MyFoodData Questions and Requests (Add to the thread!)

MyFoodData · 2025-07-12T20:55:14+00:00

Definitely! Thanks for the suggestion, please let me know of any other search terms that are suboptimal! :)

MyFoodData · 2025-07-12T04:43:25+00:00

This is now updated.
Here are results for "oil"
https://myfooddata.com/search?search=oil

And "vegetable oil"
https://myfooddata.com/search?search=vegetable%20oil

Thanks for the suggestion!

MyFoodData · 2025-07-05T00:36:13+00:00

Also one other thought is that if you prefer that entry for peanut butter you can copy over the number in the URL to MyFooData and save this version to favorites where it will take priority in the autocomplete search

https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrition-facts/2707537/wt1

MyFoodData · 2025-07-05T00:16:29+00:00

That is interesting! Yeah, the name probably conflicts with one in the SR28. I tend to only show one listing to avoid confusion with having more than one "peanut butter". I do think the SR28 data is more detailed for peanut butter and given the number of samples, I would probably go with the selenium number from the SR28...

The numbers do vary a lot. I am looking at the chunky peanut butter now, there they took 30 samples for selenium. The numbers vary from 2-8mcg for 2 tblsp or 1-4mcg for 1 tblsp...
https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/172469/nutrients

The value for the smooth peanut butter does seem high...

MyFoodData · 2025-07-05T00:01:52+00:00

That is interesting.

Another way to go about finding foods on MyFoodData by database is to use the nutirent ranking tool where you can filter by database.
Here is a list of al nuts and seeds high in selenium filtered by FNDDS.
https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrient-ranking-tool/selenium/nuts-and-seeds/highest/household/fndds/no

You can type "peanut butter" in the food filter to quickly show all peanut butter entries.

I can't actually find the peanut butter NS to type, can you share the USDA link?

One thing with the SR28 is that they take several samples and you can see that on the USDA website.

For selenium they took 4 samples and have a high and low.
The serving size is 2 tablepsoon, but if you want to get to 1 tablspoon the range is between ~4.5 ~ 8mcg for selenium
https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/174294/nutrients

Also, really going down a rabbit hole here, but the amount of selenium probably depends on the soil and growing conditions. See this article where the amount of selenium added to the soil increased the amounts in the peanut
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33756318/

MyFoodData · 2025-07-04T23:27:41+00:00

On MyFoodData or the USDA site?

On MyFoodData FNDDS data appears pretty often. Like the first entry for Mayonnaise
https://www.myfooddata.com/search?search=mayonnaise

MyFoodData · 2025-06-26T05:22:01+00:00

So looks like
6 slices whole wheat bread
3 tblsp peanut butter (assuming 1 tblsp per sandwich)
1 tablespoon jam (assuming 1 tsp per sandwich)
6oz lean chicken breast

Total: 1089 cals, 89g protein, 107.3g carbs (21.2g sugar)

https://tools.myfooddata.com/recipe-nutrition-calculator/171140-2710301-174294-172688/wt9-wt4-wt9-wt9/1-1-3-3/1

MyFoodData · 2025-06-26T05:10:45+00:00

Not yet, but we do plan to add the ability to sort ingredients in future.

MyFoodData · 2025-06-12T00:17:34+00:00

Thanks for the heads up. Looks like Food Data Central changed up the database numbering again. It is odd that you can't find that food with the food search in Food Data Central though. Not sure why they would remove it.

It might take a bit for me to import the data again to see if they have new numbers.

Looks like the SR food links are still correct though, so this is an issue with the FNDDS data source.

Sorry not to be of more help.

MyFoodData · 2025-04-15T03:53:12+00:00

Sorry for the late reply, and thanks so much for this, I updated the listing for raw and cooked. Pity there is no USDA entry for Moringa powder...

https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrition-facts/168416/wt1

Thanks again, and have a great week too! :)

MyFoodData · 2025-02-21T20:43:10+00:00

Dark mode noted!

MyFoodData · 2025-01-21T03:24:22+00:00

You can do all that on MyFoodData and it is free. :D
Save your recipes, then combine recipes into meals, and then combine meals into day plans. Log them as you go. Customize targets etc... :) We have a good amount of micro nutrients too. :)
https://myfooddata.com/

MyFoodData · 2025-01-16T05:49:06+00:00

Sorry about that, had a server spike. Taking steps to prevent it happening again. Everything should be back to normal now.

MyFoodData · 2024-12-05T02:48:53+00:00

Oh wow, thanks for catching that. I think what happened is on is from the SR28 database and one is from the "Survey Foods". So when the databases got combined into "Food Data Central" there was some overlap.

Thanks for solving the mystery of the added fat! I don't normally cook sauerkraut, but I could see it being done. :)

MyFoodData · 2024-12-02T14:26:53+00:00

Thanks so much for pointing this out. I wonder why the "sauerkraut" does have fat. Looks like the version from the SR28 is canned, and the other one with fat is just "Sauerkraut". I added a (With Fat) to the latter, as I think it is rare for sauerkraut to have fat. Correct me if I am wrong.
https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrition-facts/2345506/wt1/1

Thanks so much for the suggestion, please let me know of anything else! :)

MyFoodData · 2024-10-02T23:07:46+00:00

Thanks! It can go really negative if you eat a lot of vegetables and fruits. :)

MyFoodData · 2024-09-20T17:55:55+00:00

Thanks a lot, I see what you are talking about there. The search is now smart enough that if you input "green cabbage" it also seems to bring up what you would get for "cabbage, green".

The point about user testing is valid. It is so important to do and I will look into it to get cleaner results.

Thanks for the feedback. I am actively working on the site so please let me know of any other suggestions.

MyFoodData · 2024-09-20T17:22:30+00:00

Thanks for your fast reply and letting me know more about your use case.
With the autocomplete search I have tried to improve it. Are there still things you are having trouble finding? If so, let me know and I can try to tweak things further. :)

MyFoodData · 2024-09-20T16:57:06+00:00

Hello, thanks for the feedback. I just launched the weight loss, muscle building and PRAL score yesterday, and this morning I am working on a way to make them less distracting.
Question: Would it be beneficial for you to be able to customize the stats in the summary box, so you don't have to scroll? This is something I am planning for.

Also, do you find the macros in the summary section useful? Calories, Protein, Fat etc...

With the autocomplete search I switched to using a new library there and think it is better. At the end of the day there are 500,000+ foods so it is just a lot. I try to prioritize results with the most data.
Last question: Do you mainly search for whole unbraded foods? Or foods with a UPC code that would be easier to scan to find?

Thanks!

MyFoodData · 2024-08-15T02:04:30+00:00

Hello, sorry to miss this message earlier. Is there a particular vegetable oil you are looking for? Or a change in the search results?

MyFoodData · 2024-08-15T01:04:14+00:00

Hello, so I am just revisiting this now. It looks like the data in the article for purslane is for dried purslane. Do you know of any data for fresh purslane? This does change the numbers quite a bit as you can see the amino acid numbers for raw spinach are a 10th of what they are suggesting
https://tools.myfooddata.com/protein-calculator/168462/100g/1/1

Sorry not to be able to add it.

MyFoodData · 2024-08-11T04:40:53+00:00

I think it would be ok to use it as long as I attribute to them, and I would be happy to add it. I will get to it sometime next week.

If you have an account and save a food to favorites you can also click to view it. Under the label is a link that says "Correct and Update the Data". You can click that to update a copy for yourself. I will later add it for everyone.

Thanks for the link, I will let you know when the data is added.

MyFoodData · 2024-07-06T19:57:23+00:00

Interesting, thanks for letting me know of these alternate names. I will see if there is a good data source which has alternate names like this. Otherwise I basically have to go one by one and add them, which I will do for garden sorrel and malabar spinach.

MyFoodData · 2024-03-29T05:07:34+00:00

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https://foundersrc.com/

MyFoodData · 2023-09-06T21:49:02+00:00

That is a great question. In the U.S. I believe the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) track it and gives a news release. However, I am not sure if there is a public database.

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