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24 alternatives to Plain Text Nutritional Data Parser
https://github.com/galvez/contagrama Right now I've got a tagger UI and an API that correctly identifies foods you've tagged (from the USDA Food Nutrition Database) and processes gram-amounts from plain text to produce a combined nutritional chart. This is very early stage so more of a call for help: the nutrient chart needs a better design and the API needs work in properly processing g/mg/ml and all the weight conversions defined in the usda_weights table. If you're into nutrition, liked the project and would like to help, drop me a note.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Plain Text Nutritional Data Parser launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi HN! Today I’m excited to launch OpenNutrition: a free, ODbL-licenced nutrition database of everyday generic, branded, and restaurant foods, a search engine that can browse the web to import new foods, and a companion app that bundles the database and search as a free macro tracking app. Consistently logging the foods you eat has been shown to support long-term health outcomes (1)(2), but doing so easily depends on having a large, accurate, and up-to-date nutrition database. Free, public databases are often out-of-date, hard to navigate, and missing critical coverage (like branded…
2025 · opennutrition.app · its alternatives →
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Nutri is still in beta and the GPT-powered results are sometimes inaccurate. The nutrient information accuracy is good to get an overview, but there are still outliers at times. I'm looking to improve the accuracy through food databases. Furthermore, I'd like to add additional tips for combining / preparing food to improve its nutritional value. For example, iron absorption is improved through vitamin C, so combine chickpeas or leafy greens with lemon. Or combine beans with rice to get all amino acids. On the UX side, I'd like to integrate a QR code on the desktop version to easily…
2024 · nutri.adrianstobbe.com · its alternatives →
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AI Nutrition intelligence that understands food globally
Nov 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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MealByMeal▲286Easy AI powered calorie and macro tracking over text
2023 · lifecrosstraining.com · its alternatives →
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API for grocery products, branded foods, & raw ingredients.
2020 · chompthis.com · its alternatives →
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Sage Project▲226Beautiful visualization of nutritional facts 🍟🍉🌮
2016 · sageproject.com · its alternatives →
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Recipe IQ▲79Recipe nutrition calculator taking mystery out of cooking
2019 · recipeiqapp.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · paulbricman.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · recipelab.org · its alternatives →
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Cooky▲20I built a recipe manager that automatically shows nutrition info for any recipe. Import from websites or photos, create healthier versions, and keep everything organized across devices. The trickiest part was handling unit conversions accurately—turns out 1 cup of flour and 1 cup of sugar have very different weights! 100% free, available on web and iOS. Looking for feedback!
Oct 2025 · cooky-landing.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Takes a recipe website URL and transforms it to a plain-text version for reading or printing. - poundifdef/plainoldrecipe
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Track complete nutrition with just a snap
Dec 2025 · calories.care · its alternatives →
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Track Your Nutrition in Seconds, Not Minutes
2025 · foodtrack.chat · its alternatives →
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📊 Text-based charting utility. Contribute to gduverger/plainchart development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Plate Notes▲20A timeline-based tracker for food, water, and macronutrients
2025 · platenotes.com · its alternatives →
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Track Nutrition | Weight loss/Gain | barcode scanner
2025 · dailynutritiontracker.com · its alternatives →
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Recipe nutrition calculator - Find the nutrition content of your favorite recipes, including 30+ different macro and micronutrients.
2020 · soupersage.com · its alternatives →
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