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How to Track Custom Nutrients

Go beyond calories and macros by enabling custom nutrients like fiber, sodium, B vitamins, and minerals in Nutrify's Preferences.

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Nutrify tracks calories, protein, carbs, and fat by default, but you can enable additional nutrients like sodium, fiber, B vitamins, and minerals to get a more detailed picture of your intake.

Available Custom Nutrients

Beyond the core macros, Nutrify supports tracking for:

  • Fiber (g)
  • Sodium (mg)
  • Sugar (g)
  • Cholesterol (mg)
  • Saturated Fat (g)
  • Vitamin B1 (Thiamine), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5 (Pantothenic Acid), B6, B7 (Biotin), B9 (Folate), B12
  • Iron (mg)
  • Calcium (mg)
  • Potassium (mg)
  • Zinc (mg)
  • Magnesium (mg)

The list of available nutrients continues to expand with app updates.

How to Enable Custom Nutrients

  1. Open Nutrify and tap Settings (gear icon).
  2. Tap Preferences.
  3. Tap Custom Nutrients.
  4. You will see a list of all available nutrients with toggles next to each.
  5. Turn on the nutrients you want to track.

Once enabled, these nutrients appear on your daily dashboard alongside calories and macros.

Setting Targets for Custom Nutrients

After enabling a custom nutrient, you can set a daily target for it:

  1. On the Custom Nutrients screen, tap the nutrient you just enabled.
  2. Enter your desired daily target value.
  3. Tap Save.

Nutrify will pre-fill recommended daily values based on general dietary guidelines, but you can override these with your own targets.

💡 Tip: If you are unsure what targets to set for micronutrients, the pre-filled defaults are a good starting point. Consult a healthcare provider for personalized recommendations, especially for supplements.

Where Custom Nutrients Appear

Once enabled, custom nutrients show up in several places:

  • Daily dashboard - Progress bars or counters for each enabled nutrient.
  • Food detail view - When you tap on a logged food, you will see the custom nutrient breakdown alongside calories and macros.
  • AI analysis results - When Nutrify's AI analyzes a food (by photo or text), it estimates custom nutrients when sufficient data is available.
⚠️ Warning: Not all foods in the database have complete micronutrient data. When data is unavailable for a specific nutrient, Nutrify will show a dash or zero rather than guessing.

Tips for Custom Nutrient Tracking

  • Start with 1-2 nutrients you care about most (sodium and fiber are popular choices) rather than enabling everything at once.
  • Check your progress weekly rather than daily for micronutrients, since day-to-day variation is normal and expected.
  • Pair with barcode scanning for the most accurate micronutrient data, since packaged food labels list detailed nutrient information.
  • Use the B vitamin group if you follow a plant-based diet and want to monitor nutrients that are harder to get without animal products.

Disabling a Custom Nutrient

To stop tracking a nutrient:

  1. Go to Settings, then Preferences, then Custom Nutrients.
  2. Toggle off the nutrient you no longer want to track.

Your historical data for that nutrient is preserved. If you re-enable it later, past entries will still show the tracked values.

Need More Help?

If you have a question not covered here, the fastest way to reach us is directly inside the Nutrify app:

  1. Open Nutrify
  2. Go to Settings
  3. Tap Help & Feedback
  4. Tap Report a Bug or Request a Feature

Our team reads every message. You can also email us at support@nutrifytracker.com.

Screenshots for this article are coming soon. In the meantime, follow the steps above to navigate the app.

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