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Food Diary

Food Diary

Log your daily meals, track calories and nutrients, and view detailed food information to stay on target with your goals.

Logging Meals

Find, log, edit, and backdate food entries in your diary.

How can I edit or delete a food entry?How do I find and log my first food?Can I backdate a food entry if I forgot to log it?I can’t add food and keep getting routed to the recipes section – how do I access the food tab?

Search and Database Coverage

Search foods, scan barcodes, and understand region and language coverage.

How do I search and log food using the barcode scanner?Why can I not find this specific food item?Why can’t I find a food that was available the other day (for smaller markets)?

Add New or Custom Foods

Add missing foods, submit branded items, and manage your custom foods.

What should I do if I can’t find the food I want to log in my Diary?Can I add food with just the calorie value, without entering full nutritional information?How can I edit the new food I added to the app?

Display and Columns

Customise diary columns, track targets, and understand the Diet Calendar.

How do I modify the macros and RDI displayed in my diary?What is the Diet Calendar?What do the green and red arrows mean?

CookBook

Create, edit, and manage your personal recipes, then add them to your diary for easier meal tracking.

How do I create my own recipe?Can I set my recipe as private?How do I edit or delete a recipe on the app?How are ingredients and calories calculated in recipes?Can I share my recipes with specific users or family members?

Saved Meals

Save frequent food combos as a single entry for quick logging.

How can I add a saved meal?How to Use a Saved Meal or add it to your Diary?How to edit or delete a Saved Meal?Can I change the serving size of my saved meal before adding it to my diary?

Nutrition and Units

Understand calories, kcal, carb calculations, and RDI percentages.

What is the difference between calories and kcal?Why does the app use the 4-4-9 method to calculate calories?Does the total carbohydrate value include sugars and fibre?How can I see the net carbs in my diary?What does the RDI percentage mean in the food search results?Why don’t the calories match the 4-4-9 rule for some foods?