When it comes to logging your food, the fatsecret app has several simple methods.

The default way to log a food is via the ‘Food’ add. ‘Food’ is where you will find individual food components to create a meal (as we covered in the guide "How to find and log food in the fatsecret app").

Other ways to record food within the fatsecret app include using the Smart Assistant, Smart Food Scan, Saved Meals, Recipes, CookBook, and your Most Eaten and Recently Eaten Foods (which populate automatically over time as you log food into the app).

This guide will provide a short overview of each of these options.

Options for logging a food or meal

Search for a Food

Use Search to manually look up both generic foods and branded products. Once you’ve found what you’re looking for, review the nutrition information, adjust the serving size and add the food to your Diary.

My Food

My Food brings together the foods you use most, making it quicker to log meals you eat regularly.

As you continue logging food, the Recently Eaten and Most Eaten tabs will automatically fill with the foods you log most often, so you can quickly add them to your Diary without searching each time.

If you regularly eat the same combination of foods, such as peanut butter on toast for breakfast, you can save them as a Saved Meal. This lets you log the entire meal in just a few taps instead of adding each food individually. You can create a Saved Meal from a meal you've already logged or by selecting New Saved Meal from the Saved Meals tab.

The Cook Book is your personal recipe collection. Save your favourite recipes with their ingredients, serving sizes and cooking instructions, then log a serving to your Diary whenever you make them. You can also choose to publish your recipes for other fatsecret members to discover and enjoy.

Smart Assistant (Premium)

Smart Assistant is the fastest and easiest way to log food in the fatsecret app. It uses voice recognition to help you log meals 2 times faster than manual logging. By simply dictating what you ate, the Smart Assistant finds your food and log it to your Diary for you. You can use it to log multiple foods at once, making your food logging process more efficient. Access the Smart Assistant in the Premium tab of the fatsecret app.

Smart Food Scan (Premium)

The Smart Food Scan uses image recognition to identify the foods on your plate and instantly gives you the calorie and nutrition information. By simply taking a photo of your meal, you can log all elements of your meal in at once. This feature helps you log food faster so that you can stay consistent and reach your goals more easily. Access the Smart Food Scan in the Premium tab of the fatsecret app.

Recipes (Premium)

Stuck for meal ideas? In the ‘Recipes’ tab when logging a food you can explore a curated range of fatsecret-approved recipes. These come with an ingredients list and cooking instructions that you can log directly to a meal. Logging recipes direct to your Diary requires being a fatsecret Premium member.

Try a New Food Logging Method

With so many different ways to log food in the fatsecret app, try a few new methods over the next couple of days and notice which one feels easiest for you.