what's more accurate?

Hi,

I found the new recipe sections in the food tab and thought it was a wonderful thing as I could just put in what I ate for a meal and it would calculate it all for me. 

However, I found that when I put in the foods I ate for a meal seperately, the calorie count would be higher than that in the recipe analyser where I put in the foods all together.

Does anyone know what is more accurate, logging foods in seperately or together in the new recipe area?

 Thanks for any help

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I noticed that too!
With salads anyway... But i think thats just because i was over-estimating how much i actually had on my plate.

Hope someone can give you a proper answer to your question though!

Has no one noticed this variance in calories?

Even if only one person knows I'd like them to tell me what is more accurate as the variance can sometimes be as much as 100 calories.

Please...with a carrot on top :)

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I find the recipe analyser is just a good tool for complicated meals.  If you look at each food item you put in the analyser it will give you the breakdown of calories, fat, carbs etc.  Hardly ever does it actually match what is on my food label.

For example...I made chili yesterday and threw that into the analyser. For my chili sauce it said 1580 mg sodium for the chili sauce.   When I looked at the bottle it only had 980 for the entire bottle.

So I would say it is just a tool to give you an approximate calorie and nutrition count.  If you want more accurate count enter each item separately.

When I put foods in the recip analyzer I always check each individual listing that it chooses for the ingredients to make sure it is similar to what I know it should be.  Maybe change your wording on you recipe a bit.  For instance, if you type reduced fat mayo, it will give you the cals, etc. for regular mayo.  Hope that helps.

yes that does help :)

Thankyou!!!

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I just add all the ingredients one by one, and divide by portion. Not  exactly easy but much more accurate.  I kept trying to put my receipes in and it wouldn't understand some measurments so I just gave it up.   

Mangomomma, I do the same thing!  Lol   I don't know what I am doing wrong. 

On some dishes I get real lazy and look through some of the recipes already in the library and select one with the closest ingredients as my own dish.  Eg. Spaghetti.  Then I tag it.  I'm such a simple cook most of my tagged recipes are from guys.  Um...no offense guys.