Every figure on a food page is per 100 grams of the food as its source
reported it. This article walks the page from top to bottom.
The header
The food's name, then badges: "Branded" for a packaged product, "Regional
dish" for an entry from the regional catalogue, and otherwise the source's own
data type. A cuisine or region badge is a link back to the search, filtered to
it. Signed in, the header offers Log food, Add to favorites, Add to
collection and Share this food.
Signed in, the page can also show what your own logs say about this food: a
"Usually …" pill with the median portion you have logged it at, from your last
90 days once you have logged it three times, and a "Logged on X of last 7 days"
pill when it has become a habit.
Nutrition facts
Laid out like a package label:
The panel reads "Per 100 g". When the source reports a serving of its own — a
package's serving size, a USDA household measure — it is shown beneath as
"Typical serving" with its gram weight, but the figures stay per 100 g. To see
a different amount, open Log food: the dialog takes any amount and unit the
food knows and scales the figures as you type.
Nutrient figures are shown to signed-in readers. Signed out, the panel offers
Sign in to view.The % Daily Value column
Each row's percentage is the share of a fixed daily reference amount:
NutrientDaily reference Total fat78 g Saturated fat20 g Cholesterol300 mg Sodium2,300 mg Carbohydrates275 g Fiber28 g Sugar50 g Protein50 g Calcium1,300 mg Iron18 mg Potassium4,700 mgThese are the label reference values for a 2,000-calorie day, as the footnote
under the panel says. They are not your targets: your own targets live on your
dashboard, and your personal score is what reads the food against them.
Micronutrients
Below the label, a food whose source reported vitamins and minerals beyond the
three above lists them with their units. Which ones appear depends entirely on
the source: USDA reference foods carry dozens, a packaged product often carries
only what its label prints, and a national table carries whatever that table
measured.
A dash is not a zero
A value the source did not report is shown as "—". It means "not measured",
never "none": a packaged snack with a dash for potassium may well contain some.
A real zero is shown as 0.
Suitability by health condition
Some foods carry ratings for specific health conditions, shown as stars out of
five with the words Excellent, Good, Moderate, Caution and Avoid. These are
stored on the food, not computed for you; the article on
Food Health Ratings explainswhich foods have them and how they differ from your personal score.
Ingredients and data source
A packaged product shows its ingredients list as the source published it.
Every food page ends with its data source: the publisher's name, a USDA FDC ID
or a barcode where the food has one, and, for USDA and Open Food Facts foods, a
View on link to the publisher's own page for that food. The nationalcomposition tables have no per-food pages, so those foods name their table and
offer no link.
Medication warnings
Signed in, with medications on your profile, a food that interacts with one of
them shows a warning above the label: the medication, the reason, and the
source. A critical warning opens over the log dialog and must be acknowledged
with I've read this — continue before the food can be logged. See
Contraindication Warnings.On the phone
The database food screen shows the name, category, cuisine and region, the four
headline figures, the per-100 g nutrient list and the suitability chips out of
five. A regional dish additionally shows its special markers: purine, oxalate,
FODMAP, glycemic index and histamine levels, and whether it contains gluten or
lactose.
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