How to Enter a Recipe by Ingredients Manually

If you don't have a recipe URL or want to log a meal you cook from memory, the manual ingredient entry option lets you build a recipe row by row. Nutrify's AI then calculates the full nutrition breakdown.

Opening Manual Recipe Entry

1. Tap + on the home screen and choose Recipe Import.
2. On the Recipe Import screen, select Enter Ingredients Manually.
3. The ingredient entry form expands below.

Entering Ingredients

Each ingredient row has three fields:

• Name - the food or ingredient (e.g., "chicken breast", "olive oil", "garlic")
• Quantity - the amount (e.g., "200", "2", "1")
• Unit - choose from a dropdown: volume units (cup, tbsp, tsp, ml, L, fl oz), weight units (g, kg, oz, lb), or count units (piece, slice, clove, can, etc.)

Adding More Rows

Tap + Add Ingredient at the bottom of the list to add another row. You can add as many ingredients as the recipe needs.

Removing a Row

Swipe left on an ingredient row or tap the delete icon to remove it.

Setting the Recipe Name and Servings

Above the ingredient rows, fill in:

• Recipe Name - what you want to call this dish (e.g., "My Chicken Stir Fry")
• Servings - how many portions this batch makes (default is 4)

Analyzing the Recipe

Once all ingredients are entered, tap Analyze Recipe.

Nutrify's AI calculates the nutrition for each ingredient and combines them into a total. The Recipe Review screen shows:

• Per-ingredient calorie and macro breakdown
• Total nutrition for the full recipe
• Nutrition per serving based on your serving count

Adjusting Before Logging

On the Review screen, you can still edit individual ingredient amounts or add/remove ingredients using the Refine button. The nutrition recalculates automatically.

Logging and Saving

• Tap Log This Meal to add the recipe as today's food entry.
• Tap Save to Library to store it for future re-logging without re-entering all the ingredients.

💡 Saved recipes appear in the My Library tab. You can log them in one tap next time.

Need More Help?

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

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