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Spam. The canned variety.

siqiniq
siqiniq Posts: 237 Member
edited February 17 in Food and Nutrition
I just ate 100g of turkey spam for lunch, and MFP tells me it has no sodium and no cholesterol! How can this be?

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  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    I just ate 100g of turkey spam for lunch, and MFP tells me it has no sodium and no cholesterol! How can this be?
    There are many, many user-added entries that are inaccurate. Sodium is a common thing that's let out, or it's entered incorrectly because people see "1g" and enter it as "1mg". I don't know where in the world you are, but here in the UK cholesterol is not commonly listed on labels, so wouldn't be entered. Your best bet if you can't find an accurate entry is to either edit the values given, or add your own from the label.
  • siqiniq
    siqiniq Posts: 237 Member
    I just ate 100g of turkey spam for lunch, and MFP tells me it has no sodium and no cholesterol! How can this be?
    There are many, many user-added entries that are inaccurate. Sodium is a common thing that's let out, or it's entered incorrectly because people see "1g" and enter it as "1mg". I don't know where in the world you are, but here in the UK cholesterol is not commonly listed on labels, so wouldn't be entered. Your best bet if you can't find an accurate entry is to either edit the values given, or add your own from the label.

    I am in Vietnam, and there is no nutrition information on labels here.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,654 Member
    People put stuff in the database and publish it without thinking that other people will then use it too, and they leave stuff out. It definitely has sodium! Is there only one entry for it? Have a look and see if you can find an entry with a few confirmations.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    You can look here too..

    http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list

    or this site has it:http://www.calorieking.com.au/foods/calories-in-meat-canned-oven-roasted-turkey_f-Y2lkPTUwMTEwJmJpZD02NjcmZmlkPTIwMjAyMiZlaWQ9MTk2MTQwMDI1JnBvcz0xJnBhcj0ma2V5PXNwYW0gdHVya2V5.html
  • siqiniq
    siqiniq Posts: 237 Member
    I found it by looking further down the list. Thanks.
  • kagevf
    kagevf Posts: 509 Member
    or you can scan labels from your phone or ipod if you have one
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    or you can scan labels from your phone or ipod if you have one

    I always meant to do that but never did lol
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