Log from the food database, your foods, and saved foods

In Nutrola, tap the center + in the tab bar and choose Search Food to look up a known food instead of scanning. The screen has three tabs: Food Library searches Nutrola's food database, My foods holds the foods you created, and Saved foods holds items you bookmarked from past meals. Tapping a result logs it as a known entry.

How do I open the search screen?

From the center + in the bottom tab bar, you have two ways in:

• Tap Search Food to open the screen on the Food Library tab.
• Tap Saved Foods to open the same screen already on the Saved foods tab.

Both lead to the same place. The screen is titled Search Food at the top, with the three tabs just below the title.

What do the tabs mean?

• Food Library searches Nutrola's food database (millions of foods). Type at least two letters in the search box (its placeholder reads "Describe what you ate") and matching foods appear after a short pause.
• My foods lists the custom foods you built yourself. The search box here ("Search my foods") filters only your own list, it does not search the wider database. If you have not made any yet, you will see a prompt to Create Your Food Create your own food (custom food) and reuse it.
• Saved foods lists items you bookmarked from earlier meal scans so you can re-log them in one tap. Its search box ("Search saved foods") filters only your saved list.

The My foods and Saved foods tabs filter your existing items as you type. Only the Food Library tab searches the food database.

How do I log a food I find?

On any tab, each row shows the food's name, calories, and serving. To log it you have two options:

1. Tap the round + button on the right of the row to add it right away using its default serving.
2. On the Food Library tab, tap the row itself to open a detail sheet where you can change the Measurement (unit) and the Number of Servings, then tap Log.

A short "logged" confirmation appears at the top when an item is added. For database foods you can switch units, for example grams, ounces, cup, or a household serving for solids, and milliliters, fluid ounces, cup, can, or bottle for liquids Logging drinks and liquids (ml / fl oz). This portion and unit control works because these are database entries with known nutrition, unlike AI photo or voice meals Why can't I change the serving size of a photo-scanned meal?.

What is "Recently Logged"?

On the Food Library tab, when the search box is empty, Nutrola shows a Recently Logged list of foods you logged before. Tap any of them, or its + button, to log it again in one tap. This is a quick shortcut for meals you eat often.

What if the food isn't found?

Database coverage comes from a large food dataset, so some items will not match. If a search on Food Library returns nothing, Nutrola shows "Hmm, can't find that one" along with quick alternatives: Scan Photo, Barcode, and Describe It. Choosing Describe It carries your search text into the describe-a-meal flow so Nutrola's servers can estimate it instead How to log a meal. If you were scanning a packaged product, see Barcode won't scan.

Saving a food for next time

The Saved foods tab fills up when you bookmark items from your meals, so foods you eat regularly are one tap away without searching. To build a reusable food from scratch (your own recipe or go-to meal), use Create Your Food on the My foods tab Create your own food (custom food) and reuse it. To fix a calorie or macro number on something you already logged, see Edit or delete a logged meal and The calorie or macro estimate looks wrong.

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.