What says ANYTHING on here is correct?

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  • ProgressShowing
    ProgressShowing Posts: 62 Member
    SammyD242 wrote: »
    I only use the barcode scanner.

    FYI - I've found that incorrect at times too.

  • minxylicious
    minxylicious Posts: 2 Member
    There's also an app called nutritional facts that might be quite helpful. I use it alongside this one.
  • nooboots
    nooboots Posts: 480 Member
    I forgot to say on this thread, that here is a classic example of manufacturer amounts not being correct

    I have 2 brands of frozen jacket potato in the freezer, one is Mccain the other is Asda own brand.

    They are clearly the same potato, manufactured/baked in the same factory. They are all 200g each (give or take a very small amount)

    Yet the calorie amounts per 100g are different. Mccain pt theirs at 100cals per 100g. Asda put theirs at 81 per 100g.

    Potatoes dont vary that much, so I go by the higher amount in my mind (although I log what is on the packet). I think they put a bit of sunflower oil on the outside of the potato but both of them say that in the description too so theres no reason for the Asda one to be so low.
  • GummiMundi
    GummiMundi Posts: 396 Member
    nooboots wrote: »
    Potatoes dont vary that much, so I go by the higher amount in my mind (although I log what is on the packet). I think they put a bit of sunflower oil on the outside of the potato but both of them say that in the description too so theres no reason for the Asda one to be so low.

    They may both say they put "a bit of sunflower oil", but the amount each brand uses is possibly different. I suspect that's where the 19 calories per 100g difference comes from.
  • BarbaraHelen2013
    BarbaraHelen2013 Posts: 1,940 Member
    edited August 2019
    SammyD242 wrote: »
    I only use the barcode scanner.

    That might be fine, apart from the fact that it only searches the database for you instead of you typing a long string of manufacturer+item+cooked status etc, but what about foods that don’t come pre-packed, pre-processed or otherwise manufactured?

    Fresh fruit and veg from a market, or loose from your supermarket etc? I don’t think genetic modification has gone as far as to implant bar code info into plants! Yet! 😉
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,941 Member
    edited August 2019
    SammyD242 wrote: »
    I only use the barcode scanner.

    I often get really odd results from the barcode scanner, like data in ml when I'm adding potatoes. Or I get white toast when scanning chocolate. Or the calories are for cooked product while I want raw. Thus it's important to always verify.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,281 Member
    Occasionally I get an obviously nonsense result after bar scanning - like something is toast in mls when it is really bars of chocolate, like you said.

    But nearly always it comes up as what it really is and a calorie level that makes sense.

    So generally I think bar scanning is fine and just ignore the occasional obvious glitch.
  • Danp
    Danp Posts: 1,561 Member
    edited August 2019
    paperpudding wrote: »
    Warning": Petty complaint ahead.....


    Just because somebody doesnt know how to spell zucchini correctly doesnt mean their entries are wrong :o
    any more than spelling it correctly means their entries are right or 'we should have faith in them'

    Absolutely. I have a perfectly accurate entry for 'Uncle Toby's Big Bowl Creamy Honey Oats Sachet' that shows up as 'Bug Bowl Creamy Honey Oats' because of my dumb fumble fingers when I entered it
  • carleecat1221
    carleecat1221 Posts: 6 Member
    In life nothing will ever be 100% perfect including calories listed on something. As long as someone stays within a reasonable amount and is accountable to themselves they will eat healthy and/or loose weight.
  • nooboots
    nooboots Posts: 480 Member
    paperpudding wrote: »
    Warning": Petty complaint ahead.....


    Just because somebody doesnt know how to spell zucchini correctly doesnt mean their entries are wrong :o
    any more than spelling it correctly means their entries are right or 'we should have faith in them'

    I agree because everyone knows they are courgettes anyway!
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,254 Member
    One of my recipes reads “Lemon Farlic Parmesan Shrimp Pasta” and I never bothered to correct it.
  • neugebauer52
    neugebauer52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    Happy to say that I am not perfect! That took me many years to realize and half a century to actually say and write.
    Then there were dozens of "perfect" diets, for the "perfect" weight loss - but they don't exist. Finally, finally I found MFP with all those supportive members who guided me along in the right direction. It is up to me to use that little common sense I have got, filling in those little missing links. Some things might be better but that would only encourage my inherent laziness. As it is, I follow MFP's basic guidelines happily and daily I learn to live a much healthier lifestyle. Works for me!

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