AI meal photo logging

Snap a plate for an estimate, or a nutrition label to read it exactly.

The fastest way to log a meal: take a photo and let AI do the work. It handles two kinds of photo and works out for itself which one you’ve given it.

Photograph a meal

  1. On the Food & water page, tap Snap a meal (next to “Add food”).
  2. Choose the date and meal, then take or choose a photo of your plate.
  3. AI returns the foods it sees with estimated calories, protein, carbs, fat and fiber.
  4. Adjust anything, add or remove items, then Log to diary.

Photograph a nutrition label

Point the camera at the nutrition facts panel on a packet instead, and it switches modes automatically: rather than estimating from a picture of food, it reads the panel and transcribes the printed figures. Far more accurate than guessing at a packaged food.

  • You get the product name and its serving size, with the macros for one serving exactly as printed.
  • Then you say how much you actually had: ½, 1 or 2 servings, or the whole container when the pack states how many servings it holds. The numbers scale as you pick.
  • You can still type an exact amount on the row if you had something in between.
  • Where a panel prints both per-serving and per-100g columns, the per-serving column is used; if it only prints per 100g, you’ll get a 100 g serving and a note saying so.

Either way, logged items go straight into your food diary and count toward your daily targets, including fiber, just like any other entry.

For a label, fill the frame with the panel and keep it flat and in focus: a sharp, straight-on shot reads far better than an angled one across a curved packet. Always check the transcribed figures, and the serving size in particular, before logging.

Estimates from a plate get the same plausibility check as a typed description: the calories have to agree with the protein, carbs and fat given for that item, and no food is allowed an energy density it couldn’t physically have. A transcribed label is left exactly as printed, because there the panel is the authority. Anything that gets corrected is listed above your items, never changed silently.

AI estimates from a photo of food are approximate, and a close, clear, well-lit shot helps. They’re not a substitute for a label or a measured portion.

These guides are for using the app. They’re not medical advice: the medication-level estimates in particular are a model for personal tracking only. Talk to your clinician about your treatment.