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Add a new product to food database – US & Canada
The US & Canada have agreed on a standard labeling system making adding products to the Perfect Diet Tracker easy! If your user is located in the US or Canada the software will automatically show you the screen below.
To add a food product from another country using the international data entry screen click here.
Select the add new product link
Start by selecting the ‘Add new product’ link to open your regional add product window. The ‘Add food’ window will also start automatically if the search has been unable to find any matches for a product
Enter the product information
Brand (1)
Enter the brand name. The Perfect Diet Tracker will automatically suggest brand names, or you can add a new name.
Product description (2)
Enter a description for the product. The brand will automatically be added to the end of the description later so you do not need to enter the brand again into the description.
We recommend you enter the description in the same format as the foods already in the database to keep things consistent and easy to find in the alphabetical search listings. This format is the food product type first, then a comma, then the details, for example ‘Soup, Tomato, Packet’.Serving size (3)
Enter the product serving size from the nutrition label.
If you are entering details for a ‘per item’ product and do not know the weight (for example 1 burger = 400 calories) you would enter ‘1 burger’ in the first box, ‘400′ in the second box, and then check the calories tickbox.
Typical values (4)
Simply complete the nutritional information from the label.Add the product (5)
Finally, to add the product to the database click the ‘Add product’ button.
The software will do a quick check to ensure the data is valid using a series of mathematical computations on the data, and then add the product to the database.
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Add a new product to food database
The Perfect Diet Tracker has an extensive and growing database, however there are times when the product you are looking for will not be found in the current database and you will need to add its details.
We have made the addition of new food products as easy as possible, with custom screens for different countries to try to match the product labelling and order whenever possible.
If you are in the US or Canada the form you see will be slightly different.
Click here for specific help adding new products in the US or Canada.Select the add new product link
Start by selecting the ‘Add new product’ link to open your regional add product window. The ‘Add food’ window will also start automatically if the search has been unable to find any matches for a product
Enter the product information
Brand (1)
Enter the brand name. The Perfect Diet Tracker will automatically suggest possible brand names, or you can enter a new name.
Product description (2)
Enter a description for the product. The brand will automatically be added to the end of the description later so you do not need to enter the brand again into the description.
We recommend you enter the description in the same format as the foods already in the database to keep things consistent and easy to find in the alphabetical search listings. This format is the food product type first, then a comma, then the details, for example ‘Soup, Tomato, Packet’.Typical values (3)
Most product packaging will quote typical values per 100g or ml, so you can simply select grams (for a solid) or milliliters (for a liquid). If you are entering a product such as a fast food item where the information is quoted per item (for example xxx calories per burger) you should select the serving option.Data fields (4)
The order of these fields may be different depending on the country you have selected, but the information is the same. Enter the information from the product packaging.
Serving size (5)
Enter the suggested serving size, for example ‘1 can’ and ‘330 ml’. If the serving size is quoted as 1 item is xxx calories, you can select the calories option and the software will calculate the number of grams per serving automatically for you.
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Adding food items to the diary
Adding food items to the diary is easy.
Search for the product you want to add.
Enter the name of the product you want to add in the top right search box in the diary. Click the search icon to perform the search.
Alternatively you can use the ‘Add to diary’ button in the side menu or by pressing Alt-F on your Windows keyboard and cmd-F on a Mac keyboard.
Search results
To add an item to your diary select a product (1), then select the quantity (2) and the meal (3) for that product.
You can enter a quantity using standard serving sizes, grams, ounces or kilos. For grams and ounces simply select the option, enter the weight and then click on the ‘Add selected product’ button (7).
For standard serving sizes select the ‘use standard serving sizes’ option. The default serving size will then be shown, you can change this by clicking on the selection box (8). Finally, enter the number of servings and then click on the ‘Add selected product’ button (7).
If you cannot find the product you can modify your search and search again or add the product you want to the main food database (4).
If you would like to see the nutritional information for the selected product click the ‘Show nutritional information’ (5) link.
Changing a products name
You can right click in windows, or control click on a mac in the product selection window to change its name.
Adding new products or editing existing product data
If you cannot find the product you want to add to the diary, simply click on th ‘Add new product’ link to add it to the database.
Manufacturers occasionally change their serving sizes or alter nutritional information, for example to reduce salt in their product.
If you find a product that is incorrect click the ‘Edit product data’ to update it. If you have internet searching turned on, the software will also notify Byoni anonymously that the product data may be incorrect so they can adjust the database, this ensures the product database is as accurate as possible for all users.