Methodology

Who calculates the numbers

Your AI assistant does the math. It estimates the grams of each food and gives the calories, protein, carbs and fat for each portion. Remembite saves those numbers as sent, so the figure you see in your log is the one your assistant gave or the one you confirmed.

What Remembite checks before saving

Before it saves a meal, Remembite compares each food it can confidently match to a USDA-based reference, and checks the protein, carbs and fat against the calories. If a number looks far off, Remembite does not save it. It sends a question back to your AI, which asks you to confirm or fix it.

Only a food that matches one reference with confidence is compared with it. A food Remembite cannot match is still saved as your assistant sent it, and only the protein, carbs and fat check applies. The check is a prompt to look twice. It does not make a number correct.

Reference values

Every food on these pages is a record from USDA FoodData Central, which is public domain (CC0). Each food shows its dataset, such as SR Legacy, Foundation Foods or FNDDS, and its FDC ID with a link to the USDA page.

Raw and cooked versions are separate USDA records. The per 100 g values are for the food in that state, so cooked rice and dry rice are not interchangeable at the same weight.

The range on reference pages

A range appears on the reference pages under /calories, and in the reference range Remembite returns to your AI before a meal is saved. The meals you save keep the single number your AI sent, with no range. On the reference pages, calories are shown as an estimate with a range, and there is about an 80 percent chance that the reference value falls inside it. The range is the estimate plus or minus 1.28 standard deviations, an 80 percent band if the uncertainties follow a normal curve. It is a statement about how well the amount is known, not a clinical measurement.

The uncertainty depends on how an amount is given. Weighed in grams: about 3 percent, so the per 100 g ranges on the reference pages are about 4 percent either side. Counted pieces and measured volumes: about 8 to 15 percent. A household portion without a size: about 30 percent. No amount at all: up to 45 percent. A serving that has its own weight range widens the band further. When a name could match more than one food, or the raw or cooked state is unclear, the band widens too.

Servings

Serving weights come from USDA household measures where they exist, and from our own estimates or measurements where they do not. Each serving carries a weight range, and that range feeds into its calorie range. On the reference pages, the calories shown for each serving are worked out from the per 100 g values and the serving weight.

What these pages are not

Remembite is a tracking tool. These pages describe food data and do not give medical or dietary advice. Real foods vary by brand, cut, ripeness and cooking, so treat every figure as an estimate.

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