Add ability to change the name of an items taken from database and organize alphabetically.

Jensen

"Organic Free Range Fresh Brown Egg" surely describes the eggs I eat but I'd love to be able to rename it to "Egg Organic Brown" or something similar. Easier to find in my long list of favorited foods. Also easier to group like items if items could be ordered. Like my bacon. I switch between three different brands, none of which have bacon as the first word in their name as they are listed in the database. Having the ability to change the name and rename each of them so that the first word is "bacon" would group them together in the list. If I could set it to list in ascending or descending order that is.

If the ability already exists and I'm missing it, I'd love if someone could let me know.

Hilary

Hi @Jensen ,
You can edit a copy of the food and then save the copy as a custom food! On the web version of Cronometer, choose the settings button in the top right corner of the food editor screen to edit a copy of a food and save to your custom foods.
Be sure to check out this blog post to learn more about choosing the best data for your needs! https://cronometer.com/blog/6-tips-getting-nutrition-data/

Jensen

Thank you for the tip. I'll try that. Is there a way to re-order the favorited list alphabetically?

Hilary

Hi @Jensen , There is not currently a way to alphabetize your foods list. If you know the name of the food, however, you can use the text based search in the window to easily find it, and other similarly named foods.

Jensen

That's what I'm doing now. Seems a "sort" function would be helpful though. It's such a standard feature in apps and programs across the board. Even the ability to re-order items like you do in the diary section would be helpful.

Thanks for the prompt response.