Google brings nutritional information to search results

[Shawn Knight]

Google just unveiled a new feature that will deliver nutritional information via search results. Relevant results for more than 1,000 different fruits, veggies, meats and other foods are now at your disposal so you can quickly find out how many calories, grams of fat or carbohydrates your next meal or snack contains.

For example, users can ask Google how much protein is in a banana, what nutrients are in breadfruit, how many carbs are in corn or how many calories are in an avocado and you’ll get an answer right away. What’s more, the service can even be used to compare the nutritional information of two similar types of items. A demonstration revealed that avocados from Florida have 10 more grams of fat than those from California.

Nutritional search results, which utilize Google’s Knowledge Graph, will show up on a panel just above traditional linked results much like how Google’s calculator functions. In a blog post on the matter, Google noted that Knowledge Graph brings together all kinds of information from across the web that wasn’t easily accessible before.

There’s little doubt that the new feature will get a workout (no pun intended) from health-conscious parents, nutritional experts and workout buffs alike.

The project, which is launching today and being rolled out over the next 10 days, is part of the search giant’s effort to help people live healthier lives. Google plans to add more features, foods and languages over time as well.

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[Jad Chaar]

They are pulling a Bloomberg. Good stuff.

 

[NTAPRO]

Wont be of much use in america

 

[PinothyJ]

Different countries will have different definitions in their nutritional information, so what will be the fat content in the UK will be different to that in Australia. Why? How? Who knows, I just know it to be true when you buy products important from overseas and they have the two different nutritional tables.

So, with that in mind, will this service cater for all markets...

 

[captaincranky]

I'm not too lazy to read the nutritional information of the labels of my soda cans, Tastykakes, or Twinkies, (may Hostess Baking RIP), and fast food restaurants have been forced to post that information right at their registers. I simply don't want to know how much fat, or many calories, are in the mushroom cheese steaks at "Leo's" in Sharon Hill, it might ruin my appetite.

But you go there Big Google Brother, good lookin' out....This is something else you'll soon swear that we can't live without you doing for us.

I suppose next Google will try to hijack the take out food industry.