Photo Calorie Tracker
Photograph a meal to generate a first-pass food and nutrition estimate, then review the ingredients and portions before adding it to your journal.
Capture
Use a clear meal photo with the full plate visible and enough light to distinguish foods.
Check
Confirm food names, add hidden ingredients, and correct quantities when the image lacks context.
Save
Add the reviewed estimate to your journal and use repeated entries to understand broader patterns.
When photo logging works best
Photo logging is most useful when foods are visible and reasonably separated. It can reduce the effort of creating a journal entry when a database search would otherwise interrupt the meal.
Good lighting, a moderate camera angle, and a visible plate improve the information available to the model, but they do not turn the estimate into a direct measurement.
What to review
Check oils, butter, sauces, drinks, fillings, and preparation methods because these may not be visible. Mixed dishes and restaurant meals often need extra context. If a portion or ingredient matters to your goal, correct it before saving.
For packaged foods, a barcode or nutrition label may provide better information. For repeated homemade meals, a saved recipe may be more consistent than scanning each serving from scratch.
Accuracy without false precision
Food recognition, portion estimation, and calorie estimation are different tasks. A correct food label does not guarantee the correct amount, and a correct-looking calorie total cannot reveal whether hidden ingredients were missed.
Use the result as an estimate and keep the method consistent. Reeve does not publish a category-wide or product-specific accuracy percentage without a disclosed validation method.