Discover is the shared recipe library: recipes other members shared to the community, and Loopa Kitchen, the recipes Loopa publishes. Search it, sort it, narrow it with filters, and save what you like.
Discover is part of Loopa Premium. Every new account has full Premium for its first 14 days (see Your first 14 days). On Loopa Basic the Discover row carries the Premium badge, and tapping it opens the Loopa Premium offer.
Opening it
Health tab → The Log → Recipes → Discover ("Community recipes and Loopa Kitchen"). See Creating and importing recipes for the rest of the Recipes home.
Searching
Type into Search recipes or ingredients. Results update shortly after you stop typing, and again when you press Return. The x in the field clears the search.
Sort
Tap Sort: to choose the order. The current one has a checkmark.
- Best match: offered only while there is a search word, and the default when there is one.
- Newest: the default with no search word.
- Top rated
- Most made
- Most protein: per serving.
- Most protein per calorie
Quick chips
Under Sort is a row of chips: Loopa Kitchen, Low FODMAP, then Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack and Dessert. Tap as many as you like. Each tap searches again. Drinks are not a chip; use Filters for those.
Filters
Tap Filters to open the filters sheet. When filters are on, the button reads Filters (N) with the number in use.
- Ingredients: "Must contain, comma separated (chicken, rice)".
- Meal type: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack, Dessert, Drink.
- Cuisine: American, Mexican, Italian, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, French, Greek, Latin American, Caribbean, African, British, Other.
- Diet: Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, High protein, Low carb, Soft texture, Small portion.
- Four switches, all off to start: Low FODMAP compatible, Loopa Kitchen only, Has a photo and Leave out my never-eat foods.
- Allergens: Without gluten, Without dairy, Without egg, Without soy, Without peanut, Without tree nuts, Without fish, Without shellfish, Without sesame. Each one you switch on leaves out recipes that contain it. "Allergens are matched from ingredient names and may be incomplete."
- Per serving: Most kcal per serving (or kJ, if that is your energy unit), Least protein per serving (g) and Most total time (minutes). Type whole numbers. Energy is typed in your own unit.
Apply runs the search with your filters. Cancel closes the sheet without changing anything. Reset, at the bottom, clears every filter and keeps your search word.
If you have a food allergy, check the ingredients and the labels of what you buy yourself. Allergen matching reads ingredient names and can miss things.
Results
The count reads "1 recipe", "12 recipes" or "40+ recipes" when there are more pages. Tap Load more at the bottom for the next page.
Each card shows the photo (hidden at the largest text sizes), the title, who made it ("By you", "By" and a name, or Loopa Kitchen), the energy and protein per serving, the rating such as "★ 4.2 (18)", and the total time. Tags you may see on a card:
- Loopa Kitchen: published by Loopa.
- Nutrition estimated: part of the nutrition is an estimate. See Creating and importing recipes.
- Recipe updated: the author changed a recipe you saved since you last opened it.
- No longer available: the author withdrew it or a moderator removed it.
When nothing matches
No recipes found with "Nothing matches that. Try fewer filters or a different word." and a Clear filters button, which clears the filters and keeps your search word. If the library itself is empty you see "There are no community recipes yet." On Android the message reads "No recipes match. Try fewer filters or another word."
Saving, rating and Made it
Open a recipe to see it in full. From there:
- Save adds it to Saved on the Recipes home and keeps a copy on your phone for offline use. Tap Saved again to remove it. Without a connection the save waits and the toast reads SAVED ON THIS PHONE.
- Rate it: tap one to five stars. Clear removes your rating. You cannot rate or save your own recipe.
- I made it: marks that you cooked it, and counts toward "Made N times". Tap Made it again to take it back.
Saved
Saved on the Recipes home lists what you saved. With nothing saved: Nothing saved yet, "Save a recipe from Discover and it will be here, ready to open offline." A saved recipe the author withdrew or a moderator removed shows No longer available with a Remove button.
Reporting and hiding
A recipe you report leaves your Discover results straight away. To stop seeing one author's recipes, use Hide this author's recipes. Both are described in Sharing recipes with the community.
See also
