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    The food database is full of crap. Verified means nothing!

    Posts: 237 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    Go look at all the "verified" Perdue chicken breast entries. The variance is ridiculous. And who verifies this stuff?

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    • Posts: 752 Member
      I noticed that today. Ugh. :s
    • Posts: 18,911 Member
      It's total crap.
    • Posts: 9,532 Member
      There's an entry for something called "Perdue chicken breast tenders" that has more fat grams than protein grams. How the hell do you turn chicken breast into a fat meat?!
    • Posts: 4,696 Member
      Haha, I just noticed this today, too. I was trying to enter my Lean Cuisine and the "verified" entry was 50 calories less than what was actually on the package. They have literally destroyed the database. It's such a shame.
    • Posts: 53 Member
      Maybe "verified" means "we verified that this entry does, in fact, exist."
    • Posts: 1,243 Member
      I think they should just nuke it and start over.
    • Posts: 4,535 Member
      PeachyPlum wrote: »
      I think they should just nuke it and start over.

      I'm on this train.
    • Posts: 18,911 Member
      TheVirgoddess wrote: »
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      I'm on this train.

      Agreed.
    • Posts: 752 Member
      edited June 2015
      roselemonade wrote: »
      Maybe "verified" means "we verified that this entry does, in fact, exist."

      :D
    • Posts: 4,979 Member
      TheVirgoddess wrote: »
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      I'm on this train.

      Me too. After 447 days of using this site, I'm actually thinking of finding another. Between the database and all the new glitches, I'm frustrated. Under Armour is very underwhelming.
    • Posts: 1,515 Member
      Thank goodness for the barcode scanner. I haven't had any issues with that yet.
    • Posts: 649 Member
      It really is ridiculous. I put in a tablespoon of brown sugar and it came out as 15 calories the other day.
    • Posts: 317 Member
      I noticed this happening Friday when I had 1 tablespoon of light mayo and it came up as 10 grams of carbs. Really since when? My label says 1 gram of carb.
    • Posts: 2,132 Member
      PeachyPlum wrote: »
      I think they should just nuke it and start over.

      Agreed
    • Posts: 1,180 Member
      PeachyPlum wrote: »
      I think they should just nuke it and start over.

      Yup
    • Posts: 1,858 Member
      i was so super excited when i first saw the verified, i was like finally! some advancement on the database...now I'm just sad.
    • Posts: 8,029 Member
      edited June 2015
      I am at the point where I'm just going to make my own entries for foods and keep them private.
    • Posts: 840 Member
      Yeah, they should have left the meaningless "verified" badges alone
    • Posts: 4,696 Member
      wahoowad wrote: »
      Go look at all the "verified" Perdue chicken breast entries. The variance is ridiculous. And who verifies this stuff?

      I'm confused about why your post has two flags.

      WTH people?
    • Posts: 12 Member
      What happened ? I previously relied on this database, so much has deteriorated since the company was sold :'(

    • Posts: 12 Member
      I'm looking for a new database...any suggestions ?
    • Posts: 8,029 Member
      Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
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      I'm confused about why your post has two flags.

      WTH people?

      I'm going to speculate that it's people who maybe got offended by the thread title.


      Lord's name in vain and all that folderol.

    • Posts: 21 Member
      Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
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      I'm confused about why your post has two flags.

      WTH people?

      Because of the title. I didn't flag it, but I can see how that would be offensive to a lot of people.
    • Posts: 4,696 Member
      docsandy wrote: »
      What happened ? I previously relied on this database, so much has deteriorated since the company was sold :'(

      They tried to make the database all fancy and made-over by creating "verified" entries with little green check marks next to them that mean absolutely nothing. They also took away the asterisk to let you know that the food was entered by a user, so I have no way of knowing if my "Bananas - Raw" entry is the right one or if it was entered by some rando.
    • Posts: 9,480 Member
      edited June 2015
      TheVirgoddess wrote: »
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      I'm on this train.

      Agreed. I wish we had the option too to fix spelling mistakes.

      I always laugh when I see an entry for yogart.
    • Posts: 4,696 Member
      edited June 2015
      intruhvurt wrote: »
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      Because of the title. I didn't flag it, but I can see how that would be offensive to a lot of people.

      Sounds like "a lot of people" need to put their big boy panties on and accept the fact that this is the internet...
    • Posts: 18,911 Member
      edited June 2015
      Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
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      I'm confused about why your post has two flags.

      WTH people?

      I'm guessing that it's people being precious about *gasp* blasphemy! or the use of the word crap. Which is not censored by MFP so people shouldn't bug the mods by flagging it.
    • Posts: 1,180 Member
      kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »
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      Agreed. I wish we had the option too to fix spelling mistakes.

      I always laugh when I see an entry for yogart.

      My favorite is the "skin milk" entry floating around
    • Posts: 1,516 Member
      edited June 2015
      snowflakesav wrote: »
      It really is ridiculous. I put in a tablespoon of brown sugar and it came out as 15 calories the other day.

      It switches it to TEASPOON on your actual entry. Happened to me today! I thought I was losing my mind.
    • Posts: 1,516 Member
      HappyCampr1 wrote: »
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      My guess is that the Perdue chicken breast tenders are battered and fried. Of course, that's just a guess, so who knows.

      Tenders are battered and fried.
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