Google now has nutritional information on over 1,000 foods

Starting today you will be able to quickly and easily find extensive nutrition information for over 1,000 fruits, vegetables, meats and meals in search. From the basics of potatoes and carrots to more complex dishes like burritos and chow mein, you can simply ask, “How much protein is in a banana?” or “How many calories are in an avocado?” and get your answer right away. You'll hear the answer to your specific question, see relevant nutrition information under an expansion, and be able to switch to other related foods or serving sizes.

This new nutritional information builds on Google's Knowledge Graph, which brings together all kinds of information from across the web that wasn't easily accessible. The graph helps us connect things that are related, even in cases when those foods have a completely different sounding name from what you asked. For example, when you ask for “summer squash carbs”, they include “zucchini” as a relevant food in the dropdown,
because it is a type of summer squash.



[url=http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2013/05/time-to-back-away-from-cookie-jar.html]Ilya Mezheritsky, Product Manager at Google says that this feature will begin to launch today in English and will be rolling out in the US over the next ten days. Over time they’ll be adding more features, foods, and languages. So tap the microphone, give the feature a spin, and soon explore and discover the ins and outs of over 1,000 of your favorite foods.