When Scanned Food Nutrition is Defferent from box label

hvan5561
hvan5561 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I was wondering if anyone had come across this issue. I scanned a meal at the nutritional information was different from what is printed on the box.

Do you go by scan or enter what’s on the box.

Thanks

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  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    just_Tomek wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    The database is full of errors and outdated information. I would also go by the information that is on the box.

    Nope, not always.

    Recently I bought new box of papardelle pasta. I knew the info on the back was wrong, knowing that reg pasta is pasta no matter who makes it. Scanned showed proper 85g 280cal and the box said, 85g 140cal. Slight difference ;) The pasta comes as nests, 6 of them, each one is ~45g... therefore 2 nests will net you ~300cal and not ~150cal as per box :) Although I wish that was the case :)

    I have had that happen on a different product that was raw fish but the nutrition label was for cooked fish and did not specify prepared.

    I am not that scared of it happening often though.
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    There’s slot of wrong info I believe you can alter it or look for another similar entry
  • summery79
    summery79 Posts: 116 Member
    I usually go by the box. If it's a whole food (no label) and MFP has a bunch of different conflicting entries, I do a quick check on Cronometer
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