Fats not matching up

jmangini
jmangini Posts: 166 Member
in Food and Nutrition
question. My fat breakdown only shows 3 grams but my total shows 43 throwing my macros way off.

Saturated 3
Poly 0
Mono 0
Trans 0

Total 43

How is this possible? Or is it just an error in the program?

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited October 2015
    jmangini wrote: »
    question. My fat breakdown only shows 3 grams but my total shows 43 throwing my macros way off.

    Saturated 3
    Poly 0
    Mono 0
    Trans 0

    Total 43

    How is this possible? Or is it just an error in the program?

    Lots of entries don't have information for poly and mono, but will include them in total fat. Depending on the labeling/entry you choose they might also be missing specific information for sat or trans, I suppose.
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    Many products don't show the breakdown and even more users don't enter everything on the nutrition labels. Your total fats are probably pretty accurate, while the breakdowns are basically random.
  • jmangini
    jmangini Posts: 166 Member
    The thing is I did not eat 43 grams of fat already. Only 2 eggs and some non dairy creamer. It added fat for my apple!
  • jmangini
    jmangini Posts: 166 Member
    I bar code everything and the breakdown on this ap only shows 3 grams.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    edited October 2015
    jmangini wrote: »
    The thing is I did not eat 43 grams of fat already. Only 2 eggs and some non dairy creamer. It added fat for my apple!

    It added fat for creamer, nuts, eggs, potato bread, and animal stack. 5, 24, 11, 2, 1 respectively. Showing zero for apple.

    Sometimes the app and the website don't jibe. I'm looking at the site.
  • jmangini
    jmangini Posts: 166 Member
    I used this ap for several years and just started using it again. It didn't use to do this. Guess I should have left it uninstalled lol it's frustrating me.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Eggs. Egg yolks have fat in them.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    edited October 2015
    It's an occasional glitch. I like the app. Nonetheless, your diary has you listed as eating 43 and the foods do add up to that. Maybe I'm not understanding what the discrepancy is.
  • jmangini
    jmangini Posts: 166 Member
    Ok nevermind. I guess the ap just doesn't break down poly and mono fats. Not sure why it tracks those then but ok. Question answered.
  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    It lists several macros that are not necessarily broken down on labels. Potassium is another. It's not required on labels from the FDA. Some folks take the time to track them down as they need to know them for health issues. What is required on labels varies from country to county.
  • jmangini
    jmangini Posts: 166 Member
    That explains why I'm alway low on Potassium intake. Ok thank you!
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,328 Member
    jmangini wrote: »
    I bar code everything and the breakdown on this ap only shows 3 grams.

    As stated the breakdown is not accurate because often in nutrition labels the only fat breakdown given is the amount of Saturated Fat, not the others. In terms of total fat amount based on looking at your diary (Oct 28) it looks about right. In other words, ignore the breakdown information, it is useless because the original information would not be complete, just pay attention to the total fat.

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