# Nutrition app?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrition-app/806328>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 10, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrition-app/806328 "2018-01-10T15:31:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrition-app/806328/1 "2018-01-10T15:31:45Z")

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Does any one know of an app that you could put in say almond meal and it would tell you the nutritional breakdown with calories, carbs, protein, etc.?

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrition-app/806328/2 "2018-01-10T16:57:01Z")

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The Registered Dieticians I know unanimously recommend [calorieking.com](http://calorieking.com)

[almond meal](http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-flours-almond-meal_f-ZmlkPTExNDU0Nw.html)  
mmm

ETA: It is an app as well

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**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrition-app/806328/3 "2018-01-10T17:09:01Z")

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I have been using [MyFitnessPal](https://www.myfitnesspal.com/) for three years. It has an amazing database of foods in it. The free app shows you the breakdown,calorie-wise, of protein/fat/carbs in every food, and most also include a lot of other nutritional information about the food.

It includes almond meal.

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrition-app/806328/4 "2018-01-10T17:10:49Z")

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I use MyFitnessPal. I will be checking out **calorieking**. Thanks **mmm**.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrition-app/806328/5 "2018-01-10T17:19:15Z")

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I like and often use My Fitness Pal, but it lacks some foods and seems unreliable with others. In those cases, I use the [USDA nutrient database](https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/)