Tips for eating out

We have the nutritional information for over 200 eating out places in our food database. Most of the big chain restaurants and popular coffee shops are listed.

To find the Eating Out category:

In the app

Tap the blue menu button to the right of the search box > Eating Out.

On the website

Go to your diary and look in the Add Food/Drink panel on the left > Eating Out.

If the restaurant you are looking is not listed, you can try two things:

1. Use one of the restaurants we do have data for, which offers the same type of food, and try to find a similar dish.
2. Failing that, try searching for the meal you ate by typing it into the search bar to see if anything similar is found. A luxury version of a ready meal (the supermarket 'Best' or 'Finest' brand) can be a useful benchmark, although the restaurant portion size might be 50% or 100% bigger than the ready meal, so you may need to double it. It's not perfect, but it will give you a rough idea, and it is better to record something than leave a meal occasion out of your diary.

That said – a meal out is a treat, so enjoy! Remember Nutracheck is all about balance – if you go over one day, make adjustments for your food and exercise levels over the next few days by using the Week View.

You can plan for a night out in advance by using Easier Days. This redistributes your calories over the week to give you a few more on your chosen day(s).

In the app

Tap the blue menu button to the right of the search bar > Diary Preferences > Easier Days.

On the website

Go to Settings (link above your food diary) > Set an easier calorie target for certain days.