Newbie here - I have a query

geetvinww
geetvinww Posts: 9 Member
in Getting Started
Was wondering why 'Coffee With Sugar and Milk - Coffee, 1 cup" shows that it has 20g of protein! How can that be possible. I entered the above info in my food diary and that is what showed up.
Calories
kcal
Carbs
g
Fat
g
Protein
g
Sodium
mg
Sugar
g
Coffee With Sugar and Milk - Coffee, 1 cup 25 0 15 20 0 5

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  • geetvinww
    geetvinww Posts: 9 Member
    thank you. yeah that makes more sense! and yet 20g of protein in a cup of coffee does seem rather farfetched!
  • geetvinww
    geetvinww Posts: 9 Member
    and just to see if milk could be the reason, I added a cup of whole milk and it showed 8g of protein only! Something is wrong somewhere
  • Dogmom1978
    Dogmom1978 Posts: 1,580 Member
    Again, many many many of the entries are wrong in MFP. I manually enter if needed, but sometimes things are only off by maybe 1 carb or 2 calories and then I don’t worry about it. I ALWAYS check though to make sure they are right or at least seem reasonably possible.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    Many people put protein powder in their coffee. Especially Keto people.

    You already got the answers above, I just thought I'd expand.

    When you go to add a food, a Nutrition Box will pop up after you have chosen it from the list. In that box is a green button that says "Nutrition Info" - click that and it will show the amounts. It will say, "Is this data accurate?" You can then say (click) "No" and edit it if you want, and if you do it will then be listed in your MY FOODS.
  • moonangel12
    moonangel12 Posts: 971 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    Many people put protein powder in their coffee. Especially Keto people.

    You already got the answers above, I just thought I'd expand.

    When you go to add a food, a Nutrition Box will pop up after you have chosen it from the list. In that box is a green button that says "Nutrition Info" - click that and it will show the amounts. It will say, "Is this data accurate?" You can then say (click) "No" and edit it if you want, and if you do it will then be listed in your MY FOODS.
    Thank you for explaining how to edit entries, I have seen it mentioned on here multiple times over the months but never could figure out how to do it (can’t say I searched too hard, just made a new entry if needed, but editing would be easier!)
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    moonangel12 wrote: »
    cmriverside wrote: »
    Many people put protein powder in their coffee. Especially Keto people.

    You already got the answers above, I just thought I'd expand.

    When you go to add a food, a Nutrition Box will pop up after you have chosen it from the list. In that box is a green button that says "Nutrition Info" - click that and it will show the amounts. It will say, "Is this data accurate?" You can then say (click) "No" and edit it if you want, and if you do it will then be listed in your MY FOODS.
    Thank you for explaining how to edit entries, I have seen it mentioned on here multiple times over the months but never could figure out how to do it (can’t say I searched too hard, just made a new entry if needed, but editing would be easier!)

    Editing IS easier! You're welcome. ::flowerforyou::
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    They broke my favorite old emoticon. **sigh**
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    edited July 2020
    :(
    ^^sigh?^^
  • geetvinww
    geetvinww Posts: 9 Member
    Thank you! That explains it! :)
  • geetvinww
    geetvinww Posts: 9 Member
    slunburg wrote: »
    Again, many many many of the entries are wrong in MFP. I manually enter if needed, but sometimes things are only off by maybe 1 carb or 2 calories and then I don’t worry about it. I ALWAYS check though to make sure they are right or at least seem reasonably possible.

    Yes. That makes sense. I sometimes do double check from other nutrition website!

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