Kilocalories is the app that allows you to check the nutritional values ​​of foods, compose your daily diet, check the completeness of the foods you eat than the recommended values ​​by the Italian Society of Human Nutrition (SINU) and calculate the calories in relation to your daily requirement. The app will let you know all the nutrients, both main (proteins, carbohydrates, lipids / fats) and secondary (vitamins, different types of fat: saturated and unsaturated, minerals etc.), Allowing you to have accurate information about the nutrients you are taking, individually or according to a daily diet.
The food list is constantly updated and is based on the food database provided by the US Food Agriculture (USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference). Updating the food database does not provide further app updates.
The app allows you to:
- Look for a food by name and get information on nutrients by type:
- General: Protein, Carbohydrates, Lipids / Fats with a percentage breakdown, supported by a graphical display
- Key: Calories (expressed in Kcal and KJ), carbohydrates, water, fibers etc.-fats, sugars, minerals, vitamins, amino acids
- Show all the nutrients and the nutrient values ​​based on the quantity of the food
- Compare the nutritional values ​​compared to the levels of Reference Taking Nourishment and Energy (RDAs) developed by the Italian Society of Human Nutrition (SINU) based on the personal physical characteristics (age, sex, weight, level of physical activity, goal kcal) , configurable by settings
- Compose a list of favorite foods
- Compose a daily diet and see the total nutritional values ​​and nutrients that are receiving daily
- Compare your daily diet with levels of Nourishment Benchmark Lending and Energy (RDAs)
- Monitor the daily intake of calories in relation to the maximum limit set by the user.