A UK calorie counter for iPhone, iPad and Android
The UK calorie counter for 2026 that reads the ingredients too
You track macros. That's half the story. NutraSafe counts your calories and macros like any tracker, then reads the ingredients too and tells you what each additive actually is.
4.5 out of 5 from 41 App Store ratings · Free up to 25 logs a day · Pro £6.99/month · iPhone, iPad and Android
Every additive on the pack, in plain English.
Scan a barcode and NutraSafe flags each additive, shows how processed the food is, and scores it, like this can of cola, which scores 15 and flags very high sugar first.
190% daily Vitamin Cfrom 1 red pepper
A day's Vitamin Kin a handful of kale
Rich in Vitamin Afrom the carrots
See the vitamins and minerals in everything you log.
NutraSafe estimates them from the UK's food composition tables and tracks them against your daily targets, so a shortfall shows up early.
See the vitamin tracker →A calorie counter that reads the whole label
Most UK calorie counters do one job: they turn a barcode into a calorie total and a split of protein, carbs and fat. NutraSafe does that, then keeps reading. It pulls every additive off the ingredients list and explains it in plain English, scores how processed the food is, and estimates the vitamins and minerals from the UK's food composition tables. The calorie is where other apps stop. For us it's the start.
You log a food the same three ways you would in any tracker: search it, scan the barcode, or photograph the label. What comes back is the difference. A can of cola isn't just 139 calories. It's ultra-processed, it has two additives added, and it scores 15, with very high sugar the first thing it flags. A supermarket ready meal isn't just its macros. It's the emulsifiers, the colours and the preservatives you would never decode from the pack yourself.
Logging is free for up to 25 foods a day. NutraSafe Pro is £6.99 a month for unlimited logs, the vitamins and minerals, workouts, fasting, the AI Coach and suspected-trigger analysis.
What to look for in a UK calorie counter
Four things separate a calorie counter you keep from one you delete in a week.
Choosing between apps? Our comparison of six UK calorie counter apps covers free barcode scanning, diary limits, ads and subscription prices. We make NutraSafe, which is one of the apps compared.
It reads UK barcodes
Branded and own-brand. A Tesco meal deal and a tin of Heinz should look up the same way, with the numbers straight off the label.
It shows the ingredients, not just the calories
A calorie total is the easy part. The tool should also tell you what the food is made of, and flag the additives worth knowing about.
It tracks more than calories
Macros, processing, and the vitamins and minerals you are getting. The calorie is one number among several that decide whether a food earns its place.
It uses UK data and UK guidance
Reference intakes and label rules that match what is on the shelf here, sourced to the FSA, NHS and SACN.
How many calories should you eat?
NHS guidance gives an average daily reference of 2,000 kcal for women and 2,500 kcal for men, though your real target depends on age, weight, activity and goal. To lose weight, most people aim for a deficit of 300 to 500 kcal a day and check progress weekly rather than daily. Work out your own number with a TDEE calculator, then log against it.
Accuracy matters more than the app you pick. UK food labels are accurate within 20% by law, and most people underestimate what they eat by 20 to 40% when they guess. Weigh portions where you can, log straight after eating, and use barcode lookups rather than eyeballing.