How do I find the USDA generic foods - not member submitted?

angela233Z
angela233Z Posts: 312 Member
edited November 17 in Health and Weight Loss
I just went and searched on tomato. Every entry I see is for member submitted. Is there a way to search only for any official values? I searched tomato usda and every entry had the * in front of it.

thanks

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  • DebzNuDa
    DebzNuDa Posts: 252 Member
    On the internet - USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Release 27 (Please do not add this to the Database if you see this AND after you confirm what is on it. Also, look for the RAW item before you weigh on your scale.)
  • Camo_xxx
    Camo_xxx Posts: 1,082 Member
    Try:
    Tomato, raw, USDA
  • angela233Z
    angela233Z Posts: 312 Member
    DebzNuDa wrote: »
    On the internet - USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Release 27 (Please do not add this to the Database if you see this AND after you confirm what is on it. Also, look for the RAW item before you weigh on your scale.)

    thank you - I was hoping to find these generic things in the MFP database so I don't have to add them

  • angela233Z
    angela233Z Posts: 312 Member
    Camo_xxx wrote: »
    Try:
    Tomato, raw, USDA

    thanks - tried that too, but all were member submitted values.
  • DebzNuDa
    DebzNuDa Posts: 252 Member
    angela233Z wrote: »
    DebzNuDa wrote: »
    On the internet - USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Release 27 (Please do not add this to the Database if you see this AND after you confirm what is on it. Also, look for the RAW item before you weigh on your scale.)

    thank you - I was hoping to find these generic things in the MFP database so I don't have to add them

    You are welcome :)
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    Search for "tomatoes - raw." I just use the "Tomatoes - Red, ripe, raw, year round average" since I eat them nearly every day - it averages out.

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  • sympha01
    sympha01 Posts: 942 Member
    Tomato red ripe raw
    or
    Tomato red ripe raw year round average
    or
    Tomato red ripe raw november may

    These /should/ all pull up non-asterisk entries. Hot tip: if it says "USDA" that pretty much guarantees it was member-submitted, though those tend to have been submitted by pretty diligent members and are more often right.

    Oh, and all of this is with the caveat that I've seen evidence in the past that the MFP people put some users into weird cohort groups for site testing purposes (because they don't have a test environment so this seems like a good idea to them ::EPIC EYEROLL::) and sometimes those people see different names for things in the database. I know it seems crazy, but I have seen this happen.
  • Camo_xxx
    Camo_xxx Posts: 1,082 Member
    edited April 2015
    yup, sometimes you need to go check the USDA site to find out the proper description.
    it is on MFP as,
    Tomato,red,ripe,raw year round seasonal average
  • angela233Z
    angela233Z Posts: 312 Member
    thanks all
  • fatcity66
    fatcity66 Posts: 1,544 Member
    edited April 2015
    Nevermind.
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