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cliveyboyuk
cliveyboyuk Posts: 3
in Health and Weight Loss
How do you find out calories in "homemade/generic" items? Are there any good sites out there?

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  • fastbelly
    fastbelly Posts: 727 Member
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    What would you be looking for?
    Usually something homemade I just add the calories for the ingredients.
    If its something that I make regularly I may create a item on the database rather then input all the time the same quantities and ingredients.
  • UniquelyNelly
    UniquelyNelly Posts: 6 Member
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    What would you be looking for?
    Usually something homemade I just add the calories for the ingredients.
    If its something that I make regularly I may create a item on the database rather then input all the time the same quantities and ingredients.

    This is exactly what I do.
  • rwd5046
    rwd5046 Posts: 302
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    Use the receipe builder under the food tab right here on MFP........
  • beccarockslife
    beccarockslife Posts: 816 Member
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    If i have made it at home I input the recipe in the recipe section and then I divide it by the number of servings it made.
  • Schuyler
    Schuyler Posts: 78 Member
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    I love the recipe builder for dinners I make. I can input all the different calories of a casserole for example and figure out the calories per serving. If you're still unsure of something, giving it a rough estimate is better than nothing at all. Maybe you go out to a little bake shop and have a cupcake, just make a good estimate using that you see in the data base. Not that I've ever done that before..... :)

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