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Re:Show HN: Recipe nutrition calculator focusing on micronut... by kilroy123 on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @04:33AM (#24418731)
The problem I have is I lived abroad and eat all kinds of foreign foods which are hard to track. Lot's of stuff I eat I only know the local name and don't even know how to translate into English.

Makes food tracking very difficult when I eat out and don't eat at home. I use myfitnesspal simply because they have the biggest database.

IMO any completion to MFP has to some how build up a massive database which is accurate. Tough nut to crack.

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Re:Show HN: Recipe nutrition calculator focusing on micronut... by scxyz42 on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:02PM (#24424542)
That makes sense. The site currently uses USDA's open nutritional database, but it could be supplemented. They do a good job of covering for 95% of American foods, but definitely lacks globally. The nice perks about the USDA dataset is that it is more detailed than MFP - many phytonutrients (carotenoids) and omegas are also tracked. Hopefully I can add those in the next version.
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