To get started
Demos
FAQ's

To Get Started

1. Enter the name of a food in the Search box and click Go.
2. Select the correct food from the search results.
3. Use the drop-down menu at the top of the Nutrition Facts panel to select the appropriate serving size.
4. Enter the correct number of servings in the Serving Size box.
5. The nutritional information for your food will be displayed in the Nutrition Facts panel.

Demos

• How to search for a food. Video or Text

FAQ

Using the Food Database

• How do I search for a food?
• How do I change the serving size of a food?
• What does Average All Brands mean?
• How do I add a food from the Food Database to my Food and Exercise Diary?
• Can I print the nutritional information for a food?

Calorie Density

• What do the stars next to some foods mean?
• What is Calorie Density?
• How do I display Calorie Density? How do I display Calorie Information?

Searching

• How can I improve my food searches?

Favorite Foods

• What are Favorite Foods? How can I mark a food as a Favorite?

Enter the name of the food in the Search box and click the Go button. A list of foods matching your search term will be displayed, in order of popularity. Look through the list to find the food you want.

At the bottom of the list of foods you will see how many foods your search found. If there are too many results to be displayed on one page, you will see a link Show Next 30. Click this link to view more results.

See also How can I improve my food searches?

Once you have searched for a food and displayed its Nutrition Facts panel, you can change the serving size of the food.

Use the drop-down menu at the top of the Nutrition Facts panel to select the appropriate serving size. Then enter the correct number of servings in the Serving Size box. The nutritional information in the Nutrition Facts panel will update to match your serving size information.

See also How do I search for a food?

When you search for a food, you may see a category called Average All Brands included in the search results. Average All Brands are mostly generic foods, such as fruits and vegetables, meats, and drinks.

In some cases, the Average All Brands category may include results for which the nutritional data has been calculated for the food, based on the average of the other brands in our Food Database.

To add a food to your Food and Exercise Diary, you first need to search for the food and display its Nutrition Facts panel.

Click the Add To Your Diary link, which is located to the right of the Nutritional Information. (or above the Nutritional Information, depending on how the layout turns out) You will then be taken to your Food and Exercise Diary, where you can add the food to Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, or Snacks.

See also How do I search for a food?

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