Serving size screwed up when cloning (copying) custom foods
I'm actually not certain if this issue is just the beta or if it's in the release version too.
Whenever I try to copy a custom food to make changes to it (using the Save a Copy option), the dropdown for the serving size still contains the previous size as well as the new.
As an example, here's a Starbucks Iced Hazelnut Oatmilk Shaken Espresso that I tried to modify from the Venti (24 oz) version to the Grande (16 oz). After changing the Serving Name, the "Nutrition Displayed per" box now shows "24 16 oz" with no way to fix it.
This happens every time I try to use an existing food to make a new one.
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Hey!
I think the issue here is this food is a volume measurement. Since there is no 'gram' amount associated with it, we can not calculate what a 16oz serving size would be. So in this example, if you add 680g for a 24 oz serving size, you can then add a 16oz serving size with 453g. This will then change the kcal etc, appropriately.
We have added support for volumetric serving sizes, but you need to submit this food to us so we can update the food to handle volume measurement.Let me know if you have any questions!
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Still seeing this issue, even when a weight is entered.
Here I'm trying to edit the entry for Cacoco Drinking Chocolate (that was already in the database, so not custom) from the 55% Rich Dark to 65% Golden Dark Flavor. The serving size is different enough that it required changes to both the Tbsp amount (from 3 to 2.5) as well as the grams (from 25 to 20).
If you look down to the "Nutrition displayed per" section, you'll see it didn't remove the 3 from the Tbsp, even though it added the 2.5, so it shows up as a serving size of "3 2.5 Tbsp". Totally not what I want.
I'm thinking now this is not just specific to the beta version as I've now seen it in non-betas that have been pushed through as well, so I'll go ahead and submit it to the support email, as well as referencing this thread for additional info.
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Thanks for the heads up CheriePie! I have logged this issue. As a temporary work-around when you edit a copy of a food you can delete all serving sizes and re-add a new one(s). In the above example you would need to first add a new serving size and delete the original serving size.
Thanks for your help!
Matt -
Sweet! Thanks so much for pointing that out Matt. I hadn't recalled seeing the option to add and delete serving sizes so I brought back up the item I wanted to copy, and voila, there it was! I was able to implement your workaround perfectly to get the data I wanted.
