Add whole food (fruits and vegetables)/processed food/animal food categories

CompletelyKathryn

There are several diets that say a certain percentage of your diet should be whole foods such as fruits or vegetables, less than 2% processed, less than 10% animal protein, etc. I would love it if Cronometer added this additional breakdown of categories. It would be a huge eye opener to someone trying to eat healthier but still consuming a lot of processed foods. They'd be able to really see how much of their diet and calories really come from healthy fruits and vegetables as opposed to processed junk food.

Karen_Cronometer

Hi CompletelyKathryn,

Cronometer does have categories such 'Fruits and Fruit Juices' and 'Vegetables and Vegetable Products', as well as tag for Whole foods. It is a great suggestion to show you how much of your daily intake comes from these categories and/or include a metric to show the percent of intake from whole vs. processed foods.

Best,

keepthebeet

I would love an option to only have whole foods (not brand names eg 'Trade Joe Snap Peas!') when I search for foods.

Hilary

Hi @keepthebeet , we do offer this option! When you select the "Add food" button, select the tab labelled "Common"

keepthebeet

@Hilary Why is it called 'Common' instead of 'Whole Foods'?

Hilary

Hi @keepthebeet; that's a great question! We actually mulled over what to name this category for a while and we landed on Common Foods instead of Whole foods. This is not strictly a whole foods category, as it also contains foods such as milk, jam, tea, bread, and some more generalized entries for baked goods, meals, drinks etc.
This is a good tab to find foods that have nutrients reported that have been lab tested and analyzed, and encompass more than one specific brand name.

For instance, if I search for Carrots in the Common foods tab, Raw carrots will be the first option that is listed, but I also have the option of other foods including cooked carrots, carrot juice, etc, all of which are not strictly whole foods.

keepthebeet

@Hilary I just noticed that it's called 'Whole Foods' instead of 'Common Foods' in your instructions... https://cronometer.com/help/diary/#search_tabs

To me, 'Common Foods' sounds too much like Favourite Foods... as in foods that I eat commonly (:

Hilary

Thanks for the feedback @keepthebeet . It looks like that's an outdated screenshot from when we were in our flip-flopping phase between whole foods and common foods - Good Eye; we will get that fixed . We will keep your thoughts about this in mind; do you have any suggestions for a different name for this tab?

keepthebeet

@Hilary how about 'Unbranded Foods'?

A related suggestion/request is to give us the ability to choose the order of the columns --> eg to have what is currently known as 'Common Foods' or 'Favourite Foods' come first, so that I don't have to select it so often when it's what I want the most... and speaking of good eyes; how about a Canadian spelling of 'favourite'?

Thank you!!

Hilary

Thanks for the suggestion, @keepthebeet
The more you use it Cronometer, the more you will find that your most commonly used items will populate the list that automatically appears!
(As a fellow Canadian, I agree about the Canadian spelling of Favourite, but at this time we will retain the American spelling for our large US user base)