Calorie Discrepancies

CAgirlinIA
CAgirlinIA Posts: 3 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I have seen so many recipes in recent months that state a certain calorie count and then when I plug it into MFP to match ingredients, it's entirely different, usually more. Plus when I do a search for a food there is a range of calorie counts for the same manufacturer. How can I be certain I'm being accurate? I love food so I don't want to short myself. On the other hand I want to be as accurate as I can be.

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  • CAgirlinIA
    CAgirlinIA Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks for the very informative reply!! Do you think the pecan count also applies to peanut butter?? ;)
  • wilson10102018
    wilson10102018 Posts: 1,306 Member
    Most of the entries in the MFP database are wrong. But, once you find one that is correct and use it, it appears in your frequent list and eliminates the needed step of confirmation from a manufacturer or third party source. UnderArmor should be ashamed of their database, but apparently they don't care. All they would have to do is eliminate the entries that are not being actually posted to diaries.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    wilson10102018 wrote: »
    Most of the entries in the MFP database are wrong. But, once you find one that is correct and use it, it appears in your frequent list and eliminates the needed step of confirmation from a manufacturer or third party source. UnderArmor should be ashamed of their database, but apparently they don't care. All they would have to do is eliminate the entries that are not being actually posted to diaries.

    The database really needs to have two categories: User entered and Admin-vetted/Admin-entered ones. Separate lists.

    But then people from other countries wouldn't have their foods in there.

    It's the best system for the money and I can add any food I want in any way I want and have it be there for ME when I want it.

    It used to be that every single food entered by a user became part of the database. That's how every food comes up on Google as being in Myfitnesspal for the first 10,000 hits. :lol: That doesn't happen any more...after about 2009-ish.

    It's well built for ad placement and search engine hits.

    If you want "special" food or nutrients, you enter it yourself one time and that's it. Could not be easier.
  • goal06082021
    goal06082021 Posts: 2,130 Member
    Where can I find some of these zero-calorie pecans, those sound great!

    But yeah you have to check and double check that the entries you use are accurate, especially in the recipe builder. It's a bit of a time and effort investment up-front, but (1) sure beats being fat forever and (2) if you generally buy the same things week over week, you'll be able to log things more quickly as you build up your recents list. It's not a one-and-done thing for sure, especially for packaged foods, as companies can tweak their recipes over time.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    There's also zero calorie broccoli, but somehow I think that won't be as popular as the zero calorie pecans...

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