On the “Log” screen, tap the + button next to the meal you want to add food to. If you're using “Timeline” view, you can add foods by selecting the corresponding time of day.
Searching for foods
On the “Food Search” screen, you can type the name of a food or product brand to find what you're looking for.
You can also choose from Recent, My Meals, My Foods, and Favorites. Below your recently logged foods, you'll find Frequent, making it easy to access the foods you eat most often.
Use smart nutrition filters to narrow your search results based on specific nutritional characteristics, such as high protein, low fat, or verified foods only.
Adding foods
You can add a food directly from the search results by tapping the + button next to it.
Alternatively, tap the food to choose your preferred serving size and unit of measurement, such as grams, servings, slices, or other available options, depending on the food.
As you adjust the quantity, the app automatically updates the calories and nutrients.
Adding multiple foods
You can select several foods without having to return to the “Log” screen each time.
The counter in the top-right corner shows how many foods you've selected. Tap it to review your selections and remove any foods if needed.
When you're done, tap ✓ to return to your daily log.
Editing food entries
You can edit your entries at any time, change serving sizes and times, move foods to another meal, or delete them.
Every change automatically updates your total daily calorie and nutrient intake.
More ways to log food
balantia offers even more ways to log what you eat, depending on what works best for you.
You can use barcode scanning, AI photo logging, or voice logging to add foods and meals quickly and easily.
Under “Create New”, you can also select “New Food” to manually add a food with your own nutritional information.
With “Build Your Own”, you can create a meal or drink using your preferred ingredients, such as your own sandwich, burger, souvlaki, pizza, salad, omelet, or coffee. balantia automatically calculates its total nutritional value, and if you choose to save it, you'll find it under “My Foods” to use again whenever you like.