Check Data Components

Food Processor offers three mathematical checks to assist with verifying nutritional data for user entered ingredients and recipes. Access these checks by clicking the Check Data button on the Recipe Information screen. If the Check Data button is green, the checked data in all three checks is within the set percent tolerance. If the Check Data button is red, there is at least one check that is outside the set percent tolerance. Red values should be checked by the user. If the numbers turn out to be correct, the percent tolerance can be adjusted until the results are listed in green (within tolerance).

Weight Components

The Weight Components check adds the gram weights of the six proximates (protein, fat, carbohydrate, alcohol, water and ash), and compares that total to the entered gram weight of the food or recipe.

Red Flagged Data: If all of the proximate data points are present, the data will be flagged in red if the variance between the calculated weight and the entered weight, is more or less than the listed percent tolerance. If there are proximate data points missing, the data will be flagged in red if the variance between the calculated weight and the entered weight is more than the listed percent tolerance.

Green Flagged Data: If all of the proximate data points are present, the data will be flagged in green if the variance between the calculated weight and entered weight is within the listed percent tolerance. If there are proximate data points missing, the data will be flagged in green if the variance between the calculated weight and the entered weight is within the listed percent tolerance, or if the variance is less than the listed percent tolerance.

Fat Components

The Fat Components check adds the gram weights of saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, and trans fats, and compares that total to the entered fat grams of the food or recipe.

Red Flagged Data: If all of the fat component data points are present, the data will be flagged in red if the variance between the calculated weight and the entered weight, is more or less than the listed percent tolerance. If there are fat component data points missing, the data will be flagged in red if the variance between the calculated weight and the entered weight is more than the listed percent tolerance.

Green Flagged Data: If all of the fat component data points are present, the data will be flagged in green if the variance between the calculated weight and the entered weight is within the listed percent tolerance. If there are fat component data points missing, the data will be flagged in green if the calculated weight and entered weight variance is within the listed percent tolerance, or if the variance is less than the listed percent tolerance .

Calorie Components

The Calorie Components check calculates calories using the 4-4-9 method , and compares that value to the calories that have been entered for the food.

Red Flagged Data: If all of the calorie data points are present, the data will be flagged in red if the variance between the calculated calories and the entered calories, is more or less than the listed percent tolerance. If there are calorie data points missing, the data will be flagged in red if the variance between the calculated calories and the entered calories is more than the listed percent tolerance.

Green Flagged Data: If all of the calorie data points are present, the data will be flagged in green if the calculated calories and entered calories variance is within the listed percent tolerance. If there are calorie data points missing, the data will be flagged in green if the variance between the calculated calories and the entered calories is within the listed percent tolerance, or if the variance is less than the listed percent tolerance.