The Nutri-Weigh & Go dietary computer is a handy device that is easy to bring along when you want to keep track of the things you put in your mouth.
It calculates the nutritional values of your food in calories, protein, carbohydrates, total sugars, total fat, saturated fat, fibre, sodium, cholesterol, net carbohydrates, G.I value and % of calories from fat.
Containing a database of over 1400 foods, the Nutri Weigh and Go allows you to record your daily food intake for up to 7 days. The advanced word prompt feature allows you to search for the required food item quickly and easily.
The Nutri Weigh and Go can also be used as a conventional scale and has all of the standard features you would expect from a Salter scale including aquatronic liquid measurement, add and weigh, metric/imperial conversion and auto & manual shut off.
The Salter 1440 Nutri-Weigh & Go Dietary Computer is available from the Scalesexpress.com website for £45 (about $90 USD).
(Via OhGizmo)
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That sounds like a useful tool for its time, but today a smartphone app paired with a cheap digital scale can do the same thing – and with way more food data. Still, it’s a neat example of how far we’ve come in tracking nutrition.
That little scale brings back memories – I actually had one back in the day, and it worked, but carrying it around felt like a science experiment every time I ate out. It was clunky, the database was limited to basics, and I’d spend minutes scrolling through 1400 items just to find the right entry for a mixed dish. These days, I’ve traded the hardware for something that fits my actual life: a quick photo with caloria.tech gives me the same breakdown – calories, protein, carbs, fat, even sodium – without needing to weigh every single bite at a restaurant table. The scale taught me portion awareness, which was invaluable, but the app covers thousands more dishes, including complex meals the old database couldn’t handle, and it tracks weekly trends automatically without me having to remember to log for seven days straight. Both tools have their place, but the less intrusive option wins for consistency over the long haul, and that consistency matters more than absolute precision on any given meal.