

You can enter additional serving sizes as long as you have entered a weight for your food, by clicking the green + beside Serving Sizes.
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If you have entered the UPC code you can scan the food with our barcode scanner to add it to your diary quickly and easily.Įnsure you enter the same serving size as that listed on the packaging at the top of the Nutrition label. This is a great way to make your food easier to find in the future. You can also tag foods with the green buttons below the drop-down menu. For instance, categorize Kraft Mayonnaise in Fats & Oils and tag it with Brand and Vegetarian. Choose the category that best describes your product. Choosing a category will allow you to more easily find the food in the future. If you publish your food, the note will not be added to the database.Ĭhoose a category from the drop-down menu. These notes are for your purposes only and are not necessary if you have nothing to add. For instance, you could mention that it is gluten free, or if you didn’t like this food. You can add a note if there is anything important that you would like to remember about this food. You can add multiple names in different languages by selecting the green + button. For instance, if you have some Honey Almond Granola from the Nature’s Path brand, name your food ‘Nature’s Path, Granola, Honey Almond’. We try to name our foods using the schema Brand, Product, Flavor. Select the Add Food button on the left hand side of the Foods tab. Check out this Blog Post for more tips and tricks on choosing the best data for your purposes! Steps to Create a New Custom Food Click +Add Food For instance, if you cannot find your brand of bananas in our database, instead try adding the NCCDB listing, ‘Bananas, Fresh’. If your food does not have any nutrition information listed on the package, it might be more useful to find a generic version of it from the NCCDB or USDA databases instead.

