From recipe to nutrition facts in seconds
HowIEatHealthy connects every recipe you cook to real USDA nutrition data — ingredient by ingredient, not from a label.
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Install the Chrome extension
The HowIEatHealthy Chrome extension sits in your browser. When you find a recipe you want — on AllRecipes, NYT Cooking, any food blog — click the extension icon.
The extension reads the recipe's structured data directly from the page, so extraction is fast and accurate on thousands of sites.
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Review and confirm ingredients
The extension shows you every ingredient it found. For each one, it searches our database for a match. If it finds one, it shows you the nutrition data. If not, it pulls from USDA FoodData Central automatically.
You confirm or edit each ingredient before saving. This keeps your data clean and accurate — the system doesn't guess.
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Save to your recipe library
Once confirmed, the recipe saves to your account with full nutrition data already calculated. No manual entry required.
Nutrition is computed per serving using gram-accurate quantities. You'll see calories, protein, fat, carbs, fiber, sodium, and more.
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Build meal plans and track
Pick recipes for your week, see your projected nutrition totals, and plan your grocery list. Cook and track what you actually eat.
The goal isn't perfection — it's awareness. When you know what's in your food, you make better choices naturally.
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Generate a batch prep plan
Pick your prep days — Sunday, Wednesday, whenever works. The app consolidates all your recipes into a step-by-step cooking plan with time estimates, shared ingredients, and storage instructions.
The prep plan is AI-generated but grounded in your exact recipes and quantities. It groups tasks (chop all vegetables first), overlaps passive and active time (rice cooks while you prep the next dish), and includes per-recipe cost breakdowns.
Why USDA data?
Food labels are often inaccurate — FDA rules allow up to 20% deviation. The USDA FoodData Central database is the gold standard for food composition data in the United States, built from laboratory analysis of thousands of foods.
When you add a new ingredient, we query USDA first. Foundation and SR Legacy data take priority over branded products. You get nutrition estimates based on the best available data, per 100g, calculated for exactly how much of each ingredient you use.
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