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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.
aluminum . . . . . . . alum
and . . . . . . . . . . &
artificial . . . . . . . . artf
average. . . . . . . . avg
barbecued . . . . . . BBQ
batter-dipped. . . . . battered
before . . . . . . . . . bfr
boning . . . . . . . . bning
bouillon . . . . . . . . bouill
butter . . . . . . . . . btr
calcium . . . . . . . . calc
calories . . . . . . . . cal
canned . . . . . . . . cnd
carbonate . . . . . . carb
centimeter . . . . . . cm
cheese . . . . . . . . chs
chipped . . . . . . . . chip
chocolate . . . . . . . choc
coconut . . . . . . . . cocnt
concentrate . . . . . conc
condiments . . . . . cond
cook . . . . . . . . . . ck
cooking . . . . . . . . cking
corned . . . . . . . . corn
cottonseed . . . . . . cottnsd
creamed . . . . . . . cream
cubic cm . . . . . . . cc
cubic inch . . . . . . cu in
cup (8 fl oz) . . . . . c
dark . . . . . . . . . . drk
dehydrated . . . . . . dehydr
diameter . . . . . . . diam
dietetic . . . . . . . . diet
diluted . . . . . . . . dil
disodium . . . . . . . dis
double . . . . . . . . dbl
drumstick . . . . . . drmstk
each. . . . . . . . . . ea
enriched . . . . . . . enr
envelope . . . . . . . env
except . . . . . . . . exc
extra . . . . . . . . . x
food . . . . . . . . . . fd
flavor . . . . . . . . . flvr
flour . . . . . . . . . . flr
fluid ounce . . . . . . fl oz
fortified . . . . . . . . fort
from . . . . . . . . . . fr
frozen . . . . . . . . . frz
gallon . . . . . . . . . gal
giblet . . . . . . . . . gblt
gram . . . . . . . . . g
heated . . . . . . . . htd
heavy . . . . . . . . . hvy
hydrogenated . . . . hydr
icing . . . . . . . . . . icg
inches . . . . . . . . "
large. . . . . . . . . . lrg
liter . . . . . . . . . . l
made . . . . . . . . . md
mayonnaise . . . . . mayo
melted . . . . . . . . mltd
milligram . . . . . . . mg
milliliter . . . . . . . . ml
millimeter . . . . . . . mm
mixer . . . . . . . . . mix
monohydrate. . . . . monohydr
mushroom . . . . . . mushr
nonfat . . . . . . . . . nonf
number . . . . . . . . no
ounce (weight). . . . oz
package . . . . . . . pkg
packet . . . . . . . . pkt
peanut . . . . . . . . pnut
percent . . . . . . . . %
phosphate . . . . . . phos
piece . . . . . . . . . pc
pineapple . . . . . . . pnappl
pint . . . . . . . . . . pt
potassium . . . . . . ptas
pound . . . . . . . . . lb
preparation . . . . . . prep
processed . . . . . . proc
propionate . . . . . . prop
quart . . . . . . . . . qt
regular . . . . . . . . reg
restaurant . . . . . . restr
roasted . . . . . . . . roast
rounded. . . . . . . . rnded
safflower . . . . . . . safflr
sausg . . . . . . . . . sausage
serving . . . . . . . . svg
shortening . . . . . . short
single . . . . . . . . . sgl
slice . . . . . . . . . . sl
sodium . . . . . . . . sodm
soybean . . . . . . . soy
square . . . . . . . . sq
square cm . . . . . . sq cm
square inch . . . . . sq in
square mm . . . . . . sq mmg
strawberry . . . . . . strwbr
sulfate . . . . . . . . sulf
sunflower . . . . . . . sunflr
sweetener . . . . . . swtnr
syrup . . . . . . . . . syr
tablespoon . . . . . . T or tbsp
teaspoon . . . . . . . t or tsp
uncooked. . . . . . . uncked
undiluted . . . . . . . undil
vegetable. . . . . . . veg
vitamin . . . . . . . . vit
volume . . . . . . . . vol
water . . . . . . . . . wtr
weight. . . . . . . . . wt
well done . . . . . . . welldone
whipped. . . . . . . . whip
white . . . . . . . . . wht
whole . . . . . . . . . whl
with . . . . . . . . . . w
without . . . . . . . . w/o
yellow . . . . . . . . . yello
yield . . . . . . . . . . yld