NO CARBS in AVACADO?

isabellspringer
isabellspringer Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi All,

I put in an avocado in my meal plan tracker and MyFitnessPal says there is NO CARBS/PROTEIN/FAT grams registered for an avocado, only lists the calories. Is this true? Online it states that a1/2 cup of Avo is 3 net carbs. What do you get?

Thank you for your feedback!

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  • Unknown
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    edited August 2018
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  • DoubleUbea
    DoubleUbea Posts: 1,115 Member
    edited August 2018
    You have to check all entries, as others have said add 'USDA' to your searches.
    Another tip: You should be weighing your food not using measuring cups.

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    isabellspringer wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I put in an avocado in my meal plan tracker and MyFitnessPal says there is NO CARBS/PROTEIN/FAT grams registered for an avocado, only lists the calories. Is this true? Online it states that a1/2 cup of Avo is 3 net carbs. What do you get?

    Thank you for your feedback!

    No, thats just a bad entry, try another one
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,864 Member
    No...you picked an erroneous entry. You should verify entries...and with something like avocado you should tag your database search with USDA. Most entries are user entered so there are a lot of errors.

    Also, you cannot have calories without macros (protein/carbs/fat)...macros are what make up your calories. 4 calories per gram of protein, 4 calories per gram of carbohydrate, 9 calories per gram of fat. Macros build your calories.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,236 Member
    Better than adding USDA to your search term (which will you entries that were created by MFP users who decided to put USDA in the name of the entry), look at the USDA database and use the same search string that it uses, which will usually give you an entry created by MFP by importing the USDA info. Sadly, even some of those were screwed up when they ran an algorithm to convert metric units to U.S. units and vice versa, but it's your best bet. Double check against the USDA data.

    So, search for "avocados, raw, California" or "avocados, raw, Florida" (depending on whether you eat the dark-green/black bumpy Haas or the large, bright-green, smooth skinned ones from Florida) or "avocados, raw, all commercial varieties" (if you don't know what you're eating).

    https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list?SYNCHRONIZER_TOKEN=326546bf-d713-4280-a3fd-c76303397622&SYNCHRONIZER_URI=/ndb/search/list&qt=&qlookup=avocado&ds=SR&manu=
  • LushFix
    LushFix Posts: 303 Member
    Yup, definitely a bad entry. Once I found cholesterol listed In ketchup and another time in watermelon.
  • isabellspringer
    isabellspringer Posts: 2 Member
    THANK YOU ALL <3
  • competeagain
    competeagain Posts: 770 Member
    Carbs don’t exist
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    stepmill_jack wrote: »
    If you are not a millennial you cannot eat an avocado ;)

    I think that just applies to avocado toast.

    Try to take my guacamole and I’ll cut ya. :D

    Maybe just because it's green, but... you can have my share of avocado.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    competeagain wrote: »
    Carbs don’t exist

    Shouty is that you?
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,838 Member
    While there are some carbs in avocado, as others have pointed out, there aren't many since they are mostly fat. They're great for diabetics, and should fit into most keto diets well.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    Better than adding USDA to your search term (which will you entries that were created by MFP users who decided to put USDA in the name of the entry), look at the USDA database and use the same search string that it uses, which will usually give you an entry created by MFP by importing the USDA info. Sadly, even some of those were screwed up when they ran an algorithm to convert metric units to U.S. units and vice versa, but it's your best bet. Double check against the USDA data.

    So, search for "avocados, raw, California" or "avocados, raw, Florida" (depending on whether you eat the dark-green/black bumpy Haas or the large, bright-green, smooth skinned ones from Florida) or "avocados, raw, all commercial varieties" (if you don't know what you're eating).

    https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list?SYNCHRONIZER_TOKEN=326546bf-d713-4280-a3fd-c76303397622&amp;SYNCHRONIZER_URI=/ndb/search/list&amp;qt=&amp;qlookup=avocado&amp;ds=SR&amp;manu=

    Cosigning - if "USDA" is in a MFP database entry, that means a user entered it, rather than it being pulled directly from USDA by MFP.

    I will include "USDA" in my search only if the above method fails, which is rare.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,340 Member
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    stepmill_jack wrote: »
    If you are not a millennial you cannot eat an avocado ;)

    I think that just applies to avocado toast.

    Try to take my guacamole and I’ll cut ya. :D

    Maybe just because it's green, but... you can have my share of avocado.

    I ate my share of guac, your share and probably enough for everybody else in the thread last Saturday. :)
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    stepmill_jack wrote: »
    If you are not a millennial you cannot eat an avocado ;)

    I think that just applies to avocado toast.

    Try to take my guacamole and I’ll cut ya. :D

    Maybe just because it's green, but... you can have my share of avocado.

    I ate my share of guac, your share and probably enough for everybody else in the thread last Saturday. :)

    Thank you!!!
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