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Salad

donnas1995
donnas1995 Posts: 11 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Do the calories in a salad listed in the food log include dressing? Thanks.

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  • angelsja
    angelsja Posts: 859 Member
    Only the person that created that entry will know what went into it. Weigh and log your own ingredients for your salad don't use generic or homemade entries
  • donnas1995
    donnas1995 Posts: 11 Member
    Thank you for the response. When I do a find for "salad" there is such a range of calories for the different salads listed. I wasn't sure if the listing included dressing. So I will take your advice and list the dressing separately.
  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    Unless you are logging a restaurant salad that has an existing entry, I would log each of your ingredients separately. That is the best way to get an accurate entry.
  • angelsja
    angelsja Posts: 859 Member
    donnas1995 wrote: »
    Thank you for the response. When I do a find for "salad" there is such a range of calories for the different salads listed. I wasn't sure if the listing included dressing. So I will take your advice and list the dressing separately.

    That isn't what I advised weigh every ingredient of your salad and log it. Place a bowl or whatever on your scale and 0 it add lettuce or other ingredient log it 0 scale repeat process with all ingredients
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