USDA developed the MyPlate food system as a visual learning tool for understanding good eating habits at every age.MyPlate incorporates the daily intake recommendations from the Dietary Guidelines for America…
Tag: Nutrition Database
How Carbs Are Calculated in Different Countries
Does the carbohydrate value on my label include fiber? The answer is yes… or no! It depends on where you live. The dictionary defines “carbohydrate” as any of various neutral…
Best Practices for Database Naming Conventions
Defining naming conventions for your database can help keep your database organized and allow you to quickly filter and identify your Ingredients and Recipes. This post walks through best practices…
How-to: Exporting a Recipe as an Ingredient
At some point during the process of building your compliant nutrient facts labels, you may want to share the nutrient breakdown of your Recipe of Formula without disclosing any sensitive…
No more SuperTracker. What now?
As of June 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has discontinued SuperTracker, its popular online diet, exercise, and menu analysis tool. Now nutrition professionals and students are scrambling to…
Yield Options in the ESHA Database: Choosing Cooked vs Raw
Customers often ask the question, “How do I enter the correct weight of meat when my recipe refers to a beginning raw weight, but my nutritionals need to show cooked…