How to import a recipe from a link

Yes. On Nutrola's Recipes tab, tap the share/import icon in the top right, paste a recipe link from TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube, then tap Analyze Recipe. Nutrola's servers extract the recipe and break it down into per-serving calories, macros, ingredients, and steps, which you can then log as a meal.

How do I import a recipe link?

1. Open the Recipes tab.
2. Tap the share/import icon (the round button in the top-right corner of the header).
3. In the sheet that opens ("Paste a recipe link"), either paste the URL into the https:// field, or tap Paste to pull the link straight from your clipboard.
4. Tap Analyze Recipe. (If you tap Paste, Nutrola starts analyzing right away.)

Nutrola then runs through a few steps on its servers, extracting the content, analyzing the recipe, and breaking down the nutrition, before showing you the result. New to this? Tap How It Works in the sheet for a quick 4-step walkthrough.

Which links are supported?

Recipe import works with video links from TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Grab the link using the Share button inside one of those apps, then paste it into Nutrola. Other sources are not supported, so a random website or blog link may not work.

If a link can't be used, you'll see one of these messages:

• "Unsupported platform. Please use a TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube link." The link isn't from a supported source. Try a TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube link instead.
• "Could not extract content from this video. Try a different link." Nutrola couldn't read a recipe from that video. Try another link.
• "Failed to analyze recipe. Please try again." Something went wrong during analysis. Tap Try Again.

This is expected behavior, not a problem with your phone, so it's worth trying a different recipe link if one doesn't work.

What do I get back, and how do I log it?

The result shows the recipe's calories, protein, carbs, and fat per serving, along with the ingredients and step-by-step instructions. To add it to your day, tap Log this recipe. It's saved to your diary as a single per-serving meal.

The calorie and macro numbers Nutrola produces are AI estimates, so feel free to adjust them. Because an imported recipe is stored like other AI meals (on a fixed basis with no serving-size slider), you correct it by editing the values directly rather than changing a portion size. You can tap a calorie or macro value to edit it, change the ingredients, or use Fix Result to describe what was off.

For more on editing AI results, see Edit a meal's calories, protein, carbs, or fat by hand, Edit, add, or remove ingredients in a scanned meal, Correct an AI meal with 'Fix Result' (tell it what's wrong), and Why can't I change the serving size of a photo-scanned meal?. To learn more about how the estimates are generated, see How Nutrola's AI calorie counting works. For other ways to log food, see How to log a meal, and to remove or change a logged meal, see Edit or delete a logged meal.

Still need help? In the app, open Profile/Settings → Support & Legal → Contact us to chat with our support assistant, or email us at support@nutrola.app.