''Part of the [[Using the iOS app|Loopa iOS app]] guide.''
The '''Food log screen''' is where you record what you eat and watch it land against your calorie and macro budget for the day. It is titled '''Food''' in the app, and you reach it from the Health hub's '''The Log''' section (tap '''Food'''), from the [[The Quick-Log button|Quick-Log button]] (the '''Food''' pill opens it as a full-height sheet), or from the food card on [[Today's Page]]. For the bigger picture of how logging works, see [[Logging food]] and [[Using the iOS app]].
''General wellness tracking, not medical advice.''
== The calorie budget hero == The top card is your day at a glance. A ring shows today's total calories against your target (for example, "1,240 of 2,000"), and beside it three macro readouts — '''Protein''', '''Carbs''', and '''Fat''' — show the grams you've logged so far, stamped '''Today'''. The target comes from your plan; see [[The Plan tab]] and [[Calorie and macro tracking]] for where those numbers originate.
== "What should I eat?" == Below the hero is the '''What should I eat?''' card. Its subline updates with how much room you have left — calories remaining and protein still to go — or reads "Targets hit — still hungry?" once you're close. Tapping it opens '''The Order''': three meal ideas sized against your remaining macros for the current meal, each two taps from logged. See [[Meal planner]] for the idea behind it. After you log from here, an '''Undo''' banner sits at the bottom of the screen for a few seconds in case you change your mind.
== Fast ways to add food == A row of four buttons sits right under the "What should I eat?" card — the quick entry points, no longer tucked in the toolbar:
- '''Scan''' — opens the live barcode scanner (see below and [[Barcode scanning]]).
- '''Snap Meal''' — opens '''Meal photo''' to shoot your plate (see below and [[Meal photo AI]]).
- '''Describe''' — say or type a whole meal in plain words; see [[Describe a meal]].
- '''Eating Out''' — get a few on-plan orders for wherever you're eating; see [[Eating out]].
The '''barcode''' and '''camera''' buttons also remain in the top toolbar, alongside the '''bookmark''' that opens [[My Meals]].
== Meal types == A row of segmented pills — '''Bre''', '''Lun''', '''Din''', '''Sna''' (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack) — sets which meal anything you add next goes into. Pick the meal first, then search, scan, snap, or describe.
== Finding and adding food == A '''Search foods''' field sits at the top of the screen at all times — it's always visible, no longer hidden behind a pull-down. Type at least two letters and results appear after a short pause; each row shows the food's name, its serving size, and its calories with a '''+'''. See [[Food search]] for how the database is queried.
Tapping a result opens the '''Portion''' editor as a half-height sheet. It shows the food and its "per serving" size, a small '''AI-check indicator''' (see [[Food data quality]]), a '''Servings''' stepper you can nudge in half-serving steps (or type a number), and a live '''Calories''' tile that updates as you change the amount. Tap '''Add to [meal]''' to log it. This lets you record the real amount you ate instead of always logging a single serving.
'''No match?''' If your search turns up nothing, a card offers to '''estimate it with AI''' — tap it to get calories and macros for the food, log it, and keep it for next time. See [[Estimate a food with AI]].
== The AI check and reporting bad data == In the Portion editor, the '''AI-check indicator''' tells you whether a food's serving and macros look right — '''AI-checked''', '''AI: serving may be off''', or '''AI: data flagged''' — from a one-time sanity check that's cached per food. If the numbers look wrong, tap '''Report incorrect data''' to flag it: an admin reviews it and the app re-checks it with AI. See [[Food data quality]] for the full workflow.
== Scanning a barcode == The '''Scan''' button (and the '''barcode''' toolbar button) opens a live camera scanner. Point it at a product's barcode (it reads EAN and UPC codes); the first code it recognizes is looked up and logged straight into the current meal at one serving. You'll get a '''Logged''' confirmation — or, if the product isn't in the database, the app opens '''[[Describe a meal|Describe]]''' so you can name and estimate it instead. See [[Barcode scanning]].
== Snapping a meal photo == The '''Snap Meal''' button (and the '''camera''' toolbar button) opens '''Meal photo'''. Take a picture of your plate and the app analyzes it, then offers a list of candidate matches with their calories and macros. Pick the closest one to log it, or '''Retake''' to try another shot. See [[Meal photo AI]].
== The day's log == Everything you've logged is grouped into cards by meal — '''Breakfast''', '''Lunch''', '''Dinner''', '''Snack''' — in that order. Each entry shows its name, the time it was logged, and its calories. Tap the '''×''' beside an entry (or long-press it for the context menu) to remove it; the app asks "Strike this entry from the record?" before it deletes.
Each meal card has a '''bookmark''' button in its header — and a "Save as My Meal" option in its long-press menu — that turns that whole meal into a reusable template, prefilled and ready to name. See [[My Meals]].
If a food you log is on your never-eat list, a '''Never-Eat Warning''' appears so you can catch it.
== My Meals shortcut == When you have saved meals, a horizontal '''My Meals''' strip sits above the meal picker: each saved meal is a chip showing its name and calories, and tapping one logs the whole meal into the currently selected meal type in a single tap. '''All →''' opens the full [[My Meals]] list, as does the '''bookmark''' button in the toolbar.
== Empty state and refresh == Before you log anything the day reads "Nothing Logged — Search a food, scan a barcode, or snap your plate." Pull down to refresh the day at any time. Logging fires a light haptic and a brief confirmation stamp.
== See also ==
- [[Logging food]]
- [[Food search]]
- [[Barcode scanning]]
- [[Meal photo AI]]
- [[Describe a meal]]
- [[Eating out]]
- [[Estimate a food with AI]]
- [[Food data quality]]
- [[Calorie and macro tracking]]
- [[My Meals]]
- [[The Plan tab]]
[[Category:The iOS app]] [[Category:Loopa]] [[Category:Food and nutrition]]
''Part of the [[Using the iOS app|Loopa iOS app]] guide.'' The '''Food log screen''' is where you record what you eat and watch it land against your calorie and macro budget for the day. It is titled '''Food''' in the app, and you reach it from the Health hub's '''The Log''' section (tap '''Food'''), from the [[The Quick-Log button|Quick-Log button]] (the '''Food''' pill opens it as a full-height sheet), or from the food card on [[Today's Page]]. For the bigger picture of how logging works, see [[Logging food]] and [[Using the iOS app]]. ''General wellness tracking, not medical advice.'' == The calorie budget hero == The top card is your day at a glance. A ring shows today's total calories against your target (for example, "1,240 of 2,000"), and beside it three macro readouts — '''Protein''', '''Carbs''', and '''Fat''' — show the grams you've logged so far, stamped '''Today'''. The target comes from your plan; see [[The Plan tab]] and [[Calorie and macro tracking]] for where those numbers originate. == "What should I eat?" == Below the hero is the '''What should I eat?''' card. Its subline updates with how much room you have left — calories remaining and protein still to go — or reads "Targets hit — still hungry?" once you're close. Tapping it opens '''The Order''': three meal ideas sized against your remaining macros for the current meal, each two taps from logged. See [[Meal planner]] for the idea behind it. After you log from here, an '''Undo''' banner sits at the bottom of the screen for a few seconds in case you change your mind. == Fast ways to add food == A row of four buttons sits right under the "What should I eat?" card — the quick entry points, no longer tucked in the toolbar: * '''Scan''' — opens the live barcode scanner (see below and [[Barcode scanning]]). * '''Snap Meal''' — opens '''Meal photo''' to shoot your plate (see below and [[Meal photo AI]]). * '''Describe''' — say or type a whole meal in plain words; see [[Describe a meal]]. * '''Eating Out''' — get a few on-plan orders for wherever you're eating; see [[Eating out]]. The '''barcode''' and '''camera''' buttons also remain in the top toolbar, alongside the '''bookmark''' that opens [[My Meals]]. == Meal types == A row of segmented pills — '''Bre''', '''Lun''', '''Din''', '''Sna''' (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack) — sets which meal anything you add next goes into. Pick the meal first, then search, scan, snap, or describe. == Finding and adding food == A '''Search foods''' field sits at the top of the screen at all times — it's always visible, no longer hidden behind a pull-down. Type at least two letters and results appear after a short pause; each row shows the food's name, its serving size, and its calories with a '''+'''. See [[Food search]] for how the database is queried. Tapping a result opens the '''Portion''' editor as a half-height sheet. It shows the food and its "per serving" size, a small '''AI-check indicator''' (see [[Food data quality]]), a '''Servings''' stepper you can nudge in half-serving steps (or type a number), and a live '''Calories''' tile that updates as you change the amount. Tap '''Add to [meal]''' to log it. This lets you record the real amount you ate instead of always logging a single serving. '''No match?''' If your search turns up nothing, a card offers to '''estimate it with AI''' — tap it to get calories and macros for the food, log it, and keep it for next time. See [[Estimate a food with AI]]. == The AI check and reporting bad data == In the Portion editor, the '''AI-check indicator''' tells you whether a food's serving and macros look right — '''AI-checked''', '''AI: serving may be off''', or '''AI: data flagged''' — from a one-time sanity check that's cached per food. If the numbers look wrong, tap '''Report incorrect data''' to flag it: an admin reviews it and the app re-checks it with AI. See [[Food data quality]] for the full workflow. == Scanning a barcode == The '''Scan''' button (and the '''barcode''' toolbar button) opens a live camera scanner. Point it at a product's barcode (it reads EAN and UPC codes); the first code it recognizes is looked up and logged straight into the current meal at one serving. You'll get a '''Logged''' confirmation — or, if the product isn't in the database, the app opens '''[[Describe a meal|Describe]]''' so you can name and estimate it instead. See [[Barcode scanning]]. == Snapping a meal photo == The '''Snap Meal''' button (and the '''camera''' toolbar button) opens '''Meal photo'''. Take a picture of your plate and the app analyzes it, then offers a list of candidate matches with their calories and macros. Pick the closest one to log it, or '''Retake''' to try another shot. See [[Meal photo AI]]. == The day's log == Everything you've logged is grouped into cards by meal — '''Breakfast''', '''Lunch''', '''Dinner''', '''Snack''' — in that order. Each entry shows its name, the time it was logged, and its calories. Tap the '''×''' beside an entry (or long-press it for the context menu) to remove it; the app asks "Strike this entry from the record?" before it deletes. Each meal card has a '''bookmark''' button in its header — and a "Save as My Meal" option in its long-press menu — that turns that whole meal into a reusable template, prefilled and ready to name. See [[My Meals]]. If a food you log is on your never-eat list, a '''Never-Eat Warning''' appears so you can catch it. == My Meals shortcut == When you have saved meals, a horizontal '''My Meals''' strip sits above the meal picker: each saved meal is a chip showing its name and calories, and tapping one logs the whole meal into the currently selected meal type in a single tap. '''All →''' opens the full [[My Meals]] list, as does the '''bookmark''' button in the toolbar. == Empty state and refresh == Before you log anything the day reads "Nothing Logged — Search a food, scan a barcode, or snap your plate." Pull down to refresh the day at any time. Logging fires a light haptic and a brief confirmation stamp. == See also == * [[Logging food]] * [[Food search]] * [[Barcode scanning]] * [[Meal photo AI]] * [[Describe a meal]] * [[Eating out]] * [[Estimate a food with AI]] * [[Food data quality]] * [[Calorie and macro tracking]] * [[My Meals]] * [[The Plan tab]] [[Category:The iOS app]] [[Category:Loopa]] [[Category:Food and nutrition]]
