Re-check labels

vtnj
vtnj Posts: 10 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Just notices that Kellogg's Special K Vanilla & Almond nutritional label has changed Total calories with skim milk is now 120. Carbs up to 42%

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  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    vtnj wrote: »
    Just notices that Kellogg's Special K Vanilla & Almond nutritional label has changed Total calories with skim milk is now 120. Carbs up to 42%

    This is board not MFP tech support, so nobody here is going to do anything about that. The database is almost completely user entered and maintained. If the entry does not have a green check mark, you can edit it. Or you can create your own entry and use that.
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    Calorie counters need to frequently recheck labels since companies can change nutrition facts at any time due to retesting and such.

    US calorie counters especially need to stay on the lookout right now with the nutrition facts labeling rules being adjusted. Some companies are taking the opportunity during the mandatory look-and-feel change to change the nutrition facts numbers at the same time.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,092 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    vtnj wrote: »
    Just notices that Kellogg's Special K Vanilla & Almond nutritional label has changed Total calories with skim milk is now 120. Carbs up to 42%

    This is board not MFP tech support, so nobody here is going to do anything about that. The database is almost completely user entered and maintained. If the entry does not have a green check mark, you can edit it. Or you can create your own entry and use that.

    Not to get all white-knighty, but the subject of the thread is "re-check labels," not "correct MFP database." I took it be advice to users to occasionally re-check labels on foods they eat regularly, so they'll be aware if the manufacturer has revised the label (which could be due to a reformulation of the product, or the need to correct an error in the old label).
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    Really, it's not a good idea to use the "with milk" total anyway, unless you're stranded without labels (like a hotel breakfast or something). Log each item separately based on the label that's in front of you.
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    Although I probably wouldn’t use the “with milk” info, this is generally good advice. Nutrition info is updated on many things and even green checked entries may be out of date with the current nutrition info for a product. That’s partly why there are often eleventy billion entries for the same item with slightly different info (that and you can’t edit the existing entry in the app so you have to make a new one if something isn’t right).

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