Abbreviations, Food

 

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

 

 

cottonseed 

cottnsd

gallon 

gal

percent 

%

square inch

sq in

 

 

 


 

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