Nutrition tracker UK — see vitamins, minerals, macros in one app

What a nutrition tracker is, and what we do differently

A calorie counter adds up energy. A macro tracker adds up protein, carbs and fat. A nutrition tracker — at least the way we built it — adds up the vitamins and minerals too. That is the bit most apps in the UK skip, and it is the bit we made into a first-class feature.

When you log a food in our app, three things happen at once. We add the calories, protein, carbs, fat, fibre, sugar, saturated fat and salt to your day. If it is a packaged UK product we have an additive grade for, we put that grade on the food card — so a ready meal with three colour additives sits next to a clean tinned tomato and the difference is plain. And on NutraSafe Pro, we run the food through our micronutrient engine and add its vitamins and minerals to your week, scored against UK Nutrient Reference Values.

By Sunday night you are not just looking at "I ate around 1,800 kcal." You can see, "I hit folate twice this week, and I have been low on vitamin D every day." That is the difference between a calorie counter and a real nutrition tracker.

We are a tracking tool, not your GP or dietitian. We will not prescribe a plan or tell you to take a supplement. What we can do is give you an honest picture of your week, in numbers that match the labels you actually buy, so you can take that picture to a clinician if something needs acting on.

A walkthrough: scan a UK barcode, see what you actually got

Here is what a typical entry looks like inside the tracker.

1. Scan the barcode. You pick up a yoghurt pot in a UK supermarket and scan the barcode (any UK GTIN/EAN). We look it up in our food database.
2. Macros populate. The food card shows calories, protein, carbs, fat, fibre, sugar, saturated fat and salt for the portion you pick.
3. Additive grade appears. If we have an additive grade for that product, it sits right on the card next to the calories. You see it before you log, not after.
4. Vitamins and minerals (Pro). On NutraSafe Pro, we add what that yoghurt contributes to your day for vitamin A, B-complex (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B12), C, D, E, K, calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, potassium, selenium and more.
5. Your dashboard updates. By the end of the day, the dashboard shows where you sit on each vitamin and mineral as a percentage of UK NRVs — not US RDAs, the values that match UK food labels.
6. The week tells the real story. Across seven days, our watchlist surfaces the nutrients you have missed two or more days running. That is the picture you take to a clinician if you want to act on it.

Vitamins and minerals we track against UK NRVs

This is the headline feature of the nutrition tracker, and it is on NutraSafe Pro. We score every food you log against UK Nutrient Reference Values and add the contributions to your day and week.

What you get free, and what is on NutraSafe Pro

We are honest about the line. Our app is free to download, and a useful slice of the tracker is in the free tier — but vitamin and mineral tracking against UK NRVs is paid. Here is the split, taken straight from the code.

Free

• Log up to 25 foods per day to your diary, with calories and macros.
• Scan any UK barcode for ingredients, additives we found in the list, and our per-product grade.
• Log up to 5 reactions against foods (bloating, headache, energy, mood, sleep, skin, gut).
• Public E-number lookup — type any E-number, see what it is in plain English.
• No ads, ever.

NutraSafe Pro — 3.99/month (iOS, monthly only)

• Vitamin and mineral tracking against UK NRVs — the headline feature, across vitamins A, B-complex, C, D, E, K and minerals iron, calcium, magnesium, zinc, potassium, selenium and more.
• AI Coach — chat-style guidance based on your actual food history and goals.
• AI meal scan — photograph any plate and get an estimated calorie and macro breakdown.
• Allergen warning detail on barcode scans.
• Fasting tools and workouts tracking.
• Suspected-triggers analysis — we surface foods that show up repeatedly before reactions.
• Processed-food and NRV insights — week-on-week trends for the metrics that matter.
• Higher daily logging cap above the free 25/day limit, and full reaction history.

We do not run an annual plan and we do not run free trials with hidden charges. It is 3.99 a month, monthly, on iOS, and you can cancel from the App Store at any time.

How to use a nutrition tracker without burning out

1. Log as you eat, not at the end of the day. Memory is generous; a real-time tracker is honest.
2. Scan packaged things, search loose things. A UK barcode is faster and more accurate than name search when there is a packet.
3. Pick a portion that matches your plate. Halving the suggested portion if you only ate half is the single biggest accuracy win.
4. Log drinks and oils. A weekly latte habit and the oil in a stir-fry both count, and they are the two most common things people miss.
5. Read the week, not the day. One day on the high side does not define your nutrition. A week of low folate or low vitamin D might.
6. Take patterns to a clinician. If our dashboard flags two weeks of low iron, that is a conversation for your GP, not a self-diagnosis.

Sources

• UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2019 to 2023 (gov.uk, June 2025)
• NHS — Eat Well
• FSA — Food Additives