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| Salmon Patties get a D+ ? |  suseuser |
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| #1 | pickleberry |
May 16 2008 20:01 |
| Yeah, the grading system is very strange. My pet peeve is their classification of vanilla extract. Even 1 teaspoon of it in a recipe will downgrade it a whole letter grade. I assume that this is because it's mostly alcohol, but with anything baked, the alcohol evaporates and is not present in the finished product. I know that I can't be too picky about it not picking up the nuances of healthy eating, but it's quite oversimplistic sometimes. | ||
| #2 |  pgeorgian |
May 16 2008 20:04 |
| commercial salmon burgers are likely to have a lot of sodium, empty carbs, and fillers. if you make your own (yum!) you can make them good for you. | ||
| #3 | j-snyder |
May 16 2008 20:04 |
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It irritates me that Pepper rings get an 'F' and I have no idea why. It's just a pickled vegetable? |
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| #4 | gi-jane |
May 16 2008 20:52 |
| Pickled foods are usually very high in salt.... | ||
| #5 | j-snyder |
May 16 2008 20:54 |
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Yeah that's pretty much it. I guess it annoys me because the grading doesn't really take into account quantity - I'm not eating a jar of pepper rings, it's 15 grams for goodness' sakes. It's half a serving - it's a flavoring. I guess I just don't like seeing an 'F' on there for something relatively harmless due to very moderate consumption. |
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| #6 | lionpaw |
May 17 2008 16:44 |
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The grading system on this website doesn't take grams of protein or omega-3 oils into account. It grades based on the vitamins and minerals it has in its database (all considered good) and sugar, sodium, and saturated fat (all considered bad). Nothing else matters.
As the guide to the grading system says, it's a guide. It's completely objective because it's based on mathematical equations, but it isn't necessarily all the information you need about any particular food. And as far as I can tell, while it doesn't take the portion into account when it calculates the grade for a particular food, it *does* when you calculate the grade for the whole day (Available when you click 'analysis.') For example, I have had days where I eat butter or pickles, but my grade for the day is still A-. |
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