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When you need to shorten the description of an item you're adding to the Food Dictionary or the Recipe Box, we recommend using the same abbreviations Diet Power uses. These will enable Diet Power to find your item even when you search by the full word. Diet Power's abbreviations are as follows:
Word |
Abbrev. |
Word |
Abbrev. |
Word |
Abbrev. |
Word |
Abbrev. |
Word |
Abbrev. |
aluminum |
alum |
creamed |
cream |
giblet |
gblt |
phosphate |
phos |
square mm |
sq mm |
and |
& |
cubic cm |
cc |
gram |
g |
piece |
pc |
strawberry |
strwbr |
artificial |
artf |
cubic inch |
cu in |
heated |
htd |
pineapple |
pnappl |
sulfate |
sulf |
average |
avg |
cup (8 fl oz) |
c |
heavy |
hvy |
pint |
pt |
sunflower |
sunflr |
barbecued |
BBQ |
dark |
drk |
hydrogenated |
hydr |
potassium |
ptas |
sweetener |
swtnr |
batter-dipped |
battered |
dehydrated |
dehydr |
icing |
icg |
pound |
lb |
syrup |
syr |
before |
bfr |
diameter |
diam |
inches |
" |
preparation |
prep |
tablespoon |
T or tbsp |
boning |
bning |
dietetic |
diet |
large |
lrg |
processed |
proc |
teaspoon |
t or tsp |
bouillon |
bouill |
diluted |
dil |
liter |
l |
propionate |
prop |
uncooked |
uncked |
butter |
btr |
disodium |
dis |
made |
md |
quart |
qt |
undiluted |
undil |
calcium |
calc |
double |
dbl |
mayonnaise |
mayo |
regular |
reg |
vegetable |
veg |
calories |
cal |
drumstick |
drmstk |
melted |
mltd |
restaurant |
restr |
vitamin |
vit |
canned |
cnd |
each |
ea |
milligram |
mg |
roasted |
roast |
volume |
vol |
carbonate |
carb |
enriched |
enr |
milliliter |
ml |
rounded |
rnded |
water |
wtr |
centimeter |
cm |
envelope |
env |
millimeter |
mm |
safflower |
safflr |
weight |
wt |
cheese |
chs |
except |
exc |
mixer |
mix |
sausg |
sausage |
well done |
welldone |
chipped |
chip |
extra |
x |
monohydrate |
monohydr |
serving |
svg |
whipped |
whip |
chocolate |
choc |
food |
fd |
mushroom |
mushr |
shortening |
short |
white |
wht |
coconut |
cocnt |
flavor |
flvr |
nonfat |
nonf |
single |
sgl |
whole |
whl |
concentrate |
conc |
flour |
flr |
number |
no |
slice |
sl |
with |
w |
condiments |
cond |
fluid ounce |
fl oz |
ounce (weight) |
oz |
sodium |
sodm |
without |
w/o |
cook |
ck |
fortified |
fort |
package |
pkg |
soybean |
soy |
yellow |
yello |
cooking |
cking |
from |
fr |
packet |
pkt |
square |
sq |
yield |
yld |
corned |
corn |
frozen |
frz |
peanut |
pnut |
square cm |
sq cm |
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cottonseed |
cottnsd |
gallon |
gal |
percent |
% |
square inch |
sq in |
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