Does the food database include the inedible parts of food?

[pwolchak]

Hi. I have a question about entering food items based on weight.

I use a scale and enter almost all my food based on grams actually eaten, which is fine for most foods.

However, yesterday I weighed a corn on the cob and entered that amount and got a very high calorie count. Deleting that and selecting "1 ear" instead gave me a more reasonable number.

So, when I enter items like corn or peaches with pits, do I have to manually subtract the parts that are not edible. For example, in a 40 gram peach the pit may be 10 grams.

Am I correct that the Fitbit database does not take the inedible portions into account when entering items like peaches or corn on the cob?

[WavyDavey]

Hi @pwolchak,

I think the answer is, "it depends". In my experience, some of the foods like corn are listed multiple times and multiple ways. So it takes some trial-and-error to find the one with proper calorie counts. Once you've found it, just keep using that one (as you did for ear of corn).

And yes, you're correct that inedible parts of foods aren't counted. That explains why the calorie count was too high initially. Hope this helps.