Nutrition Calculator Recipe

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Recipe Nutrition Calculator

Understanding the nutritional content of your homemade meals is crucial for healthy eating, meal planning, and achieving specific dietary goals. Whether you're tracking macros, managing calorie intake, or simply curious about what's in your food, our Recipe Nutrition Calculator makes it easy to break down the nutritional profile of your favorite dishes.

Why Use a Recipe Nutrition Calculator?

  • Meal Planning: Accurately plan your meals to meet daily caloric and macronutrient targets.
  • Dietary Management: Essential for those with specific dietary needs, such as managing diabetes, heart health, or weight loss.
  • Ingredient Awareness: Learn how different ingredients contribute to the overall nutritional value of your recipe.
  • Health Goals: Support fitness goals, muscle gain, or fat loss by knowing the exact macros per serving.

How to Use This Calculator

Our calculator allows you to input the quantity and nutritional values (per 100g) for up to five ingredients in your recipe. You'll need to find the nutritional data for your specific ingredients, which can usually be found on food packaging, online food databases (like USDA FoodData Central, MyFitnessPal, or specific brand websites), or general nutrition charts.

  1. Enter Number of Servings: Specify how many servings your recipe yields.
  2. Input Ingredient Details: For each ingredient, enter its name (optional, for your reference), the total quantity in grams you are using in the recipe, and its nutritional values (Calories, Protein, Carbohydrates, Fat) per 100 grams.
  3. Calculate: Click the "Calculate Nutrition" button to see the total nutritional values for the entire recipe and per serving.

Understanding Nutritional Values

  • Calories: A unit of energy. The total energy provided by the food.
  • Protein: Essential for building and repairing tissues, making enzymes and hormones, and supporting immune function.
  • Carbohydrates: The body's primary source of energy. Includes sugars, starches, and fiber.
  • Fat: Important for energy storage, hormone production, and absorption of fat-soluble vitamins.

Example Calculation

Let's say you're making a simple chicken and rice dish for 4 servings with the following ingredients:

  • Chicken Breast (raw): 400 grams (approx. 100g per 100g: 165 Calories, 31g Protein, 0g Carbs, 3.6g Fat)
  • White Rice (uncooked): 200 grams (approx. 100g per 100g: 360 Calories, 7g Protein, 79g Carbs, 0.6g Fat)
  • Olive Oil: 20 grams (approx. 100g per 100g: 884 Calories, 0g Protein, 0g Carbs, 100g Fat)

Calculation Breakdown:

Chicken Breast:

  • Calories: (400g / 100g) * 165 = 4 * 165 = 660 Calories
  • Protein: (400g / 100g) * 31 = 4 * 31 = 124g Protein
  • Carbs: (400g / 100g) * 0 = 0g Carbs
  • Fat: (400g / 100g) * 3.6 = 4 * 3.6 = 14.4g Fat

White Rice:

  • Calories: (200g / 100g) * 360 = 2 * 360 = 720 Calories
  • Protein: (200g / 100g) * 7 = 2 * 7 = 14g Protein
  • Carbs: (200g / 100g) * 79 = 2 * 79 = 158g Carbs
  • Fat: (200g / 100g) * 0.6 = 2 * 0.6 = 1.2g Fat

Olive Oil:

  • Calories: (20g / 100g) * 884 = 0.2 * 884 = 176.8 Calories
  • Protein: (20g / 100g) * 0 = 0g Protein
  • Carbs: (20g / 100g) * 0 = 0g Carbs
  • Fat: (20g / 100g) * 100 = 0.2 * 100 = 20g Fat

Total Recipe Nutrition:

  • Total Calories: 660 + 720 + 176.8 = 1556.8 Calories
  • Total Protein: 124 + 14 + 0 = 138g Protein
  • Total Carbs: 0 + 158 + 0 = 158g Carbs
  • Total Fat: 14.4 + 1.2 + 20 = 35.6g Fat

Per Serving Nutrition (for 4 servings):

  • Calories per Serving: 1556.8 / 4 = 389.2 Calories
  • Protein per Serving: 138 / 4 = 34.5g Protein
  • Carbs per Serving: 158 / 4 = 39.5g Carbs
  • Fat per Serving: 35.6 / 4 = 8.9g Fat

This example demonstrates how the calculator processes each ingredient to provide a comprehensive nutritional breakdown.

Recipe Nutrition Calculator

Ingredient Details (per 100g values)

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Ingredient 2
Ingredient 3
Ingredient 4
Ingredient 5

Recipe Nutrition Summary

Total Calories: 0 kcal

Total Protein: 0 g

Total Carbohydrates: 0 g

Total Fat: 0 g

Per Serving Nutrition

Calories per Serving: 0 kcal

Protein per Serving: 0 g

Carbohydrates per Serving: 0 g

Fat per Serving: 0 g

function calculateNutrition() { var numServings = parseFloat(document.getElementById('numServings').value); if (isNaN(numServings) || numServings <= 0) { alert('Please enter a valid number of servings greater than zero.'); return; } var totalRecipeCalories = 0; var totalRecipeProtein = 0; var totalRecipeCarbs = 0; var totalRecipeFat = 0; for (var i = 1; i 0) { var factor = quantity / 100; // Factor to multiply per 100g values totalRecipeCalories += (!isNaN(caloriesPer100g) ? caloriesPer100g : 0) * factor; totalRecipeProtein += (!isNaN(proteinPer100g) ? proteinPer100g : 0) * factor; totalRecipeCarbs += (!isNaN(carbsPer100g) ? carbsPer100g : 0) * factor; totalRecipeFat += (!isNaN(fatPer100g) ? fatPer100g : 0) * factor; } } // Calculate per serving values var servingCalories = totalRecipeCalories / numServings; var servingProtein = totalRecipeProtein / numServings; var servingCarbs = totalRecipeCarbs / numServings; var servingFat = totalRecipeFat / numServings; // Display results document.getElementById('totalCalories').innerHTML = 'Total Calories: ' + totalRecipeCalories.toFixed(1) + ' kcal'; document.getElementById('totalProtein').innerHTML = 'Total Protein: ' + totalRecipeProtein.toFixed(1) + ' g'; document.getElementById('totalCarbs').innerHTML = 'Total Carbohydrates: ' + totalRecipeCarbs.toFixed(1) + ' g'; document.getElementById('totalFat').innerHTML = 'Total Fat: ' + totalRecipeFat.toFixed(1) + ' g'; document.getElementById('servingCalories').innerHTML = 'Calories per Serving: ' + servingCalories.toFixed(1) + ' kcal'; document.getElementById('servingProtein').innerHTML = 'Protein per Serving: ' + servingProtein.toFixed(1) + ' g'; document.getElementById('servingCarbs').innerHTML = 'Carbohydrates per Serving: ' + servingCarbs.toFixed(1) + ' g'; document.getElementById('servingFat').innerHTML = 'Fat per Serving: ' + servingFat.toFixed(1) + ' g'; }

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