Corrections should leave a trail

Send reports to bineyamtsegaye1@gmail.com with “CaloriePlate correction” in the subject line.

Start a correction report

A report is welcome even when you do not have every detail. The items below make it much easier to distinguish a true error from a different variety, preparation, unit basis, or source population.

• The full CaloriePlate URL where the issue appears.
• The exact food form and preparation state selected.
• The nutrient, serving weight, source line, image credit, or text in question.
• The current value and the value or wording you believe is correct.
• A primary source URL, dataset record ID, publication, or product label.
• The source version, publication date, units, and edible-portion basis when known.
• A short explanation of why the proposed evidence matches this exact food state.

For image or attribution concerns, include the food name, creator or rights holder, source page, and the licensing issue. Existing records are listed in image credits.

1. 01

   Reproduce the issue

   Identify the exact public page, canonical food, selectable form, preparation state, serving basis, and displayed field.

2. 02

   Trace the current value

   Follow the source key, record description, units, origin label, confidence metadata, and any calculation involved.

3. 03

   Compare the evidence

   Check whether the proposed source describes the same food identity, edible portion, preparation, geography or brand context, and measurement basis.

4. 04

   Choose an outcome

   Correct the record, clarify the page or methodology, or leave the value unchanged when the proposed evidence does not support a change.

5. 05

   Validate before publication

   Any data change must preserve required nutrients, provenance, source references, preparation rules, and release validation.

Identity first

A source for a related species, cultivar, cut, brand, or prepared food does not automatically correct a record for another one.

Same basis

Raw and cooked values, dry and drained weights, edible and as-purchased portions, and per-serving and per-100-gram values must be converted or compared on the correct basis.

Traceable source

National databases, official records, primary publications, laboratory documents, and exact product labels are generally more actionable than an unsourced nutrition summary.

No false equivalence

A source-reported value and a documented estimate can both be useful, but they keep different provenance labels.

A review may produce a data correction, a clearer label or explanation, an updated source link, an attribution change, or no change. No change is appropriate when the current record fits its stated identity and the proposed evidence describes something materially different.

A correction that changes nutrition data belongs in a newly validated export. The sealed Basic Foods source release remains identifiable by its checksum, while the replacement release must pass the same completeness and provenance checks before publication.

When contact information is available, CaloriePlate may reply with the outcome or ask for clarification. A fixed review or response time is not promised.

No public correction notices are currently listed. This section is reserved for material corrections where readers would benefit from knowing what changed and which published pages or values were affected.

Minor typography, broken-link, and accessibility fixes may be made without a formal notice when they do not change the meaning or nutrition data.