How to use Food Data Type in Microsoft Excel

Follow the steps below on how to use the Food Data Type in Microsoft Excel to get calorie & nutrition facts: Launch Excel. Create a table head titled Breakfast and Cholesterol. Add some food names under Breakfast.

Highlight the cells under Breakfast. Click the Data tab and select the Food data type from the Data Types gallery.

Click the Insert Data button on the right side of the cell. Scroll down and select Cholesterol from the menu.

You will see how many Cholesterols these foods contain.

You can select the Show Card button or press Ctrl + Shift +F5 to display showcasing a menu that gives info about the selected food or foods. Read: How to use Geography Data feature in Excel

What are the Data Types in MS Excel?

There are four Data Types in Excel – Number, Text, Logical and Error data.

What type of data is food?

The Food data type converts cells with food to nutrition facts. The Food data type is powered by Wolfram, and you can select the info about the type of nutritional information you want to find. Read: How to use the TAN function in Microsoft Excel

What is Data menu in Excel?

The Data menu contains many important features in Excel to manipulate data in your spreadsheet; it includes features to import and add connections to the database, sort and filter data, data validation, forecast, and more. We hope this tutorial helps you understand how to use Food data type in Microsoft Excel; if you have questions about the tutorial, let us know in the comments.