Bar code nutrient information

ParsaAkbari
ParsaAkbari Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I am using this app to track my nutrition.
However almost all of the food i input via barcode has no information on nutrients such as calcium, vitamin a, c etc.

This makes it difficult to use the app to track my vitamin intake. For example I scanned some sliced cheese and according to the app this has 0% calcium

Any strategies for overcoming this?

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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Make your own entry or edit the one that has 0% calcium, which will let you add the correct details.
  • ParsaAkbari
    ParsaAkbari Posts: 2 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Make your own entry or edit the one that has 0% calcium, which will let you add the correct details.
    That would work for some foods but many don't have any nutrient information :'(

  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,879 Member
    You mean the label doesn't have it? There are relatively few nutrients that labels are legally obliged to have. the rest, often vitamins, are at the discretion of the manufacturer. Where it's not on the label, you really don't have a lot of choice, save for finding a similar product and seeing if it has the info.
  • Vegplotter
    Vegplotter Posts: 265 Member
    Perhaps you are eating too many manufactured foods? It's easy to find meat, fish, veg and dairy nutritional details on the Internet or in MFP's generic lists.
    Fact is, if you are eating out of packets and tins the nutrition will be much reduced compared to fresh foods.
    If you are not eating all your nutrients then at the very least take a multi-vitamin supplement.
    Good luck.
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