter fare there are occasionally foods that are not posted... Search the database fully first and check for alternate spellings and that you have 'speelled' it correctly... Nothing worse than posting a food and looking like Dan Quayle spelling potato with an E for all the world to see!
    I just added tomatillos the other day... Fresh whole tomatillos... I guess no one cooks mexican cuisine from scratch? Most foods can be found.
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