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Long time lurker, first time poster

unknown

Hi all,

I am Ian, 32, feeling older! I have lurked on MFP, but never really got in to logging, however that is changing and I am logging my foods, all be it sporadically at the moment, hopefully over the next 2 weeks I can form some good habits with regards to logging and eating.

The question I have is, is there any way to filter USER added foods, form the MFP official foods?

Even something as simple as eggs can have a wide variety of options, all different. At the moment that is fine as I am using happy egg co, however when these are gone I will be using eggs from my chickens at home.

unknown

Welcome. You have to learn how to add qualifiers to your searches.

Here are some tips on searching for whole foods in the MFP Food Database.

Search for eggs in the format "eggs - whole" or "eggs - white"
Search for vegetables in the format "vegetable - raw" or "vegetables - raw" depending on type of vegetable(s)
Search for fruit in the format "fruit - raw" or "fruits - raw" depending on type of fruit(s)
Search for raw meat in the format "chicken - meat raw" or "beef - meat raw"
Search for cooked meat in the format "chicken - meat cooked" or "beef - meat cooked"

These searches should bring up the MFP-entered items at the top of the search list, currently identified by no asterisk on the Web version, or no "Brand/Restaurant" or no "Generic" identification on the second line under the name of the item on the mobile apps. Plus MFP-entered items can usually be identified by the multiple servings sizes provided, both imperial (ounces/fluid ounces) or metric (grams/milliliters).

You can also add USDA to the search, but those items are user-entered and could be inaccurate.

There are also now MFP Verified Foods identifiable by a green checkmark on mobile apps, but I do not use the mobile apps very often, so I do not know how verified those items are.

unknown

I use the scanner when I use the mobile app. It scans the barcodes on most foods and already knows the nutrition facts. I do notice that fresh fruits and things can vary greatly. I may try scanning the barcode sticker on my next piece of produce though and see if that works. When I see a huge variance I pick a middle of the road or high calorie option so that I don't underestimate.