Nutritional facts

fayhorack
fayhorack Posts: 2 Member
edited 12:25PM in Food and Nutrition
There are HUGE discrepancies in the nutritional info in MFP in relation to the actual product ! Double check, I have come across SO many incorrect branded products. Either the Kj are way too low or way too high ! 🤔

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  • shaf238
    shaf238 Posts: 4,022 Member
    Because it allows user entries in the database. You'll just need to double check.
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    edited November 2018
    I live in Canada. Sometimes the product labels can be different from the US (or any other country, but most of our imports come from there because proximity) because the recipe may be tweaked for different regions, the serving size can be off, etc.
  • 65davi65
    65davi65 Posts: 2 Member
    Yes, there are discrepancies, but at least it is easy to create your own entries and have those foods at your fingertips for future logging. This works great for logging. I just wish it would track more nutrients. I use Diet Power and it tracks 26 compared to this 6. Diet Power enables me to see what supplements to take and how much.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,422 Member
    65davi65 wrote: »
    Yes, there are discrepancies, but at least it is easy to create your own entries and have those foods at your fingertips for future logging. This works great for logging. I just wish it would track more nutrients. I use XXXX and it tracks 26 compared to this 6. XXXX enables me to see what supplements to take and how much.

    Even though this seems like an ad more than anything, on Myfitnesspal you can track up to 13 different things, if you look at the Printable version, the default columns are:

    Calories Carbs Fat Protein Cholest Sodium Sugars Fiber

    The regular FOOD page has six columns, but Calories are not editable. That leaves five columns/headings to be chosen by the user. So theoretically you could track 13.

    Supplements can be added to the FOOD page just like any other food.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    estherdragonbat wrote: »
    I live in Canada. Sometimes the product labels can be different from the US (or any other country, but most of our imports come from there because proximity) because the recipe may be tweaked for different regions, the serving size can be off, etc.

    Yeah, this is one major reasons, and also because products change over time and the entry may be old.
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