January 2008
How to Fix Nutrition Analysis Omissions
This tip provides the meaning and resolution for messages that appear in
the Omissions window when you attempt a nutrition analysis.
"Conversion
to grams not possible for: (qty) (unit) (ingredient)."
MEANING:
The unit
specified is not a mass unit, and no appropriate unit conversion was found in
the nutrition database or in the unit conversions list.
RESOLUTION:
NYC must be able to match up the measurement units
exactly between what you use in your recipe vs what is in the unit conversion
list or nutrition database. For example,
you will get this
error if you use "tsp." in your recipe ingredient but NYC uses
"tsp" in these other places. You can delete the trailing period
from “tsp.” in your recipe ingredient to avoid this error. To fix
this error pe
For best results, here are suggestions for
using units in recipes for which you need nutrition analysis. Use:
1. common mass units (g, oz, lb, kg, etc)
- NYC looks for these first
2. mass qualified units - i.e., use
"medium (4 oz)" or whatever instead of "medium". NYC
looks for these second.
3. units that match the first word in the
nutrition item’s volume unit description - NYC checks these next.
4. units that match conversions in your
conversions table (Shopping... Conversions...) - NYC checks these last.
If NYC cannot find an appropriate unit
conversion in any of the above for the unit on your recipe ingredient, it gives
the "Conversion not possible" message.
"No
nutrition link for recipe ingredient: (ingredient)."
MEANING
No nutrition
link exists for this recipe ingredient.
RESOLUTION:
Each
ingredient must be linked to a nutrition item in the nutrition database before
the nutrition analysis can be completed.
Relink the ingredient: Open the
recipe, dbl-click the ingredient, select an appropriate nutrition database
item, and press the Link button.
"Quantity
or unit missing for ingredient: (ingredient)."
MEANING:
Recipe
ingredient has a missing quantity or unit.
RESOLUTION:
NYC needs
both quantity and unit for each recipe ingredient to enable a nutrition
analysis. Open the recipe, select the
ingredient, and enter a quantity and unit.
For example, if you were just using “1 egg” (missing unit),
then make it “1 medium egg”.
If you were using “salt to taste” with no unit or quantity,
this is ambiguous and NYC cannot quantify it for the nutrition analysis. You must replace such ambiguity with quantity
and unit (i.e., use “1 pinch salt”). The more accurate you specify your ingredients, the more accurate is NYC’s nutrition
analysis.
"The
ingredient: (ingredient) is linked to a nutrition item that has been
deleted."
MEANING:
The
ingredient was previously linked to a user-defined nutrition item that was
later deleted.
RESOLUTION:
Relink the
ingredient: Open the recipe, dbl-click
the ingredient, select an appropriate nutrition database item, and press the Link
button.
"Can't
convert (qty) to decimal for: (qty) (unit)
(ingred). "
MEANING:
The quantity
is ambiguous (e.g.,"6 to 8", "6 - 8") or has other problems
that interfere with conversion to decimal.
RESOLUTION:
Assess the
ambiguity. Open the recipe, select the
ingredient, and replace the quantity with an unambiguous number.
"Nutrition
link needs updating for recipe ingredient: (ingredient)."
MEANING:
The recipe
ingredient appears to be linked to a nutrition item from an older USDA
database.
RESOLUTION:
Try using
Tools... Data Mgt... Nutrition... Adjust Links to a New Nutrition Database...
on the cookbook containing this recipe.
If that fails, relink the ingredient:
Open the recipe, dbl-click the ingredient, select an appropriate
nutrition database item, and press the Link button.
"Nutrition
link to non-existent item for recipe ingredient: (ingredient)."
MEANING:
The recipe
ingredient appears to be linked to a nutrition item that no longer exists in
the USDA database.
RESOLUTION:
Relink the
ingredient: Open the recipe, dbl-click
the ingredient, select an appropriate nutrition database item, and press the Link
button.
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