Most accurate source for calorie/nutritional info

tallmama3
tallmama3 Posts: 22 Member
edited November 8 in Health and Weight Loss
HI Just wondering what site people find for the most accurate nutritional info? Drives me nuts that I try to enter a food- and there is such a range of calories! ie tonight for dinner i'm having salmon, and I've read everything from 194cal to 280cal for 6oz!
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Thanks!

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  • libbydoodle11
    libbydoodle11 Posts: 1,351 Member
    Have you tried google? I think there are many sources out there. Maybe try USDA.
  • funchords
    funchords Posts: 413 Member
    When that happens, I usually ignore the highest and lowest entries as obviously outliers (out-and-out liars?) and then take an eyeball average of whatever remains.

    But here's the USDA database for your bookmarks: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Use entries that have no * in the title. Also, for accuracy, weigh your foods to the gram on a food scale.
  • justalittlecrazy
    justalittlecrazy Posts: 88 Member
    edited November 2014
    And try to verify whether or not it is for cooked food or raw. For example, 4 oz of cooked chicken breast is a different thing than 4 oz of chicken breast, uncooked.
  • tallmama3
    tallmama3 Posts: 22 Member
    thanks all
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    The USDA is a savior!
  • GirlWithCookies
    GirlWithCookies Posts: 138 Member
    This one is good, too: http://nutritiondata.self.com/
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    USDA...

    pretty much everything I put into my diary that is not from a package I type USDA...i.e. salmon usda.

    When you select things like "roasted salmon" and whatnot, you're getting someone else's recipe...who knows how much oil they used or whatever.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    libbydoodle11 wrote: »
    Have you tried google? I think there are many sources out there. Maybe try USDA.

    That's what I do when in doubt. Just type "salmon" into google and viola! You will find the calorie information on the right part of the screen with the ability to switch from raw to cooked to a different type of salmon for comparison.

    Google does that for most common foods.

  • justalittlecrazy
    justalittlecrazy Posts: 88 Member
    Put the mfp ap on your phone and scan the bar code whenever possible. Saves TONS of time sorting through entries!
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