'''Photograph your plate and Loopa hands you a list, not a verdict.''' Every food it finds becomes its own line with its own portion and its own calories. You adjust what is off, drop what is not yours, add what it missed — and nothing reaches your food log until you tap '''Log meal'''.
This page covers that screen. [[meal-photo-ai|Meal photo AI]] covers taking the photo in the first place.
== What you see ==
Your photo at the top, then one card per food. Each card carries:
- '''The name.''' What Loopa thinks the food is.
- '''The portion.''' An amount and a unit — "1 piece", "1.5 cups", "140 g".
- '''The calories''' for that portion. Tap the number to open protein, carbs, fat and fiber underneath.
At the bottom, the '''meal total''' — calories and macros for everything still on the list. It moves as you edit, so what you see there is what you are about to log.
== Adjusting a portion ==
- Tap the portion on the line you want to change.
- Set the amount with the '''−''' and '''+''' buttons.
- Change the '''unit''' if a different one describes it better. You will always be offered the household measure Loopa recognized — cups, slices, pieces — plus grams and ounces.
- Tap '''Done'''.
'''Switching the unit keeps the same food, said a different way.''' If a line reads "1 cup" and one cup weighs 150 g, switching to grams reads 150 g — the same rice, and the same calories.
Calories and macros are recalculated from the portion you set. Doubling the rice doubles the rice and leaves everything else alone.
== Removing an item ==
Swipe the line to the left, or tap the '''bin''' on the right of it. It comes off the list and out of the total straight away. Nothing is logged, so there is nothing to undo.
If you take everything off, '''Log meal''' has nothing to do — add something, or tap '''Retake'''.
== Changing what a food is ==
Tap the '''name''' on a line. That opens food search, and the food you pick replaces the line — with the nutrition on record for it rather than a reading of the photo. Set how many servings and tap '''Add'''.
This is the one to reach for when Loopa has the right kind of thing and the wrong version of it: a steak read as chicken, or a brand it could not name.
== Adding what the photo missed ==
Tap '''Add item'''. It is the same food search, and the food you pick goes on as a new line.
Oil in the pan, dressing on the side, the drink beside the plate — anything a photograph cannot show you is worth adding here rather than after the fact.
Foods added this way come from the food database, so their nutrition is the figure on record for that food, not an estimate.
== The "less sure" marker ==
Some lines carry a '''question mark and an amber outline''', with a line underneath reading ''We're less sure about this one — worth a check.''
That is Loopa saying its confidence in that one item is lower than the rest — usually because the food is partly hidden, hard to tell from something similar, or in a portion that is difficult to size from a photograph. A sauce, a mixed dish and anything behind something else are the usual candidates.
'''It never stops you logging.''' It is a suggestion about where to look first, and you are the one who can see the plate.
== Logging it ==
Tap '''Log meal'''. Every line still on the list becomes '''its own entry''' in your food log — one for the chicken, one for the rice, one for the broccoli.
Separate entries are the point: a week later you can edit or delete one food without touching the rest, and every food's nutrition counts toward your day on its own.
== If the estimate has expired ==
Loopa holds a photo estimate for '''24 hours'''. Past that the screen says so and offers to re-check the same photo, which starts a fresh reading.
== A note on the figures ==
Calorie and macro figures read from a photograph are '''estimates you confirm''', which is why this screen exists. Portion size is the hardest part of it: a photograph carries no scale unless something of a known size is in the frame, so a fork or a hand beside the plate genuinely helps.
Loopa is a wellness tracker, not medical advice. If a number matters clinically, weigh the food.
== Getting a better read ==
- '''Good light, and the whole plate in frame.'''
- '''Shoot from an angle''', not straight down — depth is what tells a thin layer from a heap.
- '''Include something of known size''' if you can. A fork beside the plate is the easiest.
- '''Describe it''' in the box before analyzing. "Grilled chicken thigh, brown rice, no dressing" is enough to separate look-alikes.
- '''Separate plates''' photograph better than one crowded one.
== Is it Premium? ==
Photo logging is part of '''Loopa Premium'''. Logging food by search, by barcode, by voice or by hand is free — [[what-loopa-basic-includes|What Loopa Basic includes]] has the full split.
== See also ==
- [[meal-photo-ai|Meal photo AI]]
- [[logging-food|Logging food]]
- [[barcode-scanning|Barcode scanning]]
- [[describe-a-meal|Describe a meal]]
- [[the-food-log-screen|The Food log screen]]
- [[ai-and-your-information|AI and your information]]
'''Photograph your plate and Loopa hands you a list, not a verdict.''' Every food it finds becomes its own line with its own portion and its own calories. You adjust what is off, drop what is not yours, add what it missed — and nothing reaches your food log until you tap '''Log meal'''. This page covers that screen. [[meal-photo-ai|Meal photo AI]] covers taking the photo in the first place. == What you see == Your photo at the top, then one card per food. Each card carries: * '''The name.''' What Loopa thinks the food is. * '''The portion.''' An amount and a unit — "1 piece", "1.5 cups", "140 g". * '''The calories''' for that portion. Tap the number to open protein, carbs, fat and fiber underneath. At the bottom, the '''meal total''' — calories and macros for everything still on the list. It moves as you edit, so what you see there is what you are about to log. == Adjusting a portion == 1. Tap the portion on the line you want to change. 1. Set the amount with the '''−''' and '''+''' buttons. 1. Change the '''unit''' if a different one describes it better. You will always be offered the household measure Loopa recognized — cups, slices, pieces — plus grams and ounces. 1. Tap '''Done'''. '''Switching the unit keeps the same food, said a different way.''' If a line reads "1 cup" and one cup weighs 150 g, switching to grams reads 150 g — the same rice, and the same calories. Calories and macros are recalculated from the portion you set. Doubling the rice doubles the rice and leaves everything else alone. == Removing an item == Swipe the line to the left, or tap the '''bin''' on the right of it. It comes off the list and out of the total straight away. Nothing is logged, so there is nothing to undo. If you take everything off, '''Log meal''' has nothing to do — add something, or tap '''Retake'''. == Changing what a food is == Tap the '''name''' on a line. That opens food search, and the food you pick replaces the line — with the nutrition on record for it rather than a reading of the photo. Set how many servings and tap '''Add'''. This is the one to reach for when Loopa has the right kind of thing and the wrong version of it: a steak read as chicken, or a brand it could not name. == Adding what the photo missed == Tap '''Add item'''. It is the same food search, and the food you pick goes on as a new line. Oil in the pan, dressing on the side, the drink beside the plate — anything a photograph cannot show you is worth adding here rather than after the fact. Foods added this way come from the food database, so their nutrition is the figure on record for that food, not an estimate. == The "less sure" marker == Some lines carry a '''question mark and an amber outline''', with a line underneath reading ''We're less sure about this one — worth a check.'' That is Loopa saying its confidence in that one item is lower than the rest — usually because the food is partly hidden, hard to tell from something similar, or in a portion that is difficult to size from a photograph. A sauce, a mixed dish and anything behind something else are the usual candidates. '''It never stops you logging.''' It is a suggestion about where to look first, and you are the one who can see the plate. == Logging it == Tap '''Log meal'''. Every line still on the list becomes '''its own entry''' in your food log — one for the chicken, one for the rice, one for the broccoli. Separate entries are the point: a week later you can edit or delete one food without touching the rest, and every food's nutrition counts toward your day on its own. == If the estimate has expired == Loopa holds a photo estimate for '''24 hours'''. Past that the screen says so and offers to re-check the same photo, which starts a fresh reading. == A note on the figures == Calorie and macro figures read from a photograph are '''estimates you confirm''', which is why this screen exists. Portion size is the hardest part of it: a photograph carries no scale unless something of a known size is in the frame, so a fork or a hand beside the plate genuinely helps. Loopa is a wellness tracker, not medical advice. If a number matters clinically, weigh the food. == Getting a better read == * '''Good light, and the whole plate in frame.''' * '''Shoot from an angle''', not straight down — depth is what tells a thin layer from a heap. * '''Include something of known size''' if you can. A fork beside the plate is the easiest. * '''Describe it''' in the box before analyzing. "Grilled chicken thigh, brown rice, no dressing" is enough to separate look-alikes. * '''Separate plates''' photograph better than one crowded one. == Is it Premium? == Photo logging is part of '''Loopa Premium'''. Logging food by search, by barcode, by voice or by hand is free — [[what-loopa-basic-includes|What Loopa Basic includes]] has the full split. == See also == * [[meal-photo-ai|Meal photo AI]] * [[logging-food|Logging food]] * [[barcode-scanning|Barcode scanning]] * [[describe-a-meal|Describe a meal]] * [[the-food-log-screen|The Food log screen]] * [[ai-and-your-information|AI and your information]]
