5 NEW app features not to miss

Emma White - Nutritionist | 05 Jan, 2023

We're constantly working to make the Nutracheck app even more helpful to you. Over the past year or two we've been working hard to add some great new features – specifically things you asked for. From easier nutrient tracking to timestamps, logging your food has never been easier. Here are our top 5 newer features, not to be missed!

1Extra nutrient columns

It's now possible to view up to 4 nutrient columns in your diary at one time, making it easier to see at a glance how you're doing against your key nutrient targets. Pick the 4 that are most important for you to keep an eye on from these options – kcals, protein, fibre, sugar, carbs, fat, saturated fat and salt.

We still track all 7 nutrients along with kcals and you can see how you're doing against all of these targets by tapping the white chart icon in the top right of your diary. This new feature simply allows you to stay on track of the 4 things that are most important to you, in your main diary page.

Meal occasions

How to use:

  1. Tap the blue menu button in the diary.
  2. Then tap Diary Preferences > Nutrient Choices.

2Add extra meal occasions

You can now add 2 more meal occasions to your diary, for example 'Drinks' – making a total of 6 meal occasions if you like. This allows you to add in some extra categorisation to your food and drink throughout the day, which can be great for people who eat smaller more frequent meals or maybe those who tot up quite a few calories in drinks each day.

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How to use:

  1. Tap the blue menu button in the diary.
  2. Then tap Diary Preferences > Edit Meal Occasions.
  3. Toggle the meal occasions on or off to show or hide.

3Customise your meal occasions

Following on from the addition of extra meal occasions you can now also edit the names of your chosen ones. We know for example that some people call their main meal of the day 'dinner' while others refer to it as 'tea'. This editing feature allows you to customise the meal occasions to a name that you prefer.

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How to use:

  1. Tap the blue menu button in the diary.
  2. Then tap Diary Preferences > Edit Meal Occasions.
  3. Tap the meal to edit and enter a new name, followed by Save Occasion.

4Timestamp

The timestamp feature has been available on the website for a long time, but it hadn't made it into the app. This was requested by app users, and you'll be pleased to hear it's now been delivered! When you add a food to your diary, a timestamp shows the exact time you had a meal/snack or drink. This is very helpful for tracking eating habits or patterns and is also particularly useful to members who may be following a time-restricted eating approach or doing intermittent fasting.

You also have the option to edit the time your food was entered if necessary. Tap on the diary entry and select ‘Edit Time’ from the options at the bottom of your diary.

Duplicate Saved Meals

How to use:

  1. Tap the blue menu button in the diary.
  2. Then tap Diary Preferences > Diary Timestamps.

5Copy & tweak recipes

You can now duplicate your existing recipes and edit the new version. We know many members create similar recipes, maybe with just an ingredient or two swapped out, so this feature is super helpful for times like this. Or perhaps you use some of your recipes within other recipes – for example homemade sauces. This feature allows you to copy your sauce recipe and then add the other ingredients to make a whole new meal.

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How to use:

  1. Open a recipe of your choice in the My Meals section and tap Edit.
  2. Tap Duplicate Meal and set a new name for the recipe.
  3. Confirm by tapping the orange Duplicate Meal button.

Nutritionist Emma White (ANutr), MSc Human Nutrition is passionate about how food science applies to the human body, and how the nutrients in what we eat affect us and ultimately have an impact on our health.

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