Does the database calculation work for all products?
No, your label may be wrong if the ingredients and amounts submitted in the ingredient report are not correct. If you have not actually weighed the ingredients, there may also be mistakes. Unless otherwise noted, the assumption is used that all the ingredients in the formula are present in the product and that there was no cooking loss, breading loss or added ingredients, such as added frying oil. In some cases an ingredient does not appear in the database. It then is up to you to furnish that information. Database calculations, while useful, are not analyses. We recommend laboratory analysis of your product by one of the many consulting labs which perform nutrient analyses. The database may not have the exact nutritional information for your ingredient, i.e. one brand of catsup may not have the same nutrients as another brand. Database calculation gives a reasonable approximation of the nutrient value of the submitted formulation, but because there are so many factors to consider, it
