Food Database User Guide
Welcome to the Food Database User Guide
Use the Food Database to find the nutritional information for over 40,000 foods.
To get started
Demos
FAQ's
To Get Started
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Enter the name of a food in the Search box and click Go.
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Select the correct food from the search results.
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Use the drop-down menu at the top of the Nutrition Facts panel to select the appropriate serving size.
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Enter the correct number of servings in the Serving Size box.
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The nutritional information for your food will be displayed in the Nutrition Facts panel.
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Demos
FAQ
Using the Food Database
Calorie Density
Searching
Favorite Foods
Using the Food Database
How do I search for a food?
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?
How do I change the serving size of a food?
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?