Where would one find a simpler search facility that deals with raw ingredients rather than packaged products?
Where can I ask: "potatoes boiled" and get a rundown on nutrients, calories, etcetera?
Things built on top of NCCDB (http://www.ncc.umn.edu/food-and-nutrient-database/) like Cronometer tend to have the best info on basic ingredients. Or rather, I haven't found a better source.
Famnom is a nutrition tracking and meal planning service I built, after trying a few others that didn't fit my needs. The goal is to highlight macro and micro nutrient data for raw and unprocessed foods. Data is sourced from USDA.