diff --git a/frontend/lang/messages/en-US.json b/frontend/lang/messages/en-US.json
index 154a470e4..c979d17bf 100644
--- a/frontend/lang/messages/en-US.json
+++ b/frontend/lang/messages/en-US.json
@@ -1048,8 +1048,8 @@
     "foods": {
       "merge-dialog-text": "Combining the selected foods will merge the source food and target food into a single food. The source food will be deleted and all of the references to the source food will be updated to point to the target food.",
       "merge-food-example": "Merging {food1} into {food2}",
-      "seed-dialog-text": "Seed the database with foods based on your local language. This will create 200+ common foods that can be used to organize your database. Foods are translated via a community effort.",
-      "seed-dialog-warning": "You have already have some items in your database. This action will not reconcile duplicates, you will have to manage them manually.",
+      "seed-dialog-text": "Seed the database with foods based on your local language. This will create ~2700 common foods that can be used to organize your database. Foods are translated via a community effort.",
+      "seed-dialog-warning": "You already have some items in your database. A new item will not be added if an item with the same name already exists.",
       "combine-food": "Combine Food",
       "source-food": "Source Food",
       "target-food": "Target Food",
diff --git a/mealie/repos/seed/resources/foods/locales/en-US.json b/mealie/repos/seed/resources/foods/locales/en-US.json
index cc80bd46c..4b97d32aa 100644
--- a/mealie/repos/seed/resources/foods/locales/en-US.json
+++ b/mealie/repos/seed/resources/foods/locales/en-US.json
@@ -10567,12 +10567,6 @@
 				"name": "wasabi pea",
 				"pluralName": "wasabi peas"
 			},
-			{
-				"aliases": [],
-				"description": "",
-				"name": null,
-				"pluralName": "achiote seeds"
-			},
 			{
 				"aliases": [],
 				"description": "",
diff --git a/mealie/repos/seed/seeders.py b/mealie/repos/seed/seeders.py
index 2f7a3acba..033abe79b 100644
--- a/mealie/repos/seed/seeders.py
+++ b/mealie/repos/seed/seeders.py
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ from collections.abc import Generator
 from functools import cached_property
 
 from mealie.schema.labels import MultiPurposeLabelOut, MultiPurposeLabelSave
-from mealie.schema.recipe.recipe_ingredient import SaveIngredientFood, SaveIngredientUnit
+from mealie.schema.recipe.recipe_ingredient import (
+    IngredientFood,
+    IngredientUnit,
+    SaveIngredientFood,
+    SaveIngredientUnit,
+)
 from mealie.services.group_services.labels_service import MultiPurposeLabelService
 
 from ._abstract_seeder import AbstractSeeder
@@ -21,11 +26,17 @@ class MultiPurposeLabelSeeder(AbstractSeeder):
         locale_path = self.resources / "foods" / "locales" / f"{locale}.json"
         return locale_path if locale_path.exists() else foods.en_US
 
+    def get_all_labels(self) -> list[MultiPurposeLabelOut]:
+        return self.repos.group_multi_purpose_labels.get_all()
+
     def load_data(self, locale: str | None = None) -> Generator[MultiPurposeLabelSave, None, None]:
         file = self.get_file(locale)
 
-        label_names = set(json.loads(file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")).keys())
-        for label in label_names:
+        current_label_names = {label.name for label in self.get_all_labels()}
+        seed_label_names = set(json.loads(file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")).keys())
+        # only seed new labels
+        to_seed_labels = seed_label_names - current_label_names
+        for label in to_seed_labels:
             yield MultiPurposeLabelSave(
                 name=label,
                 group_id=self.repos.group_id,
@@ -45,10 +56,13 @@ class IngredientUnitsSeeder(AbstractSeeder):
         locale_path = self.resources / "units" / "locales" / f"{locale}.json"
         return locale_path if locale_path.exists() else units.en_US
 
+    def get_all_units(self) -> list[IngredientUnit]:
+        return self.repos.ingredient_units.get_all()
+
     def load_data(self, locale: str | None = None) -> Generator[SaveIngredientUnit, None, None]:
         file = self.get_file(locale)
 
-        seen_unit_names = set()
+        seen_unit_names = {unit.name for unit in self.get_all_units()}
         for unit in json.loads(file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")).values():
             if unit["name"] in seen_unit_names:
                 continue
@@ -80,14 +94,19 @@ class IngredientFoodsSeeder(AbstractSeeder):
     def get_label(self, value: str) -> MultiPurposeLabelOut | None:
         return self.repos.group_multi_purpose_labels.get_one(value, "name")
 
+    def get_all_foods(self) -> list[IngredientFood]:
+        return self.repos.ingredient_foods.get_all()
+
     def load_data(self, locale: str | None = None) -> Generator[SaveIngredientFood, None, None]:
         file = self.get_file(locale)
 
-        seed_foods_names = set()
+        # get all current unique foods
+        seed_foods_names = {food.name for food in self.get_all_foods()}
         for label, value in json.loads(file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")).items():
             label_out = self.get_label(label)
 
             for food in value["foods"]:
+                # don't seed foods that already exist, matched on food name
                 if food["name"] in seed_foods_names:
                     continue
 
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/user_group_tests/test_group_seeder.py b/tests/integration_tests/user_group_tests/test_group_seeder.py
index 91df8ab6e..9e7d5b137 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/user_group_tests/test_group_seeder.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/user_group_tests/test_group_seeder.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def test_seed_invalid_locale(api_client: TestClient, unique_user: TestUser):
 
 
 def test_seed_foods(api_client: TestClient, unique_user: TestUser):
-    CREATED_FOODS = 2694
+    CREATED_FOODS = 2687
     database = unique_user.repos
 
     # Check that the foods was created