Carbs & Cals: Diet & Diabetes

Chello Publishing Limited

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About this app

Join thousands using Carbs & Cals, the UK’s trusted calorie counter, food tracker and weight tracker app.

Track your food, calories and weight in one place. Use the new Unified Food Scanner to scan barcodes, food labels or even your plate. Our AI-powered food scanner instantly identifies foods and calculates calories, carbs and nutrition for fast, accurate logging.

Search over 272,000 UK foods & drinks with visual portion photos. Compare up to 6 portion sizes and log meals in seconds with one of the most intuitive calorie tracker and food diary apps available.

📉 Track Your Weight & See Results

Now with built-in weight tracking, you can log weight, monitor progress over time, and stay motivated. See how your eating habits impact your results by combining your food diary and weight tracker in one simple view.

🥗 Track Calories, Carbs & Nutrition

Track your calories, carbs, protein, fat, fibre, alcohol and 5-a-day. Set goals and use Carbs & Cals as your daily nutrition tracker, diet tracker and calorie calculator.

Create unlimited custom foods and meals, and share reports with your healthcare team.

✅ Designed for Your Goals
- Weight loss & calorie counting
- Diabetes management (type 1, type 2, gestational)
- Keto diet & low-carb lifestyles
- Nutrition tracking & healthy eating

🩺 Diabetes & Health Tracking

Carbs & Cals is a complete diabetes app and glucose tracker. Log meals visually, track carbs easily, and record blood glucose, insulin and weight in your diary.

Developed by NHS dietitians, it’s trusted across the UK for accurate and practical nutrition support.

⚡ Key Features
- AI Food Scanner: Scan barcodes, food labels or your plate
- Weight tracker: Log weight and track progress over time
- Search 272,000+ UK foods & drinks
- Visual portion sizes (up to 6 per food)
- Food diary & meal tracker
- Track calories, carbs & full nutrition
- Unlimited custom foods and meals
- Sync with Health Connect
- Share reports with healthcare professionals

🍎 Huge UK Food Database
- 272,000+ foods with nutrition data
- UK brands: Heinz, Cadbury, Walkers, Warburtons
- Restaurants: McDonald’s, Costa, Greggs, Wagamama
- Diverse global cuisines

⭐ Trusted & Recommended
- Developed by Chris Cheyette BSc (Hons) MSc RD, Senior Diabetes Specialist Dietitian with 20 years experience working in the NHS.
- Recommended across the UK by NHS dietitians and healthcare providers.
- Reviewed and approved by independent health app specialist Orcha Health.
- The Carbs & Cals books are supported by Diabetes UK.

Pricing
Starter Plan (Free): basic database & limited features.

Unlimited Plan (£6.99/month or £35.99/year): full UK food database, label scanner, and all premium features.

Try out the Carbs & Cals app on the UNLIMITED plan for FREE with our 14-day free trial. No commitment.

FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT, QUESTIONS & SUGGESTIONS: Please email [e-mail]

*Remember to consult with a doctor or other medical professional before making significant

Ratings and reviews

only works with branded food. seems to be pushing us to use "restaurants" ie. chains. I make my own meals as much as I can but there are no generic ingredients for muesli or actual meals. it lists flour and sugar but not whole grains. so it's basically encouraging poor eating. aims at calorie counting but this is only a part of the story. tuna contains calories. so does white sugar. all food contains calories. swap tuna for sugar? I don't think that would be healthy.

Only works well for individual items (if they have them at all). Otherwise crashes if entering custom foods and wipes all input. very close to cancelling my subscription and deleting in favour of an app that doesn't crash. I rely on this app for my health and it simply isn't reliable.

I only started using the paid app today, I'm so happy to find all the foods and snacks that aren't in the book, plus it allows you to make a meal and add different things to 1 plate, so easy to use and is helping me understand carb counting for going on a pump soon.

What’s new

This update contains some further improvements to the unified food scanner feature, as well as some general fixes and improvements.